Russian Hotels: Siberia is a promising market for hotel companies

Several major corporations in the summer of 2009 announced its intention to begin the construction of hotels in the region of Siberia. Today the most attractive Siberian region for tourism is Lake Baikal. Hotels at Lake Baikal in the near future are going to open a number of corporations, among which is one of the largest in the world - the French company Accor.

Today Accor in Siberia has one hotel - Ibis Sibir 3 * in Omsk. Another two projects to build hotels in Omsk are at the implementation stage. This is a four-star Novotel, which should open its doors in 2011, as well as apart-hotel All Season. In addition, Accor plans to build hotels in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Tyumen and Vladivostok. With regard to Lake Baikal, there Accor intends to develop the market of Buryatia. Lake Baikal, one of the main attractions of Russia, is still experiencing a deficit of mid-market hotel segment. Accor representatives at a recent visit to Buryatia discussed the possibility of building new hotels in the future on the basis of open economic zone "Baikal harbor".

In addition to the Accor hotel market of Siberia and attracts Marriott chain. In early August 2009 the company announced its intention to open a five-star hotel under one of the chain brands in Krasnoyarsk. The cost of building new hotel is estimated at 65 million dollars. According to the plans of the company-builder, the new Marriott will be able to receive its first guests in 2012.

Its first hotel in Siberia, this time in Novosibirsk, under the Doubletree brand in the near future plans to submit the Hilton Corporation. Opening of the Doubletree by Hilton Novosibirsk 4 * has already been postponed several times. Another opening date is now called the 1 September 2009. Furthermore, in the near future in Novosibirsk, you may see another hotel owned by the family of brands Hilton - Swisshôtel for 200 numbers.

Corporation Rezidor, the global hotel giant with a long experience in Russian market, is also aimed at expansion of its hotels in Siberia. Omsk was selected by Rezidor as town where will appear the first in Siberia Hotel Park Inn. Park Inn is a line of middle-class hotels in the line of Rezidor. Opening of the Park Inn in Omsk is in 2010. Park Inn Omsk Rezidor is implemented jointly with a local company LLC "Rushotel." Another Park Inn the company intends to build in Novosibirsk. Also in the plans of Rezidor is the opening of hotels in other Siberian cities, such as Tyumen and Tomsk. In Tyumen by the end of 2009 is planned to open a new Radisson Hotel Tyumen with 200 rooms - the first hotel of this class in the city.

Italian hotel chain Domina also intends to open more hotels in Siberia. As a launching pad Domina hotels & resorts chose Tyumen, where the company will build three-star hotel.