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15th conference

General parther of conference

Mordovia Arena
Saransk

16 April, 2026

HOSPITALITY THROUGH FOOD: TRENDS, EFFICIENCY, AND WHAT YOUR GUESTS WILL CHOOSE TOMORROW

PROGRAMM

16 April, 2026

10:00

Registration + Breakfast

10:30

Quick Meeting session / Contact exchange

Сессия 1

11:00

11:10 – 11:15

Welcome speech

11:15 – 11:35

F&B as a new profit center: Why hotel restaurants are no longer an app. Thomas A. Hatzelmann, Service Industry Consultant and Strategic Project Implementation at GermaniaConsulting

11:35 – 12:00

Operational efficiency of the F&B department in the hotel: between the expectations of the guest and the economics of the business. Violetta Romero de Torres, Managing Director of the Radisson Hotel Group in Russia

12:00 – 12:10

Raffle of gifts

12:30 – 12:50

Valta Pet Products

12:50 – 13:10

Hotel entertainment and event cuisine: how to turn dinner into a show and sell emotion at the price of a suite

13:10 – 13:30

New generation alcohol: bar/wine trends that will feed hotels in 2026-2027

13:30 – 13:40

Raffle of gifts

13:40 – 14:20

Panel discussion “How a restaurant can become a point of attraction for a local audience.” Moderator: Nikolay Ilyin, chef with worldwide experience, co-founder of the Gastroincubator. Speakers: Evgeny Syropyatov, brand chef, restaurateur (KARIN, About Khinkali by Novikov, lounge areas at Apri Hotels), Alexander Aristov (brand chef of Cosmos hotel chain), Denis Novikov (chef of Hoffmann restaurant and The View Terrace), Oleg Lesyukovsky (chef of Panorama Radisson restaurant Saransk)

14:20 – 15:10

Buffet lunch

Сессия 2

15:10 – 15:30

The way to the guest’s heart is through the stomach of the restaurant. Alexander Yeshmekov, TravelLine Hotel Director

15:30 – 16:00

The new economy of hospitality: digital revenue drivers beyond the menu. Alyona Garanicheva, Head of Implementation and Support at TeamJet

16:00 – 16:10

Raffle of gifts

16:10 – 16:30

Gastronomic trends 2026-2027: what hotels should implement today in order not to catch up tomorrow

16:30 – 16:50

The boss as a media personality: how to properly monetize charisma and author’s menu

16:50 – 17:10

A menu that sells itself: techniques of gastronomic neuromarketing

17:10 – 17:20

Ekaterina Volodina, Founder and Head of QA Hotel Service

17:10 – 17:20

The “Fail Kitchen” session, in which chefs will talk not only about successes, but also about failures.

18:00 – 18:10

Summing up the conference results

Eat & Talk

18:10 – 20:00

Buffet

* The conference program is subject to change

Speakers & moderators

Thomas A. Hatzelmann

Consultant in the field of service and implementation of strategic projects in GermaniaConsulting

Evgeny Syropyatov

Brand chef, restaurateur (KARIN, About Khinkali by Novikov, lounge areas at Apri Hotels)

Maria Dorogova

Cluster vice direttore generale di Radisson, Saransk e Radisson, Ulyanovsk

Ilya Shipulin

Director of the TÖV restaurant
Director of the F&B department at the UDS group

Alexander Aristov

Brand chief of the Cosmos hotel chain

Ekaterina Volodina

Founder and Head of QA Hotel Service
 

Alyona Garanicheva

Head of Implementation and Support areas at TeamJet
 

Alyona Kolodina

Founder of the Russian Hospitality Awards and the Hospitality Business conferences

Irina Orlandini Avrutskaya

Founder of the international consulting company Like4Like

Violetta Romero de Torres

Managing Director
Radisson Hotel Group in Russia

Evgeniya Dementieva

Head of Creative Projects at Valta Pet Products

Lyubov Mishchik

General Manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Novorossiysk

Alexander Yeshmekov

TravelLine Hotel Director

Natalia Kolganova

General Director of Food Audit 

David Nurmagamedov

Chef of the Sadko restaurant, Bogatyr Castle Hotel

Denis Novikov

Chef of the Hoffmann Restaurant and The View Terrace

Alexander Tinyakov

Chef at the Radisson Collection Moscow Hotel

Ilya Glazunov

F&B-director Mantera Group
 

Irina Kukhi

Owner and manager of the HoReCa group of companies, Pskov.

Sergey Bashlykov

Chef at Holiday Inn Kaliningrad
 

Olga Akimova

Esperto nel settore dell’ospitalità

TICKET PROGRAMM

Offline

Presentations*

Presence at an offline conference
Recording of speakers' speeches
Networking
The opportunity to ask a question to the speaker and moderator
Interaction with project partners
Establishing contacts with conference guests
Breakfast, lunch, coffee break, evening buffet
Participation in sweepstakes and quizzes from partners
Cost
35,000 rubles (for hotels)*
15% discount when buying at least 3 tickets
20 000
roubles
* for employees of accommodation facilities and hotel management companies
(if you represent a supplier company, please contact the manager to clarify the details)

TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSPITABLE BUSINESS WENT

Partners of the XIV Conference

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GUESTS OF THE HOSPITABLE BUSINESS CONFERENCES

For the guests of the conference, discounts are provided for accommodation at the Palmira Business Club Hotel on the days of the event. Details are available from our managers.

Контактная форма (EN)
Information partners of the XV conference Hospitable Business