Turning green wellies into hard cash

Business in the country"The investor will own 100 pct of the hotel, but the Chamber offers them a comprehensive service, from training for beginner hoteliers, analysis and assessment of the location's potential, adjusting the facility's size to the given conditions and the construction of the hotel, as well as legal and economic assistance, marketing support and providing access to centralised on-line booking," explains the president of the Polish Chamber of Hoteliers. The number of rooms and beds will consequently depend upon the potential of a given location, and so the Chamber's consultants will help investors acquire an appropriate star-rating for their hotels. Additionally, the analysts will support investors in their efforts to obtain financing, particularly taking into consideration the fact that some funds in the form of non-repayable subsidies can be acquired from EU rural area support programmes, such as. the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. The scheme is als