The Ritz-Carlton Almaty The Ritz-Carlton MICE AND EVENTS ALMATY 2018 CONTENT HOTELS The Ritz-Carlton Almaty ......................................................................................................10 «Kazakhstan» ............................................................................................................................ 11 Intercontinental Almaty .......................................................................................................12 Rixos Almaty ..............................................................................................................................13 Ramada Almaty ........................................................................................................................14 Royal Tulip Almaty ..................................................................................................................15 Shera Park Inn ...........................................................................................................................16 «Dostyk» ......................................................................................................................................17 Grand Hotel «Tien-Shan» ....................................................................................................18 «Kazzhol» ....................................................................................................................................19 «Grand Aiser» ...........................................................................................................................20 EXHIBITION CENTER «Atakent» ....................................................................................................................................21 PALACES «Grand Hall» ............................................................................................................................. 22 «Bakshasaray» ......................................................................................................................... 23 «Miras» ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Reception House .................................................................................................................... 25 CONCERT HALL The Palace of Republic ........................................................................................................ 26 Kazakh State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Abay ..... 27 Students’ Palace named after U. Zholdasbekov ............................................................ 28 Schoolchildren’ Palace ........................................................................................................ 29 CONTENT Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy ................................ 30 State Concert Organization «Kazakhconcert» ..........................................................31 «Shabyt» ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Kazakh state philarmonic hall named after Zhambyl .......................................... 33 State academic children’s theatre named after Natalya Sats ............................ 34 Kazakh state children’s theatre named after Musrepov ....................................... 35 Kazakh state academic drama theatre named after Mukhtar Auezov .......... 36 SPORT PALACE «Medeu» ......................................................................................................................................37 Baluan Sholak sports palace .............................................................................................. 38 «Almaty Arena» ....................................................................................................................... 39 Almaty central stadium .......................................................................................................40 «Halyk Arena» ...........................................................................................................................41 SANATORIUMS «Ok-Zhetpes» «Almaty» ...................................................................................................... 42 «Alatau» ...................................................................................................................................... 43 «Kazakhstan» ...........................................................................................................................44 «Altyn Kargaly» ....................................................................................................................... 45 COWORKING CENTERS SmArt.Point................................................................................................................................ 46 Alpharabius ............................................................................................................................... 47 HUB ............................................................................................................................................... 48 #visitalmaty MICE AND EVENTS | 3 WHY ALMATY? Almaty is a city with a thousand-year history, located in the foothills of majestic Zailiyskiy Alatau at the heart of the Great Silk Road”. Almaty is the birthplace of apples. City of a thousand colors, tens of nationalities and cultures. A city which never sleeps, a melting pot with its own unique atmosphere, a city that is both ancient and ultramodern. The city of a thousand opportunities, an advanced economy, Central Asia’s fi nancial center, hospitable and safe, full of temptations and possibilities. Almaty is the city you will never want to leave! EASE OF TRAVEL Almaty is connected by direct fl ights to more than 55 cities in the world. The city is a major transport hub. Almaty became an important component of the «One Belt and One Road» - «New Silk Road» initiative (this mega project concentrates on regions where 63% of the population of the planet lives – while their presumable economic potential is 21 trillion US dollars). Even today, tens of thousands of tons of cargo transit through the city. The construction of a high-speed transcontinental railroad from China to Europe is planned in the future and Almaty has been assigned the role of a major transport intersection. Area: 682 кm² Population: 1,8 million people GRP: 31,5 bn $ Phone code: +7 727 Time zone: UTC+6 Website: www.almaty.gov.kz www.visitalmaty.kz 4 | MICE and Events www.visitalmaty.kz ANCIENT RICH HISTORY More than 28 thousand years ago, the fi rst humans appeared on Almaty’s territory. In spite of continuously changing eras, civilizations, states, religions, and cultures, the area where the city is now located continued to remain inhabited by humans due to its soft climate and abundance of natural resources. The territory of the city was part of various breeding unions and states: saka and uysun tribes, Turkic, West Turkic, Tyurgeshsky and Karluksky khaganates, Karakhanid state, Mongolian empire, Chagatay state, Zhongar and Kazakh khanates, Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Archeological fi ndings all pheasants, and tens of others. Amongst over the city confi rm its rich history: living plants, following types should be noted: areas of primitive people, saka and uysun apricot, atraphaxis muschketowii, funeral barrows, Turkic sanctuaries, ruins Sievers’s apple-tree, Nedzvetskiy’s of Buddhist and Christian temples, ruins of apple-tree, Caucasian hackberry, Altai medieval cities and settlements. gymnospermium, Kolpakovskiy and Ostrovskiys’ tulips, Albert’s iris. All of In 1991 Almaty became the capital of the mentioned plants are endemic and independent Kazakhstan. Despite the included in the Red List. relocation of the capital to Astana in 1997, the city still retains its uniqueness and carries the informal name of “the Southern Capital”. DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA The foothills of the Northern Tien-Shan, where Almaty is located, have a unique ecosystem. Besides presenting Central Asian mountain views, they are also inhabited by forest and steppe animals and plants, which originated from European and the Mediterranean. There are also large mammals: snow leopard, Turkestan lynx, roes, boars, bears, Indian porcupine, etc. A variety of birds: woodpeckers, owls, eagles, #visitalmaty MICE AND EVENTS | 5 UNIQUE NATURAL BEAUTY Almaty is perhaps the most unique city on Earth! You can find almost all natural areas here: from sultry sands of the desert to eternal mountain glaciers. At noon, you can feel the heat from the barkhans and in a couple hours you will be freezing in the snows of the Zailiyskiy Alatau meadows. You do not need to fly to other continents, other countries or cross the sea, you can just get into your car and boundless steppes, dense forests, emerald mountain valleys and eternal glaciers of one of the highest mountain systems in the world - the majestic Tien-Shan – will open to you! UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES There are several sites in close proximity to the city which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Petroglyphs of the archaeological landscape of Tamgaly that consist of more than two thousand rock paintings relating to the Bronze Age, the early Iron Age and the early Middle Ages. Also sites of the “Great Silk Road” in Chanjan-Tian-Shan corridor – the ancient settlement of Talkhiz (Talgar) and candidates for UNESCO World Heritage Sites – «Altyn-Emel» national park and the «Boralday