The President of Georgia laid a cornerstone at the construction of a new hotel complex in Batumi. Mikheil Saakashvili spoke with the employed workers and focused attention on the ongoing construction and importance of employment. The investment project of the “Orbi Group” Company envisions building a 4 star hotel and giving desirers ownership of hotel rooms. 1,000 persons will be employed at the construction of the hotel. The new 35 story hotel complex will be accommodated by furniture made in Adjara. The building will be spread on 110,000 square meters and have 1,050 rooms. It will also have open and closed swimming pools, spa centers, café-restaurants, casinos, children’s entertainment centers, and recreation centers.

“The ‘Orbi Group’ is reaching a record in terms of construction speed. 5 years ago, when we started constructions, Turks were working everywhere but now the local workers are employed. We were going to learn from them, but we are now building twice as fast. I think ‘Orbi” will soon start building things in Turkey and this will be lucrative for Turks. We should export our experience in this direction to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and Ukraine. It is necessary for small companies to expand. That’s how Trump began his business and he is now building half of the world. The ‘Orbi Group’ is building half of Batumi. People often say that foreigners have bought everything in Batumi and they are constructing it. I would like to note that the ‘Orbi Group’ is completely a Georgian company. Foreigners are visiting Batumi, spending money and we employ people with this money, begin new buildings, create new hotels and everything is left to us. All of this is property of the people” – noted the President of Georgia while talking to the managers of the company.

Mikheil Saakashvili noted that employing people is a priority of the government and by strengthening such companies this problem might be handled once and for all. The Head of State also spoke about increasing salaries and raising qualification of specialists.

“You’ve had very interesting projects from the beginning. Our goal is to assist companies like the ‘Orbi Group’ because employed people is what our goal is in the end. The more that is built the more people are employed; salaries will be higher and we will sell more, hence we will have higher incomes. I know how hard their job is and I want the employed people to have higher salaries. Salaries will grow in parallel to increased apartment prices. In the end, construction must become more lucrative and we should give people higher salaries. This will happen gradually. Georgian architects have begun working better and better. We’ve sent many of them abroad in order to receive education, some of them interned there, some observed foreign architects here. Reputation is the most important thing in this sphere, and if it is diminished even once, the company will lose everything” – noted Mikheil Saakashvili.

Mikheil Saakashvili visited a furniture factory “Saloglu Georgia” in Khelvachauri later today. It produces household furniture including soft furniture. The hotel of the “Orbi Group” will be accommodated by furniture produced at Saloglu Georgia”