Located between economic heavyweights China and Russia, Mongolia’s traditional balancing act between its giant neighbours has come under increasing pressure in recent months, while winning and maintaining international investor confidence continues to be a multi-faceted and essential task. Expectations of rapid and sustainable growth among the country’s citizens now exist within the framework...
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Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Articles & Analysis | Listings of good hotels in Mongolia and their amenities from The Report: Mongolia 2015
KEMPINSKI HOTEL KHAN PALACE
East Cross Road, Peace Avenue Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar
T: (+976) 1146 3463
F: (+976) 114 63464
reservations.ulaanbaatar@kempinski.com
www.kempinski.com/ulaanbaatar
Rooms: 27 superior rooms, 66 deluxe rooms, 4 junior suites, 4 executive suites and a presidential suite.
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Articles & Analysis | An impressive international art sale in Mongolia highlights the country's fine art from The Report: Mongolia 2015
When the venerable auction house Sotheby’s put a “very rare and important gilt bronze figure” up for auction in early December 2014 despite protests by the Mongolian government – including a strongly worded letter from the country’s minister of culture, L. Gantumur, claiming that the artwork had been obtained illegally from Mongolia – few people aside from specialists in...
Articles & Analysis | Visitors may best find the authentic Mongolia in the country's vast rural expanses from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Despite increasingly cosmopolitan dining, nightlife and shopping scenes in the county’s capital Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s real draw lies in its countryside. With its rolling grasslands, crystal-clear lakes, weathered peaks, authentic nomadic lifestyle and roaming herds of sheep, goats, horses and other four-legged creatures, even the most jaded of urbanites will find it...
Articles & Analysis | Useful information for visitors to Mongolia from The Report: Mongolia 2015
ETIQUETTE: A handshake usually accompanies a first introduction in a business setting and is used both as a greeting and farewell. Although people in urban centres are less strict about local customs when greeting, it is customary and seen as a sign of respect to offer things (a business card, pen, etc.) with your left hand under your...
Investor appetite towards Mongolia could be improving amid hopes Ulaanbaatar may be in the process of settling a long-running dispute with mining giant Rio Tinto over the development of phase two of the Oyu Tolgoi mine, allaying concerns over the government's ability to repay or roll over existing debt.