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AAKO Enterprises

We Help Make
Great Resorts
Real Life Solutions for
Sport Resorts and Beyond
Our Projects
  • Ski Industry Strategy

    Strategy for Russian Ski Industry. In 2019 Yuri Kolobov was part of the expert council, that developed a Strategy for Developing the Russian Ski Industry for the Ministry of Tourism, with $1 bln to be spent by 2035, increasing the number of active skiers by 1 mln

  • Rosa Khutor
    Leading Russian mountain Resort, Rosa Khutor, got a new strategy in 2021. It focused on summer activities, attracting new target audience, modernizing resort infrastructure, creating smooth customer experience with extensive use of technology
  • Burton x Gorky Park

    In 2013, the world's largest and only city spot, operating throughout the winter season, appeared in the central park of Moscow, Gorky Park. Foreign park construction experts were invited. They made the city-spot completely safe and accessible for snowboarders at all levels

  • 13 Parks Tour

    A unique snowboarding competition tour in slope style discipline for amateurs, organized and held on a professional level. Inspired by Burton and international competitions like the X-Games, Burton Open, DEW Tour. 39 parks were built for 3 years during the project by the best snowboard park companies such as SPT and Unit Park Tech

Our Team
We Come With Diverse Experience
  • Juri Kolobov
    Partner. Operational management, sales and marketing, client services

    COO for Rosa Khutor, the resort that hosted 2014 winter Olympics. Developed resort strategy, launched a network of glampings, supervised ski resort operations, marketing, and client services.

    Part of the working group developing a Russian ski resort strategy with the Ministry of economic development. Distributor of Burton, Oakley, GoPro, Volcom, Hoka brands

  • Vasily Afanasyev

    Partner. Finance, business processes, corporate governance

    Supervised multibillion development projects: Rosa Khutor and Dolina Vasta(Sochi), Three Volcanoes (Kamchatka). Served as Board member for energy, mining, pharma, media companies. Held managerial positions in PricewaterhouseCoopers, ТНК-BP, Gazprom International, Sakhalin Energy, Interros. ACCA and CIA qualified

How It Works

Project audit and benchmarking

Current status audit, peers benchmarking. Identifying potential improvements and target operational model
Develop operational and financial model
Setting up of 3 to 5 years development plan, based on available resources and different realization options
Build a road map and action plan
Plan strategic initiatives over a 5 -15 year horizon
What You Would Get
  • Project KPIs
    Profit margin, time to break even, operational efficiency metrics , client satisfaction metrics, etc.
  • Operational model
    Key business processes, corporate governance model, marketing and sales model, IT and digital, set of KPIs
  • Budget
    Budget for capital and operational expenditure

  • Financial model
    Forecast of project cashflows, scenario analysis and key financial indicators
  • Road map
    Time and resources based plan to reach strategic goals
  • HR
    Organizational structure, compensation model, HR brand, list of required competences, job descriptions, help with hiring key employees
Our contacts
Phone: +971 58 517 1978
Email: info@aakoenterprises.com
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