Bates was hired in 2008 to provide project development and cost consultancy services for Super Borovets. This was one of the most ambitious hotels & leisure projects undertaken in Bulgaria. It planned to transform Borovets region into a year-round resort with football fields and tennis courts. The project planned the construction of a new gondola station, improved snowboard runs and a total number of 33 ski pistes with a total length of 60 km.