Summary. The article addresses methodological approaches to the development of strategic plans for businesses. The author highlights the importance of strategic plans and the existence of different approaches their formation, emphasizes the major trends and common approaches for their development.

Keywords: strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy, implementation of the strategy, enterprise, purpose, mission, analysis, internal environment, external environment, control.

Abstract. The article justified that the European gas market is oligopolistic. Provides an overview of the most popular oligopolistic models. It justifies application of the Stackelberg model for the study of the natural gas market.

Keywords: oligopoly, Stackelberg model, natural gas, natural gas market.

Summary. Investigated the use of modern methods of simulation for research and study of the transport infrastructure. The essence and peculiarities of simulation modeling method of transport. Analyzed simulation models offered by foreign and Ukrainian scientists. The attention paid to the need for simulation modeling to improve urban traffic conditions and public transport, to assess its cost-effectiveness. Proved that without the use of simulation modeling techniques can not be scientific justification integration of motor transport infrastructure of cities and regions of Ukraine in the modern world similar structure.

Keywords: Transport infrastructure, transport system, simulation model, simulation, system simulation modeling of traffic, vengeance, region.

Summary: In the article discussed the questions of compromise between the state and citizens to  proceedings of real efficient agricultural land use. Determined that the most productive agricultural land use development strategy is the development of market-oriented system within the administrative-territorial formations. There are formulated a model of effective land use based on principles of social and environmental oriented, market-oriented land use, energy-efficient mechanism for the use of soil.

Keywords: draft land management, corporatization, land shares, model of land use, land reform.

Summary: The authors analyse the main changes in tax system of Ukraine during 2014-2015 concerning the number of taxes, tax ratio and tax burden structure, assess the effects of these changes, compare the new concepts of tax system reforming and suggest their own alternative ideas of tax reforming.

Key words: tax, tax system, tax burden, tax reform, tax ratio. 

Summary. This article provides an analysis of the economic situation in the hotel complex at the regional level. It was found that in the Kharkiv region has some specificity of which can be tracked by selective system performance. Logic analysis of the regional hotel is within appraisal system indicators in the group which marked spatial location, variety of hotel facilities, hotel rooms and their level, dynamics of changes, quality of service, profitability.

Keywords. Regional hotel complex, conjuncture of market of hotel services, efficiency. гостиничный комплекс, конъюнктура рынка гостиничных услуг, эффективность.

Annotation. Article is dedicated to the ecological- economic estimation of the neutralization of the petroleum-containing withdrawals by biotechnological and thermal methods. At the basis of the methodology of a study systems approach is represented. Are reflected the technological and economic characteristics of the devices of the utilization of the petroleum-containing withdrawals, and also of the merit and deficiencies in the utilized methods.

The keywords: the petroleum-containing withdrawals, systems approach, ecological- economic estimation, utilization, combustion, biodestruction.

Summary. The article deals with the concept of the tourist image of the state and its kinds. The value of a positive image for the economy and improve the standard of living in the country are disclosed. The factors influencing the perception of the country in the world are considered. The main problems that adversely affect the image of Ukraine at the momentare defined. The situation in Ukraine among other states with the help of tourism competitiveness ranking is described. The work of state institutions on the organization of international promotional activities is evaluated. Recommendations for improvement the tourism image of Ukraine are presented.

Keywords: tourist image of the country, tourism, tourism industry, tourist service, tourist product, tourism potential.

Summary: The essence of strategy and strategic planning. A brief description of the main provisions of strategic planning. The basic problems of strategic planning for hotel companies. The proposed approach to solve these problems.

Key words: strategy, strategic management, efficiency, competitiveness. 

Summary: The basic position of creating security in hotels, identifies possible major threat to guests and hotel staff, the classification is made on the level of equipment intruders and their preparation and the possible locations of increased interest of criminal groups. The basic components of an integrated security system of the hotel, the brief characteristic. Particular attention is paid to the organizational component of an integrated security system of the hotel.

Keywords: hotel, security staff, threats, access control, human resources, technical resources, organizational security component. 

Summary: The situation today in the market of hotel services in Ukraine, was described. The reasons that influenced the decline of the hotel market, were identified. Problems because of which the hotel can not get the maximum profit, have been identified. Events that will help owners to effectively manage the hotel and get more money, have been proposed. The need to implement the work at modern information systems has been proven. The need for specialization of the hotel was founded.

Keywords: profits, marketing politics, motivation, specialization, additional services, informative systems, interactive menu.

Summary: The study provides a General description of the activities of the leading international rating agencies, identified the main types of ratings (credit, non-credit, short-term, long-term, carried out by international or national scale), presents objects of rating, reviewed conventions used to assess the quality commitments of various objects when drawing up ratings of leading international agencies, identified the prospects for further development of the reporting agencies with regard to environmental factors.

The ambiguity of the assessment activities of the agencies Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings on the Russian market due to their negative assessment of the long-term sovereign rating of Russia as a national and international scale, this in early 2015. By estimations of representatives of government, business and experts this forecast is clearly pessimistic in nature and reflects the political dependence of agencies from Western countries and USA. Speaking about the prospects and future of the international rating agencies on the Russian market, it should be noted that in Russia adopted the law on the activities of credit rating agencies to limit the possibility of global agencies, Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings assign ratings in Russia on a national scale.

Presented in the work of the information may be of interest for further deeper exploration of the issues, determine the range of problems to be solved by establishing sovereign credit ratings on national and international scale.

In addition, the proposed in the work information can also serve as a basis for further evaluation of the degree of influence of the political environment on the formation of sovereign ratings, prospects of development of the activities of international rating agencies on the Russian market, directions of improving the legislation on rating agencies.

Keywords: rating Agency, international scale, the political circumstances, the Russian market, financial institution, securities.