Speakers

HE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri

Minister of Economy and Tourism

United Arab Emirates

HE Patricia De Lille

Minister of Tourism

Republic of South Africa

H.E. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar

Founder & Managing Director of Emaar Properties; Founder & Director of Noon.com; Chairman of Eagle Hills; Chairman of Americana Group

HE Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais

Secretary-General Elect

UN Tourism

Sébastien Bazin

Group Chairman & CEO

Accor

Thomas B. Meier

Chief Executive Officer

Jumeirah

Philip Martin Barnes

Chief Executive Officer

Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC

Sultan Bader Al-Otaibi

Chief Executive Officer

Taiba Investments

Nick Candy

Chief Executive Officer

Candy Capital

Marc Socker

Chief Executive Officer

Maybourne

Khalid Saud Abuhaimed

Chief Executive Officer

Al Khozama Investment Company

Maud Bailly

Chief Executive Officer

Sofitel Legend, Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems

Hossam Al-Basrawi

Chief Executive Officer

Alrajhi Capital

Marc Dardenne

Chief Executive Officer

Modon Holding Hospitality

Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi

Group Chief Executive Officer

Miral

Alan Faena

Founder and President

Faena Group

Dimitris Manikis

President EMEA

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Haitham Mattar

Managing Director MEA & South West Asia, IHG Hotel & Resort; Special Advisor to Secretary General, UNWTO

Amit Arora

Chief Operating Officer

Arada

Serena Lim

Chief Growth Officer

The Ascott Limited

Puneet Chhatwal

Managing Director & CEO

The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL)

Pier Paolo Righi

CEO & President

Karl Lagerfeld

Guy Hutchinson

President, Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Hilton

Stephen Sackur

Former Presenter

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