27-29 OCT 2025
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

2025 SPEAKERS

Amit Arora
Chief Operating Officer
Arada

Thomas B. Meier
Chief Executive Officer
Jumeirah

Gustavo De Hostos
Founder and Managing Partner
FORSITE CREATIVE

Randy Durband
Chief Executive Officer
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

Oussama El Kadiri
Partner - Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory Services
Knight Frank MENA

Marinos Giannopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Enterprise Greece

Ross Gillanders
Luxury health and wellness industry Expert

Amir Ali Golbarg
Senior Vice President - India, Middle East & Africa
Minor Hotel Group Limited

Guy Ivesha
Founder & CEO
Maslow's

Aseem Kapoor
Founder & Chief Executive
ARK People Solutions

Aradhana Khowala
CEO & Regenerative Tourism Expert
Aptamind Partners

Shaun Killa
Design Director - Founder
Killa Design

Gregory Lanter
Group Deputy CEO
Club Med

Gerald Lawless
Ambassador
World Travel & Tourism Council

Professor Marc Lepere
Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, Department of Banking & Finance
King’s Business School

Ali Manzoor
Senior Director Head of Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
CBRE MENA

Jaidev Menezes
RVP Mixed Use Development EMEA
Marriott International

Hans Meyer
Co Founder & Managing Director at Zoku
Zoku

Elie Milky
Vice President Development ME, Cyprus, Greece & Pakistan
Radisson Hotel Group

Siegfried Nierhaus
Vice President and Head of Development
H World International

Rosa Piro
Senior Business Development Director
Arada

Arjan Pit
Managing Director Middle East
UNS

Stephen Sackur
Former Presenter
HARDTalk

Stefano Saporetti
Director of Brand Diversification
Aston Martin

Piergiorgio Schirru
Executive Vice President
Blastness

Dr Achim Schmitt
Dean
EHL Hospitality Business School

Jitesh Shetty
CEO & Co-founder
Credibl Innovations Inc

Mark Sperring
Regional PMC Director
Compass Project Consulting

Eleonora Srugo
Licensed Associated Real Estate Broker
Douglas Elliman

Joe Tabet
Founder & Managing Director
JT+Partners

David Thomson
Senior Vice President Development
The First Group Hospitality

Daniel Thorniley
President
DT-Global Business Consulting

Wytze Van Den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotels

Suma Venkatesh
Executive Vice President - Real Estate & Development
The Indian Hotels Company Limited