27-29 OCT 2025
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

2025 SPEAKERS

Hassan Ahdab
Chief Hospitality Operations Officer
Taiba Investments

Yasser Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
Actions Hotel

Mushtaq Al Waeli
Senior Executive Advisor
PwC Middle East.

Asif Alidina
Co-Founder & CEO
Inntelo AI

Amit Arora
Chief Operating Officer
Arada

Klaus Assmann
Chief Operating Officer - Middle East, India & Southeast Asia
United Hospitality Management (UHM)

Thomas B. Meier
Chief Executive Officer
Jumeirah

Dirk Bakker
Head of EMEA Hotels | EMEA & Global Capital Markets
Colliers

Daniel von Barloewen
Senior Vice President, Global Mixed-Use Development
Accor

Rene Beil
Managing Director, BEAUFORT
Chairman, MAARAH HOLDINGS & HAMA President Middle East

Nick Candy
Chief Executive Officer
Candy Capital

Chiara Caruso
Director National Tourism Fund
CDP Real Asset SGr SpA

Atul Chopra
Founder &CEO
FRESHONTABLE LLC

Peter Daire
Senior Executive Advisor
PwC Middle East

Marc Dardenne
Chief Executive Officer
Modon Holding Hospitality

Gustavo De Hostos
Founder and Managing Partner
FORSITE CREATIVE

Fritz Dickamp
Managing Director
Studio 49

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

Larissa Esser
Founder & Owner
Esser Advisory

Artur Gerber
Chief Executive Officer
TUI Blue Hotels & Resorts

Marinos Giannopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Enterprise Greece

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

Olivier Granet
Co-CEO & Managing Partner
Kasada Capital Management

Gemma Greenwood
Director
Content Inc

Michaela Guzy
Founder, CEO + Chief Content Creator
OhThePeopleYouMeet

Bani Haddad
Founder & Managing Director
Aleph Hospitality

Li Hawkins
Partner and Managing Director
Insight Out

Guy Ivesha
Founder & CEO
Maslow's

Sally Jeffery
Global Education and Skills Leader Partner
PwC Middle East

Kapil Jobanputra
Managing Director
Elaeo Partners

Aseem Kapoor
Founder & Chief Executive
ARK People Solutions

Rizwan Kassim
Chief Executive Officer
Rikas Hospitality

Shaun Killa
Design Director - Founder
Killa Design

Jan-Patrick Krüger
Managing Director
Pandox AB

Barry Landsberg
Principal
Landsberg Residential Consulting Inc.

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

Glenn Mandziuk
Chief Executive Officer
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Diminitris Manikis
President & Managing Director EMEA
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

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

Ralph Melis
Chief Operating Officer
Explore TECH

Jaidev Menezes
RVP Mixed Use Development EMEA
Marriott International

Hans Meyer
Co Founder & Managing Director
Zoku

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

Philippe Najjar
Destinations Consulting Partner
PwC Middle East

Nicolas Nasra
Head of Hotel Advisory
Colliers MENA

Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais
Corporate Vice President of Owner Relationship Management, Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
Secretary-General Elect, UN Tourism

Amit Nayak, CHA
Vice President
HAMA MEA

Siegfried Nierhaus
Vice President & Head of Development Middle East, India and Africa
H World International

Pelumi Nubi
Founder
Nubi Network

Wesam Okasha
MD & Head of Global Development
TUI Blue Hotels & Resorts

Rosa Piro
Chief Investment Officer
Arada

Arjan Pit
Managing Director Middle East
UNS

Alessandra Priante
President
ENIT SpA

Paul Saba
Vice President & Senior Counsel - EMEA
Marriott International

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

Marc Socker
Chief Executive Officer
Maybourne Hotel Group

Eleonora Srugo
Licensed Associated Real Estate Broker & Star of Netflix’s Selling the City
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

Jeff Tisdall
Chief Business Officer
Accor One Living

Wytze Van Den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotels

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

Markus Venzin
Chief Executive Officer
EHL Group

Philip Wooller
Area Director - Middle East and Africa
STR

Elie Younes
Executive Vice President & Global Chief Development Officer
Radisson Hotel Group