19-21 September 2022
Dubai
2023 SPEAKERS
HE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri
Minister of Economy
United Arab Emirates
HE Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar
Founder & Managing Director of Emaar Properties
Founder & Director of Noon.com; Chairman of Eagle Hills; Chairman of Americana Group
Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi
Group Chief Executive Officer
Miral
HE Dr. Rolando Zubiran
Board Member Beacon Media
Founder & CEO MESMR
HE Dr. Ghada Shalaby
Vice Minister
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt
Anouschka Menzies
Co Founder
Bacchus Agency
Louis Abboud
CDO & Deputy Head of Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Ennismore
Karim Abboud
Director EMEA
Klimato
Christian Abell
Founder, Craft Hospitality
CO & Founder, Architaste FZCO
Colin Abercrombie
Strategy Director
NEOM
Rashid Aboobacker
Portfolio Director, Asset Management
Rua Al Madinah Holding
Saujanya Acharya
CEO & Co-founder
Neumo
Adeeb Ahamed
Managing Director
Lulu Financial Holdings & Twenty14 Holdings
Hassan Ahdab
President of Hotels Operations
Dur Hospitality
Engineer Suwaidan Al Dhaheri
Chief Executive Officer
IMKAN PROPERTIES
Ahmed Al Juhani
Chief Executive Officer
Rua Al Madinah Holding
Mariam Al Musharrekh
Executive Director HR
Miral
Khuloud Hasan Al Nuwais
Chief Sustainability Officer, Emirates Foundation
Secretary General, ne’ma National Steering Committee
Mesheal Al-Omari
Investment Excellence Director
Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia
Monsurudeen Alasi
Market Research & Analytics Specialist
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism
Marvin Alballi
Amazon Best Selling F&B Author
Head of F&B, Arenco
Marwa Alderaawi
Student
Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
Abdullah Alharbi
Assistant Deputy Minister for Investment Enablement
Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia
Badr Alherbish
Chief Strategy Officer
Tourism Development Fund
Yazan Alshouly
Partner - Real Estate, Hospitality & Leisure
PwC Middle East
Faisal Altuwaim
CEO
Oaktree Hospitality
Dr. Ali Amiri
Regional Sustainability Director
Egis Group
JS Anand
Founder & CEO
Leva Hotels & Resorts
Khalid Anib
Chief Executive Officer
Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Patrick Antaki
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Hospitality Management Holding (HMH)
Scott Antel
Owner/Founder
SCOTT’S FZ
Radhika Arapally
Founder
Sustainability Kiosk
Basma Aribi
Head of Marketing
FreshOnTable
Karan Ashok
Business Head - UAE & Oman
OYO
Jana Bader
General Manager
The Bench
Emma Banks
Vice President, F&B Strategy & Development EMEA
Hilton
Imad Barrakad
CEO & Chairman
Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT)
Ben Baseley-Walker
Founder & Managing Partner
Andart Global
Mahfoudh Bashatah
Strategic Business Executive Director
Rua Al Madinah
Ramine Behnam
Vice President Development - EMEA
Minor Hotels
René Beil
President, HAMA MEA
Managing Director, Beaufort Global
Ugo Bertoni
Director for External Affairs, Outreach and Cultural Engagement
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Nivesh Bhagtani
Senior Business Research & Development Executive, MJS Holding
Founder, Young Hotelier Network
Ahmed Bin Madhi
Chief Investment Officer
Rua Al Madinah Holding
Fahad Bin Mushayt
Chief Executive Officer
ASFAR
Erika Blazeviciute Doyle
Founder
Drink Dry
Paul Boldly
Managing Partner
RLA Global
Aseel Bondagjy
Hotel Talent Development Manager
NEOM
Charbel Boutros
VP Development, Middle East & Africa
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Filip Boyen
Global Ambassador, Forbes Travel Guide & Senior Advisor, Corinthia Hotels and Arsenale La Dolce Vita Trains
Forbes Travel Guide
Jordan Bray
Vice President & UAE Director
Plug and Play
Paul Bridger
Chief Operating Officer
Rove Hotels
Jonathan Brown
Chief Portfolio Officer
Miral
Emlyn Brown
SVP WELLNESS ACCOR
ACCOR
Ewan Cameron
Director - Africa
Westmont Hospitality Group
Imran Changezi
Executive Director Hospitality Development
Diriyah Gate Company Ltd
Priya Chellani
Head of Asset Management
Miral
Puneet Chhatwal
Managing Director & CEO
Indian Hotels Company Limited
Hala Matar Choufany
President & Managing Partner, Middle East, Africa & South Asia
HVS - Dubai
Lizzy Coates
Senior Sustainability Advisor
Considerate Group
Nick Comaty
Vice President Food and Beverage
Ennismore
Marco Corallo
COO
Xenios Academy
Andreas Costa
Managing Director and Head of International Real Estate Finance
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Henry Coutinho-Mason
Author & Speaker
The Future Normal
Matthew Dadd
Acting General Manager
Yas Asset Management
Sacha Daniel
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Solutions Group
Shrikant Dash
Deputy Managing Director Corporate
AtmosphereCore
Mark De Cocinis
Chief Executive Officer
Boutique Group
Gustavo De Hostos
Managing Partner
Forsite Creative
Fritz Dickamp
Managing Director
Studio 49
Ellen Dubois Du Bellay
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jumeirah Group
Amr El Nady
Head of Hotels & Hospitality MEA and Executive Vice President, Global Hotel Desk
JLL
Ahmed Elkiki
Vice President Technical Services - MEA
Millennium Hotels and Resorts
Thomas Emanuel
Senior Director
STR
Dr. Adel Ezzat
Chief Executive Officer
Elaf Group
Elyza Falzon
Vice President - Architecture, Design & Construction
Hilton Worldwide Services Limited
Mouna Faraj
Co-founder & CEO
ExploreTECH
Duncan Fraser-Smith
Author
Create to Plate
Bernadine Galliver
Vice President: Tourism Advisory
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group
Giuliano Gasparini
Head of Hospitality Asset Management
WASL / Dubai Real Estate Corporation
Andrew Gilmour
Principal Economist
The Economist Group
Wayne Godwin
Head of Hotels and Hospitality -Sub Saharan Africa
JLL
Amir Golbarg
Senior VP Operations
Minor Hotels
Olivier Granet
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Kasada Capital Management
Sarah-Jane Grant
Founder, Craft Hospitality
Managing Director, LXA
Jeremy Gray
VP Business Development
WhiteWater
Gemma Greenwood
Director
Content Inc
Max Grenard
Corporate F&B Director
wasl Hospitality & Leisure
Jeroen Greven
Managing Director
The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
Paul Griep
Director Sustainable Hospitality Challenge & Director Industry Relations
Hotelschool the Hague
Michael Grove
COO
Hotstats
James Hacon
Managing Partner
Think Hospitality
Hasan Haider
Founder and Managing Partner
Plus VC
Younes Hajoui
Director of Investment Development
Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT)
Khatija Haque
Chief Economist & Head of Research
Emirates NBD
Hicham Hassouni
Strategy & Business Development Chief Officer
Boutique Group
Chadi Hauch
Regional Vice President, Lodging Development – Middle East
Marriott International
William Heinecke
Founder & Chairman
Minor Hotels
Christopher Hewett
SVP and Head of Hospitality
Al Hamra Real Estate
David Jackson
Director of Marketing & Public Affairs
Winnow
Joseph Jacob
Co-founder & CEO
Burnt
Kevin Jacobs
CFO & President, Global Development
Hilton
Kapil Jobanputra
Managing Director, Head - Real Estate Banking
Standard Chartered Bank
Sunil John
President - MENA
ASDA'A-BCW
Rizwan Kassim
Founder & Managing Partner
RIKAS Hospitality Group
Fahad Abdulrahim Kazim
Chief Executive Officer
Lakhraim Group & Millennium Hotels MEA
David Keen
Founder & CEO
QUO
Faisal Khan
Director of Tourism Sector Management
Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
Rayyan Khan
Student
The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
Amith Khanna
Head of Franchise
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development Middle East & Africa
Hilton
Mark Kirby
Head of Hospitality
Emaar Hospitality Group
Philipp Klohr
Senior Vice President - UAE Real Estate, UAE Investments
Mubadala Investment Company
Sophie Kotrikadze
CMO
Spectrum
Theodor Kubak
Managing Partner
Arbireo Capital
Raed Kuhail
Executive Director Digital and Technology
Miral
Mark Powell Kyffin
Architecture Section Head
Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi
Amir Lababedi
Managing Director Development MENA
Hilton
Tatiana Labaki
Head of Hotel & Tourism Advisory
TONOMUS NEOM
Anthony Lagrabette
Director Asset Management
Colliers
Shane Lahiff
Architecture Director
SSH
Grégory Lanter
Chief Development, Construction & Property Officer, CEO Mountain Strategy
Club Med
Michael Levie
Owner
SMARELS
Peggy Li
Managing Partner
SPS Affinity
Stefano Lopez
Tourism Projects Director
AWN Enterprises
Clemence Lormand
Development Director
FAUCHON L' Hôtel / Aleph Hospitality
Andrew Love
Partner - Head of ME Capital Markets and OSCA
Knight Frank
Dr. Naim Maadad
Chief Executive & Founder
Gates Hospitality
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
Cabinet Member, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence
United Arab Emirates
Puneet Mahindroo
Co-Founder
PerfectCheck
Khalid Maliki
Co-founder & COO
Gimly
Glenn Mandziuk
Chief Executive Officer
Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Dimitris Manikis
President EMEA
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Ali Manzoor
Head of Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
CBRE
Haitham Mattar
Special Advisor, UNWTO
Managing Director MEA & South West Asia, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Michael McGovern
Director
Compass Project Consulting
Jaidev Menezes
Regional Vice President, Mixed-Use Development (EMEA)
Marriott International
Elie Milky
Vice President Development
Radisson Hotel Group
Kathryn Moore
Managing Director
Spa Connectors
Hadi Moukarzel
Brand & system services director
Louvre Hotels Group
Dr. Amine Elias Moukarzel
President
Golden Tulip MENA/Louvre Hotels Group
Tawanda Munambah
Head Planning, Investments & Cooperation
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority
Chris Nader
Co-Founder & CEO
ENVI Lodges
Nicolas Nasra
Head of Hotel Advisory
Colliers
Amit Nayak, CHA
Vice President
HAMA MEA
Siegfried Nierhaus
Vice President Middle East
Deutsche Hospitality
David Nikuradze
Managing Partner
Spectrum
HE Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer
Chief Executive Officer
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)
Irina Orlandini
Founder
Like4Like / Spaecial
Ani Otskheli
Deputy CMO
Next
Tim Peck
Chairman
OBMI
Gilda Perez-Alvarado
Incoming Group Chief Strategy Officer
Accor
Jennifer Pettinger-Haines
Managing Director, The Bench Middle East
Founder, GRIF
Martin Picard
Co-Founder & Chief Real Estate Officer
Sonder
Maria Pichon
Director Brand Development
NEOM Hotel Development
Tapan Piplani
Chief Operating Officer
Valor Hospitality Partners- Middle East & CIS
Alfonso Ponce Alvarez
Director of Contributory Turnover Development, Sustainable Development & Innovation Department
Egis Group
Michael Pownall
Managing Partner- Africa & Middle East
Valor Hospitality Partners
Arul Prakash
Co-Founder & CEO
Buk Technology
Dale Qi Shen
Vice President, Director – Real Estate Structuring & Advisory
Mashreq
Vijay Raghavan
Director
Golden Sands Hotels Co. LLC
Johary Rajosefa
General Coordinator of Projects
Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Madagascar
Marco S Rentsch
Partner - Global Consulting Hospitality & Tourism Center of Excellence
PwC Middle East
Damien Rizzi
Consultancy & Advisory Director
Egis
Stephen Sackur
Presenter
HARDTalk
Turab Saleem
Partner - Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory Services -MENA
Knight Frank
Mario Samaha
Executive Chairman & Founder
Capital Motion
Tobias Schulz
Head of Restaurant & Partnership Development
Hilton Hotels & Resorts
Ingo Schweder
Founder & CEO
GOCO Hospitality
Nouran Seifelnasr Mahmoud
Tourism Policy Lead
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
Nada Serhir
Head of Promotion & Marketing Department
Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT)
Ali Shahid
Marketing Director
the bench
Jad Shamseddin
Chief Operating Officer
Aleph Hospitality
Osama Shawky
CEO / Co-Founder
Thirty Sleeps
Cenk Sidar
CEO & Founder
Enquire.AI
David Singleton
Founder
ōrāculī
Gaurav Sinha
CEO
Insignia Worldwide
Andre Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Holoconnects
Filippo Sona
Co-Chairman
Wood Couture Industrial Group
Denis Sorin
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
AMSA Hospitality
Didier Souillat
Senior Advisor, Global Business Development
F1Arcade
Najee Syriani
CVP Projects
Rotana Hotels
Judith Szollosi
Business Developer
Conceptional
Eddy Tannous
Chief Operating Officer
Rotana Hotel Management Company PJSC
Manav Thadani
Founder and Chairman
Hotelivate
Alex Toledano
President
VISTO
Ruben Toral
Director Healthcare + Wellness
QUO
Tjalling van den Burger
VP Enterprise Sales
Adyen
Nick van Marken
Managing Director
van Marken Consulting
Stephan Vanden Auweele
Chief Executive Officer
United Hospitality Management
Tatiana Veller
Managing Director
Stirling Hospitality Advisors
Suma Venkatesh
Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development
The Indian Hotels Company Limited
Hubert Viriot
CEO
YOTEL
Daniel von Barloewen
Regional Vice President, Head of Mixed-Use EMEA
Accor
Jamal Olivier Wick
CEO & Co-founder
Bespoke Modular Solutions
Guido de Wilde
Hospitality Advisor
wasl Hospitality
Marc Williams
Owner
ART MARKET
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman
The Bench
James Wrenn
Executive Director | Head of Capital Markets MENA
Colliers
Camil Yazbeck
Global Chief Development Officer - Premium, Midscale & Economy
Accor
Maz Zawacki
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Techne Infiniti Ventures
Zoe Yuhua Zuo
Unit Head of Hospitality, Entertainment & Attraction Development
Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT)