Past Speakers
Sindi Xhillary
Business Developer
Ilan Rudich
Managing Director, HOTCO Advisory Board member
Miklós Belán
Founder & CEO
JS Anand
Founder & CEO
Tibor Massányi
Managing Partner
Balázs Fóti
Director, Hotel Development and Portfolio
Wojciech Popis
Vice President of Board
Gregor Halek
Managing Director CEE
Vlad Dragoescu
Director - CEE Head of Portfolio Management
Ivan Kiseev
Senior Director, International Hotel Development CEE & CIS
Milos Grdinic
Development and Asset Management Director
Ronald Egelman
Senior Director Development UK, Ireland, Nordics
Christine Dornaus
Member - Management Board
Andreas Deutsch
Deputy Head of Department - Real Estate Finance Asset Lead Hospitality
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director
Daniela Wakefield
Director of Human Resources
Gebhard Schachermayer
Managing Partner
Dr Marcel Engh
Founder & MD
Gabriela Basovska
Director of Development for Western Europe
Christian Hribar
Head of Development
Adrian Schmidt
Vice President Digital Development & Strategy
Thomas Emanuel
Senior Director
Chloe Parkins
Senior Economist
Frank Halmos
Chief Executive Officer
Anna Cohen
Fund Manager
Laia Lahoz
Chief Assets and Development Officer
Marcus Smola
CEO
Shafi Syed
Global Head Hotel Development & Acquisitions
Tímea Fazekas
Senior Project Manager
Erol Milo
Head of Commercial Real Estate
Jonathan Lee Jones
Senior Vice President, Investments (Europe)
Theodor Kubak
Managing Partner
Terence Baker
News editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Andrea Róna
Group Director of Development
Benjamin Calleja
Founder & Chief Experience Officer
Sabrina Westphaelinger
Senior Director Talent & Culture Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Arno Schwalie
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board
Maria Puetz-Willems
Editor-in-chief
Kathrin Cockhill
Commercial Director
Paulina Mazurkiewicz-Kurek
Director of Finance Division - Polski Holding Hotelowy
Christian Michel
Vice President Development Europe, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Liliane Otsuka
Co-Founder of HOTCO
Stephan Interthal
General Manager, Kempinsky Hotel Corvinus Budapest
Gheorghe Marian Cristescu
CEO - Polski Holding Hotelowy
Mark Hennebry
Director - CP Holdings
Martina Maly-Gärtner
COO, Member of the Board
Otmar Michaeler
CEO - FMTG – Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group AG
József Szigetvári
CEO - Szallas Group
Milan Arandelovic
Managing Director / Head of Hospitality - Cerberus Global Investments B.V.
Matthias Huber
Industry Lead Real Estate - Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Lukas Koller
Managing director and Co-Owner - Est-Hotels
Mindee Lee
Senior Manager – Corporate Strategy & Board Secretary - CPI Property Group
Dimitris Manikis
President for Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA)
Roland Paar
Managing Partner - SoHospitality GmbH, Vienna
Rupert Simoner
President of the Advisory Board - HR Group Management GmbH
Maciej Wolski
Group CEO - Tacit Investment S.A.
Anne-Marie Auriault
Managing Director - Pimlico Asset Management
Simona Constantinescu
CEO - Ana Hotels
Monique Dekker
Area Vice President Austria-Czech Republic-Italy-Hungary / General Manager Member GDEIC - Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council Chair Women@Hyatt DBRG EAME
Vladimir Gorashchenko
Founder, President & CEO - Double W Group
Ruslan Husry
CEO/ Managing owner - HR Group
Péter Kerek
Deputy Managing Director for Strategy - Accent Hotels
Jaidev Menezes
Regional Vice President, Mixed-Use Development - Marriott International EMEA
Herbert Pinzolits
Owner & CEO - Mamma Group
Susanne Kraus-Winkler
State Secretary for Tourism of the Republic of Austria
Karl Eckerstorfer
President of the Management Board - Liburnia Hotels & Villas
Lior Junger
Vice President - Aareal Bank AG Special Property Finance - Hotel Properties
Miguel Martins
Head of Development Northern Europe
Marius Gomola
Managing Director - Horwath HTL Hungary
Dávid Jakab
Managing Partner - Realiscon
Nicolas Jover
Director-Associate in the Hospitality Investment team of Azora
Sabine Krievina
Director of Project Management - Mogotel Development Holding Ltd.
Silvija Lovreta
Senior Director South Eastern Europe International Hotel Development - Marriott International
Macy Marvel
Macy Marvel Consulting
Uli Pillau
Founder & CEO - apaleo GmbH
Attila Radvánszki
Director at Horwath HTL Hungary
Jean-Paul Herzog
Hotelier
Christian Buer
Managing Partner - Horwath HTL Germany
Thomas PB Frater
Chairman & CEO - Hussar & Co., Inc.
Ulrike Rabmer-Koller
CEO - Rabmer Group
Lyubomir Stramboliyski
Director of Sales and Marketing - Sts. Constantine & Helena Holding JSC
Tim Zeichhardt
Vice President, International Hotel Development - Marriott International
Philip Bacon
Senior Director - Horwath HTL Spain & Andorra
Oliver Bonke
CEO - Deutsche Hospitality
Brigitte T. Gruber
Managing Partner - Horwath HTL Austria
Malcolm Kerr
Managing Director - Horwath HTL UK
Remi Lefevre
Director of Luxury and Lifestyle Development Marketing - IHG Hotels & Resorts
Daniel Schneider
Founder - Senior Partner - Head of Development - Monoplan AG
Thiemo Willms
Vice President Development DACH
Frank Reul
Vice President Development Accor Eco - Midscale & Premium Brands “Eastern Europe, Balkans, Italy & Greece
Christoph Flügel
Managing Director - Arbireo Capital
Alexander Skoblo
Partner, Head of European and CIS Hotels and Leisure practice, Dentons
Takuya Aoyama
Vice President Development
Lucca Lenikus
Strategic Development, Lenikus Group
Pankaj Birla
AREA VICE PRESIDENT EASTERN EUROPE, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
David Jenkins
Vice President Business Development
James Chappell
Globall Business Director - Horwath HTL