Programme
26 Jan
08:30
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14:45
Hotel Investment Platform
(Separate registration required)
12:30
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15:00
Hotel Site Visits
(Limited space based on pre-booking)
15:00
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16:00
Speed Dating
16:00
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16:15
Welcome to HOTCO
16:15
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17:15
Differentiation and Alignment of Global Brands and Hotel Developers
Maria Puetz-Willems
Moderator
Thiemo Willms
Speaker
Dimitris Manikis
Speaker
Andreas Westerburg
Speaker
17:15
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17:30
The AI Era of Proximity Risk
Shmulik Yehezkel
Speaker
17:30
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17:45
The Agentic Shift: Redefining How Products and People Connect
Presentation by Aviaticus
Martin Stolfa
Speaker
17:45
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18:25
Meet the Next Gen of Hotel Owners
Attila Radvánszki
Moderator
Thomas Esnée
Speaker
Mahmoud Sameer Hamdan
Speaker
Lukas Koller
Speaker
Fathi Zuhair Awad
Speaker
18:30
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21:00
Welcome Reception
27 Jan
08:00
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09:00
Welcome Coffee
09:00
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09:05
Welcome Remarks
Marius Gomola
Speaker
James Chappell
Speaker
09:05
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09:20
Data- and AI-Based Management in Hungarian Tourism
Oliver Csendes
Speaker
09:20
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10:00
How Institutional and Public Financing Mechanisms Compliment Commercial Bank Lending in the Hotel Sector?
Arik Ramot
Moderator
Péter Számely
Speaker
Heribert Gangl
Speaker
Anne Nouviaire
Speaker
10:00
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10:40
Investor–Owner Outlook:
Where Returns, Risk & Reality Converge
Anjola Aliaj
Moderator
Vaclav Vochoska
Speaker
Gergely Kollin
Speaker
Florida Kasa
Speaker
Bálint Botos
Speaker
Alla Shamova
Speaker
10:40
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11:00
Coffee and Cookies
11:00
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11:10
GOP Data and Insight
Alex Robinson
Speaker
11:10
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11:50
Who Are the Darlings of Hotel Owners –
Global Brands or White Label Operators?
Aaron Greenman
Moderator
Silvija Lovreta
Speaker
Miguel Martins
Speaker
Martin Winkler
Speaker
Malgorzata Morek
Speaker
Christian Michel
Speaker
11:50
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12:30
Living the Brands:
Saving the Pipeline or Saturating the Market?
Philip Bacon
Moderator
Tarek Hegazy
Speaker
Sam Barrell
Speaker
Daniel von Barloewen
Speaker
12:30
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13:30
Networking lunch
13:30
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14:05
From All-inclusive to All-experiential:
the Evolution of Lifestyle Resort Concepts.
Takuya Aoyama
Moderator
Peter Ličen
Speaker
Frank Reul
Speaker
Didier Lambrecht
Speaker
Andreea Bălaj
Speaker
14:05
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14:40
The Algorithm of Comfort:
Are Smart Hotels the Future of Adaptive Reuse?
Brigitte Gruber
Moderator
Thomas Garnesson
Speaker
Roland Paar
Speaker
Marcel Lindt
Speaker
14:40
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15:15
Local Heroes
Outstanding Achievers in Hospitality
Marius Gomola
Moderator
Tamás Flesch
Speaker
Nikoloz Cherkezishvili
Speaker
Gorjan Lazarov
Speaker
15:15
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15:30
Coffee and Cookies
15:30
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16:05
The Agentic Shift:
Redefining How Products and People Connect
Viktor Novák
Moderator
Shmulik Yehezkel
Speaker
Martin Stolfa
Speaker
Jan Popovic
Speaker
16:05
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16:45
Development 101 –
Minimizing Delays and Costly Overruns to Keep the Committed Investment Budget - Lessons Learned
Tímea Fazekas
Moderator
Nicoleta Manea
Speaker
Péter Kerek
Speaker
Hayk Lorikyan
Speaker
Andras Rona
Speaker
16:45
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17:20
From Hotel Lobbies to Locker Rooms:
How Hospitality Brands Are Scoring Big in Sport
Balázs Füredi
Moderator
László Bene
Speaker
József Széles
Speaker
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