Programme
26 Jan
13:00
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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
Dimitris Manikis
Speaker
17:15
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18:00
Meet the Next Gen of Hotel Owners
Thomas Esnée
Speaker
Lukas Koller
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
09:05
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09:20
Presentation
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?
10:00
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10:40
Investor–Owner Outlook:
Where Returns, Risk & Reality Converge
Vaclav Vochoska
Speaker
Florida Kasa
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
11:10
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11:50
Who Are the Darlings of Hotel Owners –
Global Brands or White Label Operators?
Aaron Greenman
Moderator
Miguel Martins
Speaker
Martin Winkler
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
Alexandru Manea
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.
Peter Ličen
Speaker
Didier Lambrecht
Speaker
Andreea Bălaj
Speaker
14:05
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14:45
Development 101 –
Minimizing Delays and Costly Overruns to Keep the Committed Investment Budget - Lessons Learned
Hayk Lorikyan
Speaker
14:45
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15:20
Local Heroes
Outstanding Achievers in Hospitality
Nikoloz Cherkezishvili
Speaker
15:20
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15:35
Coffee and Cookies
15:35
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16:10
The Agentic Shift:
Redefining How Products and People Connect
Shmulik Yehezkel
Speaker
Martin Stolfa
Speaker
Jan Popovic
Speaker
16:10
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16:45
The Algorithm of Comfort:
Are Smart Hotels the Future of Adaptive Reuse?
Roland Paar
Speaker
Marcel Lindt
Speaker
16:45
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17:20
From Hotel Lobbies to Locker Rooms:
How Hospitality Brands Are Scoring Big in Sport
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