Programme
29 Jan
13:00
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17:00
Hotel Visits
15:00
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17:00
Visit of Majestic Imperator Train de Luxe
17:00
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18:00
Speed Dating at the Aurora Rooftop Bar
18:00
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22:00
Welcome Reception
30 Jan
08:00
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09:00
Welcome coffee
09:00
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09:10
Opening remarks by Austria’s State Secretary of Tourism, Mag. Susanne Kraus-Winkler
Susanne Kraus-Winkler
Speaker
09:10
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10:00
What product types hotel brands promote – can they influence developers?
Marius Gomola
Moderator
Thiemo Willms
Speaker
Takuya Aoyama
Speaker
Ivan Kiseev
Speaker
Gheorghe Marian Cristescu
Speaker
David Jenkins
Speaker
Balázs Fóti
Speaker
10:00
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10:15
Guest experience design & the future of hospitality by Livit
Benjamin Calleja
Speaker
10:15
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11:05
Experience is the new location, location, location. KPI overview by STR to see why lifestyle hotels continue to outperform other categories, followed by a panel discussion
Thomas Emanuel
Moderator
Jonathan Lee Jones
Speaker
Gabriela Basovska
Speaker
Dr Marcel Engh
Speaker
Benjamin Calleja
Speaker
Adrian Schmidt
Speaker
11:05
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11:15
Hotel distribution trends and how to decrease costs – presented by D-EDGE
Gregor Halek
Speaker
11:15
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11:35
Coffee break
11:35
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12:10
Human capital and ROI – why do investors and banks never talk about people, when we all know that operating hotels is the elephant in the room?
Attila Radvánszki
Moderator
Sabrina Westphaelinger
Speaker
Ronald Egelman
Speaker
Daniela Wakefield
Speaker
Andrea Róna
Speaker
12:10
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12:55
C Suite – Surviving and striving in turmoil
Macy Marvel
Moderator
Otmar Michaeler
Speaker
Marcus Smola
Speaker
Dimitris Manikis
Speaker
Arno Schwalie
Speaker
12:55
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13:00
The success of resorts an overview by STR
Thomas Emanuel
Speaker
13:00
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13:40
Resorts, health & luxury – are we building enough – needs of new generations of travellers
Christian Buer
Moderator
Shafi Syed
Speaker
Frank Halmos
Speaker
Christian Hribar
Speaker
Chloe Parkins
Speaker
13:40
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13:45
Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution in hospitality – Presented by Everguest
Miklós Belán
Speaker
13:45
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14:30
Lunch
14:30
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14:40
CEE hotel performance overview & benchmarks
Kathrin Cockhill
Speaker
14:40
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15:05
The anatomy of a deal… how to get into the luxury market through a lease contract
Brigitte T. Gruber
Moderator
Martina Maly-Gärtner
Speaker
Laia Lahoz
Speaker
Christine Dornaus
Speaker
15:05
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15:50
Investment Overview by Hotel Analyst followed by a discussion – private equity, consolidation, geopolitics, more brands – what are the impacts on hotel investments?
Andrew Sangster
Moderator
Wojciech Popis
Speaker
Sindi Xhillary
Speaker
Milos Grdinic
Speaker
JS Anand
Speaker
Gebhard Schachermayer
Speaker
15:50
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16:30
Development costs have spiked – design, financing, branding and ESG – feasible to build?
Tímea Fazekas
Moderator
Tibor Massányi
Speaker
Theodor Kubak
Speaker
Miguel Martins
Speaker
Erol Milo
Speaker
16:30
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17:10
Meet the money – Making financing and investments work in a high-cost and inflation-burdened environment
Terence Baker
Moderator
Vlad Dragoescu
Speaker
Lior Junger
Speaker
Anna Cohen
Speaker
Andreas Deutsch
Speaker
17:10
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19:00
Wind down with wine
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