Programme
26 Jan
13:00
-
15:00
Hotel Site Visits
(Limited space based on pre-booking)
15:00
-
16:00
Speed Dating
16:00
-
16:15
Welcome to HOTCO
16:15
-
17:15
Differentiation and Alignment of Global Brands and Hotel Developers
Dimitris Manikis
Speaker
17:15
-
18:00
Meet the Next Gen of Hotel Owners
Thomas Esnée
Speaker
Mahmoud Sameer Hamdan
Speaker
Lukas Koller
Speaker
Fathi Zuhair Awad
Speaker
18:30
-
21:00
Welcome Reception
27 Jan
08:00
-
09:00
Welcome Coffee
09:00
-
09:05
Welcome Remarks
09:05
-
09:20
Data- and AI-Based Management in Hungarian Tourism
Oliver Csendes
Speaker
09:20
-
10:00
How Institutional and Public Financing Mechanisms Compliment Commercial Bank Lending in the Hotel Sector?
Anne Nouviaire
Speaker
10:00
-
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
-
11:00
Coffee and Cookies
11:00
-
11:10
GOP Data and Insight
11:10
-
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
-
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
-
13:30
Networking lunch
13:30
-
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
-
14:40
The Algorithm of Comfort:
Are Smart Hotels the Future of Adaptive Reuse?
Brigitte Gruber
Moderator
Roland Paar
Speaker
Marcel Lindt
Speaker
14:40
-
15:15
Local Heroes
Outstanding Achievers in Hospitality
Nikoloz Cherkezishvili
Speaker
15:15
-
15:30
Coffee and Cookies
15:30
-
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
-
16:45
Development 101 –
Minimizing Delays and Costly Overruns to Keep the Committed Investment Budget - Lessons Learned
Tímea Fazekas
Moderator
Nicoleta Manea
Speaker
Hayk Lorikyan
Speaker
16:45
-
17:20
From Hotel Lobbies to Locker Rooms:
How Hospitality Brands Are Scoring Big in Sport
Presented by
Strategic Sponsor
Founding Patron
Welcome Reception Sponsor
Diamond
Platinum
Lunch Sponsor
Wine Sponsor
Gold
Silver
Coffee break Sponsor
Supporters & Media Partners
