Speakers in 2024
JS Anand
Founder & CEO
Takuya Aoyama
Vice President Development
Terence Baker
News editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Gabriela Basovska
Director of Development for Western Europe
Miklós Belán
Founder & CEO
Christian Buer
Managing Partner - Horwath HTL Germany
Benjamin Calleja
Founder & Chief Experience Officer
James Chappell
Globall Business Director - Horwath HTL
Kathrin Cockhill
Commercial Director
Anna Cohen
Fund Manager
Gheorghe Marian Cristescu
CEO - Polski Holding Hotelowy
Andreas Deutsch
Deputy Head of Department - Real Estate Finance Asset Lead Hospitality
Christine Dornaus
Member - Management Board
Vlad Dragoescu
Director - CEE Head of Portfolio Management
Ronald Egelman
Senior Director Development UK, Ireland, Nordics
Thomas Emanuel
Senior Director
Dr Marcel Engh
Founder & MD
Tímea Fazekas
Senior Project Manager
Balázs Fóti
Director, Hotel Development and Portfolio
Marius Gomola
Managing Director - Horwath HTL Hungary
Milos Grdinic
Development and Asset Management Director
Brigitte T. Gruber
Managing Partner - Horwath HTL Austria
Gregor Halek
Managing Director CEE
Frank Halmos
Chief Executive Officer
Jean-Paul Herzog
Hotelier
Christian Hribar
Head of Development
David Jenkins
Vice President Business Development
Lior Junger
Vice President - Aareal Bank AG Special Property Finance - Hotel Properties
Susanne Kraus-Winkler
State Secretary for Tourism of the Republic of Austria
Ivan Kiseev
Senior Director, International Hotel Development CEE & CIS
Theodor Kubak
Managing Partner
Laia Lahoz
Chief Assets and Development Officer
Jonathan Lee Jones
Senior Vice President, Investments (Europe)
Martina Maly-Gärtner
COO, Member of the Board
Dimitris Manikis
President for Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA)
Miguel Martins
Head of Development Northern Europe
Macy Marvel
Macy Marvel Consulting
Tibor Massányi
Managing Partner
Otmar Michaeler
CEO - FMTG – Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group AG
Erol Milo
Head of Commercial Real Estate
Liliane Otsuka
Co-Founder of HOTCO
Chloe Parkins
Senior Economist
Wojciech Popis
Vice President of Board
Maria Puetz-Willems
Editor-in-chief
Attila Radvánszki
Director at Horwath HTL Hungary
Andrea Róna
Group Director of Development
Ilan Rudich
Managing Director, HOTCO Advisory Board member
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director
Gebhard Schachermayer
Managing Partner
Adrian Schmidt
Vice President Digital Development & Strategy
Arno Schwalie
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board
Marcus Smola
CEO
Shafi Syed
Global Head Hotel Development & Acquisitions
Daniela Wakefield
Director of Human Resources
Sabrina Westphaelinger
Senior Director Talent & Culture Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Thiemo Willms
Vice President Development DACH
Sindi Xhillary
Business Developer
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