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2013 Speakers
Pascal Gauvin
Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG
Maria Zarraluqui
Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International
Russel Sharpe
Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group
Ivor McBurney
Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Lo’ai B. Bateineh
Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank
Yann Caillere
Chief Executive Officer, Accor
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Cherif Hosny
Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group
Salman A. Haider
Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
David Vely
Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
Margaret McMahon
Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors
Gary Chapman
President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group
Paul Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports
Gabriel Matar
Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Selim El Zein
Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region
Rachel Ziemba
Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics
Arthur de Haast
Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle
Ahmed Al Fahim
Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC
Raja Nasri
Chairman, Turnkey Ventures
Nilay Ozral
Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC
Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet
Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Dr Badr Al Badr
Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO
Amine Moukarzel
President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA
Hamad Eghdani
Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)
Hala Matar Choufany
Managing Director, HVS Dubai
Julide Ozbilge Nuss
Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Alex Kyriakidis
President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
Catalin Cighi
Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation
Sarmad Zok
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Ahmer Naushad
Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Samer Abu Ayash
Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments
Taras Ettl
Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Dinesh Chadha
Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality
Mohamed Najia
Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association
Alain Debare
General Manager, Action Hotels
Bani Haddad
Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Marcello Baricordi
Country Manager UAE, Visa
HE Helal Al Marri
Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Adel Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia
Gabriel Von Bonsdorff
Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments
Paul Pisani
Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels
Amr Abdel Ghaffar
Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
Yousef Wahbah
Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young
Bill Heinecke
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL
Guido de Wilde
Senior Vice President, Regional Director Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Jean-Jacques Dessors
COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR
Susan Harmsworth MBE
Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International
Darroch Crawford
Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International
Margreet Papamichael
Director, AECOM Economics
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi
Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman
Kevin Underwood
Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning
Nigel Teasdale
Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
Jennifer Fox
President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Rudi Jagersbacher
President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Khalaf Al Habtoor
Chairman, Al Habtoor Group
Roeland Vos
President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
David Thomson
Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels
Duncan Fraser-Smith
Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG
Joe Sita
President, IFA Hotel Investments
Stefan Breg
Chief Worrier, TRIBE
Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri
Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Ajay Malik
Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)
Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail
General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Gerald Lawless
President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group
Essameldeen Abdelhady Mohamed
Chairman and Managing Director, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels " E G O T H "
Christophe Landais
Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR
Filippo Sona
Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region
Neil George
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Anita Mendiratta
Managing Director, CACHET Consulting
Richard Thompson
Editor, MEED
Brian Rafferty
Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group
Olivier Granet
Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR
AHIC Alumni Club
Welcome to the AHIC Alumni Club
A new initiative launched at AHIC 2012 to provide year around value for our loyal attendees
What is the AHIC Alumni Club? It is a way of recognising and thanking all the members of the AHIC community who have attended consistently over the years
What are the benefits? Year around access to the online networking system, invitations to networking events and AHIC Regional Briefings, preferential rates for attending AHIC
What are AHIC Regional Briefings? Invitation only, networking events to bring together the local investment community, providing an intelligence update on the local hotel market for investors, please note only Alumni who have attended consecutively over the last three years will receive access to all of the networking events. Alumni will be notified of invitations to upcoming events via email.
If you have not yet received a welcome email to the AHIC Alumni Club and you think you qualify please email me or call me on +971 50 465 5269
This was my first time at AHIC and I found it to be a great learning experience… If you are in the business of hotels (or plan to be in it) or are associated with businesses interested in B2B contacts in the MENA Region, AHIC is the must attend event.
Salman Haider
Executive Managing Director HotelsMajid Al Futtaim Properties
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