2013 Speakers

Bill Heinecke

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL

Essameldeen Abdelhady Mohamed

Chairman and Managing Director, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels " E G O T H "

Taras Ettl

Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG

Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri

Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority

Paul Griffiths

Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports

Julide Ozbilge Nuss

Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels

Salman A. Haider

Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties

Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail

General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Margaret McMahon

Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors

Alex Kyriakidis

President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.

Anita Mendiratta

Managing Director, CACHET Consulting

Ahmed Al Fahim

Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC

Darroch Crawford

Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International

Catalin Cighi

Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation

Ahmer Naushad

Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties

Yann Caillere

Chief Executive Officer, Accor

Kevin Underwood

Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning

Christophe Landais

Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR

Lo’ai B. Bateineh

Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank

Dr Badr Al Badr

Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO

Arthur de Haast

Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle

Khalaf Al Habtoor

Chairman, Al Habtoor Group

Marcello Baricordi

Country Manager UAE, Visa

Stefan Breg

Chief Worrier, TRIBE

Richard Thompson

Editor, MEED

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

David Thomson

Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels

Jennifer Fox

President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Eric Danziger

President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

Mohamed Najia

Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association

Selim El Zein

Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region

Nigel Teasdale

Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

David Vely

Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International

Bani Haddad

Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group

Joe Sita

President, IFA Hotel Investments

Neil George

Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

Amine Moukarzel

President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA

HE Helal Al Marri

Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing

Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet

Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Rachel Ziemba

Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics

Gary Chapman

President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group

Olivier Granet

Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR

Yousef Wahbah

Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young

Hamad Eghdani

Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)

Ivor McBurney

Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Pascal Gauvin

Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG

Jean-Jacques Dessors

COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR

Guido de Wilde

Senior Vice President, Regional Director Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Alain Debare

General Manager, Action Hotels

Nilay Ozral

Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC

Carlos Khneisser

Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide

Raja Nasri

Chairman, Turnkey Ventures

H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi

Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman

Adel Ali

Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia

Filippo Sona

Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region

Paul Pisani

Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels

Rudi Jagersbacher

President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide

Russel Sharpe

Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group

Gabriel Von Bonsdorff

Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments

Maria Zarraluqui

Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International

Brian Rafferty

Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group

Geoffrey Breeze

Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Duncan Fraser-Smith

Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG

Margreet Papamichael

Director, AECOM Economics

Hadi Nezir

Chairman, UB Holding

Cherif Hosny

Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group

Roeland Vos

President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Dinesh Chadha

Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality

Amr Abdel Ghaffar

Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO

Ajay Malik

Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)

Susan Harmsworth MBE

Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International

Hala Matar Choufany

Managing Director, HVS Dubai

Sarmad Zok

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Gerald Lawless

President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group

Samer Abu Ayash

Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments

Gabriel Matar

Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle

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Accommodation

Please find information on Dubai’s hotels below as well as our partner hotels.

	Jumeirah Beach Hotel P.O. Box 11416, Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 3480000 Fax: +971 4 3016800 wenchie.senica@jumeirah.com Single/Double Rooms AED 2000/- ++ MUNICIPALITY FEE & SERVICE CHARGE The above contracted rates are per room per night and are subject to 10% municipality fee & 10% service charge. Any further change in taxes imposed by the government will be reflected in the final invoice. Excludes breakfast.
	Madinat Jumeirah PO Box 75157 Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 366 6166 jean.parba@jumeirah.com Single/Double Rooms AED2800/- ++ MUNICIPALITY FEE & SERVICE CHARGE The above contracted rates are per room per night and are subject to 10% municipality fee & 10% service charge. Any further change in taxes imposed by the government will be reflected in the final invoice. Excludes breakfast.
	Jumeirah Emirates Towers PO Box 72127, Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 319 8537 jayzeville.acain@jumeirah.com Single/Double Rooms AED700 ++ MUNICIPALITY FEE & SERVICE CHARGE The above contracted rates are per room per night and are subject to 10% municipality fee & 10% service charge. Any further change in taxes imposed by the government will be reflected in the final invoice. Excludes breakfast.
	Fairmont The Palm Palm Jumeriah Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 457 3388 Fax: +971 4 457 3399 To enjoy the full Fairmont The Palm experience, take advantage of our special AHIC rate of just AED1,600 a night inclusive of tax and breakfast
	Melia Dubai Kuwait Street, 23, Port Rashid PO Box 116656 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Telephone number for bookings: 00971 4 386 8111 Email: melia.dubai@melia.com Single/Double Rooms: AED 600 ++ Above rates are per room, per night, and subject to 10% Municipality Fee and 10% Service Charge. * Above rates are on room only basis.
	Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers PO Box 4250, Baniyas street Dubai UAE Phone: 971 4 207 1456 Rooms: AED 600 ++ Reservationsdubaiuae@sheraton.com
	Golden Tulip Al Barsha Al Barsha 1 - Dubai - UAE Phone: 971 4 501 6113 Rooms: AED 599 - Standard Single Room AED 699 - Standard Double Room ** Above rates are inclusive of 10% service charge and 10% municapality fees, Bed and Breakfast, per room per night.
	Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City PO BOX 45777 DUBAI United Arab Emirates
	Premier Inn Dubai International Airport For reservations e-mail reservations.dia@mena.premierinn.com or call +971 (0) 4 260 4000 and ask for the special Arabian Hotel Investment Conference Rate.
	Crowne Plaza Dubai Sheikh Zayed Road P.O. Box 23215, Dubai, UAE T: +971 4 331 1111 E: cpdxb@cpdxb.co.ae
	The Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina Al Sufouh Road, Dubai International Marine Club, P.O. Box 24883, Dubai,UAE T: (+971) 4 399 4141
	Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina Al Sufouh Road, c/o Dubai International Marine Club P.O. Box 24883, Dubai,UAE T: (+971) 4 399 3333
	Four Points by Sheraton Downtown Mankhool Road, 4C Street Bur Dubai Dubai Phone: (971)(4) 3543333 Single/Double Rooms: AED450 ++ / AED500 ++ * Above rates are inclusive of 10% municipality fee and 10% service charges. * Above rates are inclusive of Breakfast * Above rates are NON commissionable Please note that the above is only a rate offer, valid until 28th January 2013. No space has been blocked yet
	Four Points by Sheraton Sheik Zayed Road Sheikh Zayed Road · P.O. Box 116162 Dubai Phone: (971)(4) 3230333 Single/Double Rooms: AED650 ++/ AED700 ++ * Above rates are inclusive of 10% municipality fee and 10% service charges. * Above rates are inclusive of Breakfast * Above rates are NON commissionable Please note that the above is only a rate offer, valid until 28th January 2013. No space has been blocked yet
	Hilton Dubai Residences The Walk, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai, 000000, U.A.E TEL: 971-4-3991111 Hilton Studio Room - AED 850 ++ with breakfast and exclusive of 10% municipality fees & 10% service charge
	Hilton Creek Baniyas Street PO Box 33398, Dubai, 00001, U.A.E TEL: 971-4-227-1111 Hilton Guest Room - AED 800 ++ with breakfast and exclusive of 10% municipality fees & 10% service charge

Network & Connect AHIC Alumni AHIC Awards AHIC 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Regional Briefings

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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