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2013 Speakers
Samer Abu Ayash
Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments
Catalin Cighi
Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation
Susan Harmsworth MBE
Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International
Lo’ai B. Bateineh
Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank
Bill Heinecke
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL
Ahmer Naushad
Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Bani Haddad
Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Essameldeen Abdelhady Mohamed
Chairman and Managing Director, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels " E G O T H "
Hala Matar Choufany
Managing Director, HVS Dubai
Raja Nasri
Chairman, Turnkey Ventures
Salman A. Haider
Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Nilay Ozral
Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Gabriel Matar
Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle
Richard Thompson
Editor, MEED
Mohamed Najia
Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association
Kevin Underwood
Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning
Amine Moukarzel
President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA
Sarmad Zok
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Dinesh Chadha
Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality
H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi
Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman
Alain Debare
General Manager, Action Hotels
Guido de Wilde
Senior Vice President, Regional Director Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Roeland Vos
President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Margaret McMahon
Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors
Jennifer Fox
President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Nigel Teasdale
Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet
Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Jean-Jacques Dessors
COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR
Anita Mendiratta
Managing Director, CACHET Consulting
HE Helal Al Marri
Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Yousef Wahbah
Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young
Ivor McBurney
Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Paul Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports
Maria Zarraluqui
Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International
Cherif Hosny
Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group
Alex Kyriakidis
President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Rudi Jagersbacher
President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
Filippo Sona
Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region
Paul Pisani
Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels
Yann Caillere
Chief Executive Officer, Accor
David Thomson
Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels
Russel Sharpe
Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group
Ahmed Al Fahim
Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC
Arthur de Haast
Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Stefan Breg
Chief Worrier, TRIBE
Neil George
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Gerald Lawless
President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group
Julide Ozbilge Nuss
Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Pascal Gauvin
Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG
Darroch Crawford
Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International
Khalaf Al Habtoor
Chairman, Al Habtoor Group
Taras Ettl
Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG
Rachel Ziemba
Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail
General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Duncan Fraser-Smith
Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG
Brian Rafferty
Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group
Olivier Granet
Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR
Margreet Papamichael
Director, AECOM Economics
Marcello Baricordi
Country Manager UAE, Visa
Gabriel Von Bonsdorff
Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri
Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
Christophe Landais
Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR
Dr Badr Al Badr
Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO
Selim El Zein
Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region
Ajay Malik
Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)
David Vely
Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International
Hamad Eghdani
Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)
Adel Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia
Amr Abdel Ghaffar
Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO
Gary Chapman
President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group
Joe Sita
President, IFA Hotel Investments
Media Centre
Press Releases 2013
Arabic Press Releases 2013
- Al Arab Newspaper - Doha hosts seminar - Hotel Investment
- Al Bayan Newspaper - Conference Arabian Hotel Investment discuss the reality of the sector
- Al Raya Newspaper - Hotel investment the fastest growing country in the region
- AME info - Arabian Hospitality Investment Conference 2013 hosted the first investment forum in the Middle East
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
Organisers
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