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2013 Speakers

Julide Ozbilge Nuss

Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels

Nilay Ozral

Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC

Maria Zarraluqui

Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International

Taras Ettl

Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG

Geoffrey Breeze

Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Gary Chapman

President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group

Alex Kyriakidis

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

Khalaf Al Habtoor

Chairman, Al Habtoor Group

Paul Griffiths

Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports

Pascal Gauvin

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

HE Helal Al Marri

Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing

H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi

Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman

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 "

Nigel Teasdale

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

Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri

Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority

Susan Harmsworth MBE

Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International

Selim El Zein

Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region

Duncan Fraser-Smith

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

Stefan Breg

Chief Worrier, TRIBE

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Hamad Eghdani

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

Lo’ai B. Bateineh

Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank

Gabriel Von Bonsdorff

Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments

Bill Heinecke

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL

Gabriel Matar

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

Margreet Papamichael

Director, AECOM Economics

Kevin Underwood

Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning

Christophe Landais

Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR

Amine Moukarzel

President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA

Sarmad Zok

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Catalin Cighi

Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation

Jean-Jacques Dessors

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

Alain Debare

General Manager, Action Hotels

Cherif Hosny

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

Hala Matar Choufany

Managing Director, HVS Dubai

Ajay Malik

Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)

Hadi Nezir

Chairman, UB Holding

Ivor McBurney

Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Yousef Wahbah

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

Marcello Baricordi

Country Manager UAE, Visa

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

Dinesh Chadha

Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality

Ahmed Al Fahim

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

Rachel Ziemba

Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics

Roeland Vos

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

Dr Badr Al Badr

Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO

Arthur de Haast

Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle

Brian Rafferty

Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group

Samer Abu Ayash

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

Richard Thompson

Editor, MEED

Mohamed Najia

Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association

Jennifer Fox

President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Salman A. Haider

Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties

Joe Sita

President, IFA Hotel Investments

Darroch Crawford

Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International

Raja Nasri

Chairman, Turnkey Ventures

Eric Danziger

President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

David Thomson

Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels

Paul Pisani

Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels

Anita Mendiratta

Managing Director, CACHET Consulting

Adel Ali

Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia

Ahmer Naushad

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

Rudi Jagersbacher

President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide

Amr Abdel Ghaffar

Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO

Neil George

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

Filippo Sona

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

Bani Haddad

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

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

Russel Sharpe

Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group

Yann Caillere

Chief Executive Officer, Accor

David Vely

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

Guido de Wilde

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

Margaret McMahon

Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Olivier Granet

Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet

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

Carlos Khneisser

Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide