2013 Speakers
Lo’ai B. Bateineh
Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank
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
H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi
Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman
Joe Sita
President, IFA Hotel Investments
Nigel Teasdale
Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
Roeland Vos
President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Margreet Papamichael
Director, AECOM Economics
Jean-Jacques Dessors
COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR
Kevin Underwood
Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Richard Thompson
Editor, MEED
Nilay Ozral
Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC
Alex Kyriakidis
President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
HE Helal Al Marri
Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Russel Sharpe
Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group
Amr Abdel Ghaffar
Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO
Duncan Fraser-Smith
Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG
Anita Mendiratta
Managing Director, CACHET Consulting
Neil George
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Bill Heinecke
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL
Taras Ettl
Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG
Mohamed Najia
Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association
Filippo Sona
Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region
Ahmed Al Fahim
Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC
David Thomson
Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels
Brian Rafferty
Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group
Darroch Crawford
Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International
Salman A. Haider
Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Jennifer Fox
President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Stefan Breg
Chief Worrier, TRIBE
Cherif Hosny
Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group
Sarmad Zok
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Raja Nasri
Chairman, Turnkey Ventures
Samer Abu Ayash
Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments
Ivor McBurney
Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Arthur de Haast
Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
Gabriel Matar
Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle
Adel Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia
Rudi Jagersbacher
President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Khalaf Al Habtoor
Chairman, Al Habtoor Group
Julide Ozbilge Nuss
Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Catalin Cighi
Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation
Rachel Ziemba
Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics
Dinesh Chadha
Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality
Gabriel Von Bonsdorff
Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments
Bani Haddad
Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Marcello Baricordi
Country Manager UAE, Visa
Gary Chapman
President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
Alain Debare
General Manager, Action Hotels
Hamad Eghdani
Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)
Olivier Granet
Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
Paul Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports
Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet
Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Yann Caillere
Chief Executive Officer, Accor
Christophe Landais
Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR
Selim El Zein
Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region
Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri
Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Pascal Gauvin
Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG
Gerald Lawless
President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group
Paul Pisani
Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels
Hala Matar Choufany
Managing Director, HVS Dubai
Amine Moukarzel
President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA
Essameldeen Abdelhady Mohamed
Chairman and Managing Director, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels " E G O T H "
Susan Harmsworth MBE
Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International
Ahmer Naushad
Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Ajay Malik
Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)
Maria Zarraluqui
Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International
Margaret McMahon
Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors
Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail
General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Dr Badr Al Badr
Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO
Yousef Wahbah
Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young
Sponsorship Opportunities
AHIC 2014 Sponsorship Opportunities
How you can benefit from sponsoring AHIC 2014:
- Profiling your business to the industry’s top decision makers is the perfect way to produce bottom-line returns.
- Raise your brand profile and achieve recognition in new markets through our marketing channels, your message will reach thousands of targeted industry players pre-event.
- Stand out in a competitive market place - your company becomes immediately visible to the hundreds of hotel owners, investors and operators.
- Strengthen your existing relationships and forge new ones - take advantage of your sponsor passes and benefits to spend quality time with new and existing contacts.
For more information on sponsorship packages please contact:
Matthew Weihs
Managing Director Bench Events
T: +44 (0)1372 466 209
M: +44 (0)7858 511 012
E: matthew.weihs@benchevents.com
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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