2013 Speakers
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Ivor McBurney
Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Cherif Hosny
Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group
Yousef Wahbah
Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young
Adel Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia
Ahmed Al Fahim
Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC
Ahmer Naushad
Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Selim El Zein
Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region
Margreet Papamichael
Director, AECOM Economics
Darroch Crawford
Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International
Lo’ai B. Bateineh
Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank
Nilay Ozral
Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC
Catalin Cighi
Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation
Yann Caillere
Chief Executive Officer, Accor
Dr Badr Al Badr
Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO
Hamad Eghdani
Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)
Neil George
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Christophe Landais
Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR
Joe Sita
President, IFA Hotel Investments
Pascal Gauvin
Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG
Kevin Underwood
Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Rachel Ziemba
Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics
Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail
General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Alex Kyriakidis
President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
HE Helal Al Marri
Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Gerald Lawless
President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group
Jennifer Fox
President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Gabriel Von Bonsdorff
Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Mohamed Najia
Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association
Rudi Jagersbacher
President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Margaret McMahon
Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
Gabriel Matar
Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle
Paul Pisani
Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels
Julide Ozbilge Nuss
Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Alain Debare
General Manager, Action Hotels
Paul Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports
Brian Rafferty
Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group
Filippo Sona
Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region
Olivier Granet
Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR
Guido de Wilde
Senior Vice President, Regional Director Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Bani Haddad
Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Nigel Teasdale
Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
David Vely
Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International
Jean-Jacques Dessors
COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR
Salman A. Haider
Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Stefan Breg
Chief Worrier, TRIBE
Anita Mendiratta
Managing Director, CACHET Consulting
Richard Thompson
Editor, MEED
Bill Heinecke
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL
Khalaf Al Habtoor
Chairman, Al Habtoor Group
Arthur de Haast
Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
David Thomson
Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels
Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet
Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities
Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri
Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
Ajay Malik
Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)
Hala Matar Choufany
Managing Director, HVS Dubai
Amr Abdel Ghaffar
Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Maria Zarraluqui
Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Dinesh Chadha
Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality
Roeland Vos
President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Duncan Fraser-Smith
Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG
Susan Harmsworth MBE
Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Gary Chapman
President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group
Russel Sharpe
Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group
Taras Ettl
Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG
Raja Nasri
Chairman, Turnkey Ventures
H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi
Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman
Sarmad Zok
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Marcello Baricordi
Country Manager UAE, Visa
Samer Abu Ayash
Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
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 "
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