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