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Colleen Logan
Sales Manager US & International Markets

Glenn Haussman
Podcast Host & President

Glenn Mandziuk
CEO - World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Nick Cavanaugh
CEO & FOUNDER

Emma Sleight
Head of Content

John Blanco
General Manager - Capella

Mohamed Benzakour
Co-founder & CEO

Felicity Black-Roberts
SVP Development EAME HYATT

Pier Paolo Righi
CEO KARL LAGERFELD

Mieke Berkers
Director of European Business Development

Patrick Jones
Regional Director of Sustainability

DANIEL AFONSO
Senior VP of People & Culture at Radisson

JONATHAN WORSLEY
Chairman & CEO The BENCH

SIMON MAYLE
Event Director PROUD Experiences

CHRIS NADER
CEO & CO-Founder ENVI Lodges

Austin Eaton
Head of Marketing

FAHAD ABDULRAHIM KAZIM
CEO Millennium Hotels & Resorts MEA

Djony Jaegers
Relations Manager

CAROLINE TIVEUS
SVP & Director of Sustainable Business at Pandox

ALEXI KHAJAVI
President Hospitality, Travel & Wellness Questex

ATUL CHOPRA
Founder & CEO

SIR ROCCO & LYDIA FORTE
Chairman & Group Director F&B

PATRICK MENDES
CEO PME - Accor Europe & North Africa

JILLIAN MACLEAN
CEO & Founder - Drake & Morgan

BILL HEINECKE
Founder & Chairman - Minor Hotel Group

VLADIMIR DOMIN
FOOD & BEVERAGE DIRECTOR

JOSIAH MACKENZIE
Host of Hospitality Daily

HUBERT VIRIOT
CEO YOTEL

GABRIELA SCHMIDLE
Founder & CEO MTS Vienna

THOMAS GOVAL
GENERAL MANAGER BÜRGENSTOCK HOTELS & RESORTS

DR. ELLEN MADEKER
Head of Public Policy DACH & CEE - Airbnb

MARK MCCULLOC
Founder, Campaign Director & CEO - Hospitality Rising UK & Supersonic Marketing

EMMA BANKS
VP F&B STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT EUROPE, MIDDELE EAST & AFRICA – HILTON

ROBIN HAGEDOORN
FOUNDER OF BUNK HOTELS

DR. JEFFREY O
PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE – CHAIRMAN ST. JUSTINE

PATRICIA PLESNER
CEO OF ECOHOTELS

JOHN LANGFORD
COO – ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

TAO TAO
COO & CO-FOUNDER – GETYOURGUIDE

SMACK RECAP
SEASON 4

RONISHA GOODWIN
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION - HYATT CORPORATION

JEREMY MCCARTHY
GROUP DIRECTOR SPA & WELLNESS - MANDARIN ORIENTAL

DONALD LEADBETTER
TOURISM PROGRAM MANAGER - U.S. NPS

DIMITRIS MANIKIS
PRESIDENT & MANAGING DIRECTOR EMEA - WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS

WYBCKE MEIER
CEO - TUI CRUISES

DEBORAH ROTHE
EXHIBITION DIRECTOR - ITB BERLIN

ALEX SCHNEIDER
PRESIDENT - NIKKI BEACH HOTELS & RESORTS

CHRISTOPH HOFFMANN
FOUNDER - 25HOURS HOTELS

TORGEIR SILSETH
CEO - NORDIC CHOICE HOTELS

SHANNON KNAPP
PRESIDENT & CEO - THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD

PASCAL JENNY
PRESIDENT - AROSA TOURISM

MIEKE VELDHUIS
CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER - THE SOCIAL HUB

DR. JOSEF VOLLMAYR
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR - LIMEHOME

SÉBASTIEN BAZIN
CHAIRMAN & CEO - ACCOR

EDITH GERHARDT
CEO - HIRMER HOSPITALITY

JULIAN TRAUTWEIN
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR - RAUS

SATYA ANAND
PRESIDENT EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (EMEA) - MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL

KAYLEIGH WILTSHIRE
PRESIDENT EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (EMEA) - MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL

NAOMI MACKENZIE
CO-FOUNDER - KITRO

JAN VALENTIN
FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER - ENNEA CAPITAL PARTNERS

ARIEL SCHIFF
FOUNDER & CEO - AMANO GROUP

OLIVIER BRACARD
CEO & CO-FOUNDER - HOSCO

GILDA PEREZ-ALVARADO
GLOBAL CEO - JLL HOTELS & HOSPITALITY

CYRUS HEYDARIAN
OPERATOR & MANAGING DIRECTOR - BREIDENBACHER HOF

MATHIEU JATON
CEO - MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

CHARLIE MACGREGOR
CEO & FOUNDER - THE STUDENT HOTEL

JAN STARCKE
TRAVEL INDUSTRY LEAD - META

MICHAELA REITTERER
PRESIDENT - AUSTRIAN HOTELIERS ASSOCIATION (ÖHV)

MARCUS BERNHARDT
CEO - DEUTSCHE HOSPITALITY

FLORIAN PHLEPS
CEO - TIROL TOURIST BOARD

THOMAS EDELKAMP
CEO - ROMANTIK HOTELS & RESTAURANTS AG

MICHAEL LEVIE
FOUNDER - CITZENM

VEERLE DONDERS
CONCEPT & BRAND DIRECTOR - ZOKU

CAROLINE VON KRETSCHMANN
MANAGING DIRECTOR - HOTEL EUROPÄISCHER HOF

MICHAEL ROS
CEO & CO-FOUNDER - BIDROOM

RICHARD CASTLE
CO-FOUNDER AND COO - CLOUDBEDS

NEIL JACOBS
CEO - SIX SENSES HOTELS & RESORTS

ISABELL FUSS
GROUP VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT - RUBY HOTELS

MARLOES KNIPPENBERG
CEO - KERTEN HOSPITALITY

HAAKON HERBST
MANAGING DIRECTOR - HOTEL FRIENDS GROUP

CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY
CEO - GLOBAL HOTEL ALLIANCE (GHA)

BORIS RADKE
DIRECTOR CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE - OMIO

ANNE WAHL-POZEG
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS NORTHERN EUROPE - ACCOR

JOSHUA GAN
REGIONAL DIRECTOR ASIA/PACIFIC - EHL GROUP

DR. UELI SCHNEIDER
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD - HOTELLERIESUISSE

KATHARINA KIENEMANN
MANAGING DIRECTOR - ALTE FÖRSTEREI

LORENZO STOLL
HEAD OF WESTERN SWITZERLAND - SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

CHALANA PERERA
HOTEL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL & HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEUR

ROBERT HERR
GENERAL MANAGER - BÜRGENSTOCK RESORT

MICHELLE WALDER
GENERAL MANAGER - NOMAD HOTEL NEW YORK

CHI CHAN
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER - IRECKONU

ROY HIMMELREICH
SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGER RELATIONSHIP MARKETING HOTEL - SIXT

TIMOTHEE SEMELIN
GLOBAL SENIOR CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MARKETING & TRANSFORMATION - ROSEWOOD HOTELS

WILHELM (WILKO) WEBER
VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL REVENUE AND DIGITAL STRATEGY - KEMPINKSI

INGRID ERAS-MAGDALENA
CHIEF OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - BELMOND

LUKAS PETER
HEAD OF REVENUE GLOBAL - SOHO HOUSE & CO.

PIERRE PERUSSET
GM - THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG

DEUTSCHER HOTEL KONGRESS 2020 – 2

DEUTSCHER HOTEL KONGRESS 2020 – 1

FRANK MARRENBACH
CEO - OETKER COLLECTION