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See the 2024 speakers below.
KIERAN READ ONZM
All Blacks and Crusaders legend
Hon. MATT DOOCEY
Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
New Zealand
MATTHEW BURKE
Regional Director – Pacific, Japan and Central South Asia
STR
NICKY STYRIS
Media Presenter & Reporter
MC of the day
LANI HAGAMAN
Chair
Hotel Council Aotearoa
James Doolan
Strategic Director
Hotel Council Aotearoa
RUTH HOGAN
Editor
HM magazine
JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President and Chair and Convenor; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine
MATTHEW ABRAHAMS
Development Manager
Nesuto
Scott Armstrong
Director of Development
1834 Hotels
HAYDEN AUST
Commercial Director
Mews
DANESH BAMJI
Vice President Franchise, Pacific
Accor
DAVID BARK
Hotels Asset Manager, Mulpha Australia Limited and
General Manager – Asia/Australasia/Oceania, Hub OS
CHRIS BATTERHAM
Chief Development Officer
La Vie Hotels and Resorts
ARMAND BEZUIDENHOUT
National Sales Manager
Dormakaba
CRAIG BONNOR
Managing Director
Cordis Auckland
SCOTT BOYES
CEO
Trilogy Hotels
STEPHEN BORCOSKIE
Chief Executive Officer
TJK New Zealand
JODI BROWN
General Manager
QT Auckland
ANDREW BULLOCK
Chief Executive Officer
1834 Hotels
MARTIN CARRÉ
Customer Success Manager Oceania
Futurelog
SHELLIA CHANG
Development Manager
BWH Hotels Australasia
ANNA CHURCH
Senior Development Manager
IHG Hotels & Resorts
MICHAEL CHOW
Director
Stonewood Group
TRISTAN COOPER
Director, Hotel Development – Australia, NZ & The Pacific
Marriott International
RICK CRANNITCH
General Manager
Naumi Wellington
RICHARD CRAWFORD
Vice President – Hotel Development, Australia, NZ, and Pacific
Marriott International
DANILO CURCURUTO
Director, Development - Australasia
Radisson Hotel Group
RICHARD DALMAN
Managing Director
Dalman Architects
JOHANN DE GOEDE
Asset Management Director APAC
Pro-Invest Hotels
JUSTIN DELILLE
Director
Liverton
ANTOINE BESSEYRE DES HORTS
Leader, Global Design, Asia
LIXIL
CHRIS EHMANN
Regional General Manager – South Island, Hilton and
General Manager, Hilton Queenstown
SAM DAVIES
Director of Operations – Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
RAMZY FENIANOS
Chief Development Officer – APAC
Radisson Hotel Group
BRETT FORER
Vice President Development – Pacific
Accor
SHELDON TAWHAI
General Manager
LyLo Auckland
NEERAV GORASIA
Director of Hospitality Performance
Pro-Invest Hotels
JEAN HANEKOM
Director of Operations – Australia & New Zealand
Naumi Hotels
Ted Horner
Managing Director
E Horner & Associates
ALISON HULM
Director ‑ Development, Australasia
Langham Hospitality
PAUL HUTTON
Area Vice President - APAC, Head of Australasia/South Pacific
Hilton
EMMA HYNES
Director of Operations, Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels and Resorts
KANIKA JHUNJHNUWALA
Chief Sustainability Officer
Hind Management
DEAN JONES
VP Commercial, EAPAC
IHG Hotels and Resorts
MARK KESSNER
Director | Specialist Lighting Designer
Eunice Taylor
VICTOR KONDARIOS
Director – Development, Australasia
Radisson Hotel Group
CATHERINE LANGDALE
Area Director – HR, New Zealand
Hilton
Phillipa Le Roux
Design and Project Director – Architecture, Design and Construction, Australasia
Hilton
LINDSAY LEESER
Chief Development Officer Apartments & Realty
Accor
DEBORAH LEONG
Director, Reward – EAPAC
IHG Hotels and Resorts
LEAH LIPMAN
Vice President – Commercial
Pro-invest Hotels
DAVID MANSFIELD
Managing Director – Australasia
The Ascott Limited
Franz Mascarenhas
Advisor
Cordis Auckland
ADIL MOOSA
Senior Manager Corporate Development
Choice Hotels Asia-Pac
LUKE MORAN
CEO
LA Co / Drifter hotels
SIMON MORLEY
Senior Director of Hotel Lifecycle & Growth
IHG Hotels and Resorts
ROD MUNRO
Managing Director
BWH Hotels Australasia
RACHAEL NICHOLSON
Group General Manager Operations
Heritage Hotel Management
DANIEL OH
Vice President Operations New Zealand and Fiji
Accor
KAREN ORR
Sector Decarbonisation Programme Advisor
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
JACQUI PAURINI
Talent Acquisition Manager
Accor Pacific
TUSHAR RANIGA
Regional Director – Development, Australasia
Hilton
MARCUS REINDERS
Chief Executive Officer
NZ Hotel Holdings
Antony Ritch
Chief Executive Officer
TFE Hotels
BRETT RUSSELL
Managing Director
Russell Group
TONY RYAN
Executive Chairman
Trilogy Hotels
JASON SABIN
General Manager/Cluster Hotels
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown
CASPAR SCHMIDT
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
QCC Collection
LES MORGAN
Chief Operating Officer
Sudima Hotels
JAMES SHIELDS
General Manager of Growth & Capital Strategy
The Ascott Limited
JODIE SHIPWAY
Deputy Mayor
City of Moreton Bay
EARP SIRIPHATRAWAN
Owner and Director
Amora Hotels and Resorts
DAVID SUDE
General Manager, QT Hotels & Resorts Operations
EVT
JOHN SUTCLIFFE
Director of Development
TFE Hotels
NICK THOMPSON
Director – New Zealand
JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group
SCOTT THOMSON
Cluster General Manager – North Island
Hilton Auckland
RONNIE RONALDE
Group Operations Manager
CPG Hotels
SIMON WHITE
Country Manager (NZP) and Group General Manager, Urban Hotels & Resorts
EVT
LUCIA ZEEARD
Head Of Destination Development
Tourism Fiji
JAMES McSHANE
Host Relationship Manager
Planit
LISA HOPKINS
Chief Executive Officer
Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA)
KELLY DODD
Senior Associate - Hotels-Resorts-Accommodation
Tourism Talent
CLINTON FARLEY
General Manager
The Hotel Britomart
PAUL GORMAN
General Manager Business Development
Luxury Escapes
RENE DE MONCHY
Chief Executive Officer
Tourism New Zealand
Peter Hill
Director of Development
EVT Hotels & Resorts
RUWAN PEIRIS
Director
THSA
JOSIE HUNGERFORD
Director of Growth and Corporate Affairs
Trilogy Hotels
PETER DOHERTY
Development Manager – New Zealand
Choice Hotels Asia-Pac
SUDESH JHUNJHNUWALA
Founder
Hind Management / Sudima Hotels
IAN WILSON
Director
Title Hospitality
KATIE SLATER
Partner, Head of Operations and Development
Mitchell and Eades
LAUREN MA
Chief Executive Workforce Solutions
ReadyTech
BENJAMIN CLARK
Food & Beverage Director
LA Co
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