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See the 2026 speakers below.
NICKY STYRIS
Media Presenter & Reporter
MC of the day
Danielle Kennedy
Keynote; Sustainability Manager
Millennium Hotels and Resorts
James Doolan
Keynote; Strategic Director
Hotel Council Aotearoa
Richard Hayman
Keynote; Head of Property and Environmental Policy Advisor
Scenic Hotel Group
TOBY RAND
Singer/Songwriter/Creator
JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President and Chair and Convenor; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine
Scott Armstrong
Director – Development ANZ
Choice Hotels APAC
NORMAN ARUNDEL
Director of Hotels and Resorts
EVT
MIKE BAKER
Managing Director
TM Consultants
DANESH BAMJI
Vice President Franchise, Pacific
Accor
Sajad Bassam
CEO
Marsden Hotel Group
Sajad Bassam
CEO
Marsden Hotel Group
ROBERT BELL
Director of Sales and Operations – Asia and ANZSP
HUB OS Australia
CRAIG BONNOR
Managing Director
Cordis Auckland
SCOTT BOYES
CEO
Trilogy Hotels
ANDREW BULLOCK
Chief Executive Officer
1834 Hotels
Cameron Burke
Director of Development, Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
MATTHEW BURKE
Regional Director – Asia Pacific ex China
STR
BEN CHARLTON
Regional Director Asia Pacific
Cloudbeds
TRENT CONROY
Head of Investments and Portfolio Growth
Choice Hotels Asia PAC
RICHARD CRAWFORD
Vice President – Hotel Development, Australia, NZ, and Pacific
Marriott International
Troy Cuthbertson
General Manager – Operations
EVT Connect Hospitality
Richard Dalman
Managing Director
Dalman Architects
CLARE DAVIES
Chief Operating Officer
Capstone Hotel Management & Marsden Group
ROBERT DAVIES
Global Segment Development Leader – Hotels
Unox
SAM DAVIES
Director of Operations – Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
JUSTIN DE LILLE
Director
Liverton
RENÉ DE MONCHY
Chief Executive Officer
Tourism New Zealand
PETER DOHERTY
Development Director
Choice Hotels APAC
Sue Duncan
General Manager Hospitality
Working In
CHRIS EHMANN
Regional General Manager
Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa & DoubleTree by Hilton Queenstown
MONIQUE ENOKA-DAVIDSON
Partner
Space Studio
CLINTON FARLEY
General Manager
The Hotel Britomart
Raymond Faulkner
Vice President Operations & Development, Australia, New Zealand & Pacific
Swiss-Belhotel International
BRETT FORER
Chief Development Officer Asia Pacific
EVT
BRUCE GARRETT
General Manager
The George Christchurch
JONATHAN GELL
Regional Director, Brand Performance Support
Hilton
PAUL GORMAN
General Manager
Luxury Escapes
Peter Hamilton
Director of Hotels
CBRE
STEPHEN HAMILTON
Director
Horwath HTL
Matt Holmes
Vice President of Development – South-East Asia & Pacific Rim
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
LISA HOPKINS
Chief Executive Officer
Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA)
Katharine Hopper
Head of Sustainability
EVT
LACHLAN HOSWELL
Managing Director, Business Unit Australasia
Radisson Hotel Group
KANIKA JHUNJHNUWALA
Chief Sustainability Officer
Hind Management
THOMAS JOHN
Vice President Strategy and Development
Panache Hotel Group
Christopher Kelly
Principal
Architecture Workshop Aotearoa
ALISTAIR LAW
Partner
Anthony Harper Lawyers
Shane Le Compte
Owner
Crowne Plaza Christchurch
Phillipa Le Roux
Design and Project Director – Architecture, Design & Construction, Australasia
Hilton
LINDSAY LEESER
Chief Development Officer Pacific & Head of Apartments and Realty
Accor
NICHOLAS LOCKYER
Executive Director – Development, Pacific
Accor
Tim Macindoe
Mayor
Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Colin McClean
Area General Manager
North Island New Zealand, EVT
ROB McINTYRE
Vice President Operations New Zealand & Fiji
Accor
LUKE MORAN
Chief Executive Officer
LA Co / Drifter Hotels
CAROL NESBITT
Director – APAC
FlexKeeping
RACHAEL NICHOLSON
Director of Commercial, NZ & Fiji
Accor
RUWAN PEIRIS
Chief Executive Officer
THSA – Hotel Advisors
PIENAAR PISO
Hotel Developer and Founder
Vision Complete Earthworks
RODGER L. POWELL
Managing Director
THSA – Hotel Advisors
TUSHAR RANIGA
Regional Director – Development, Australasia
Hilton
ALISTAIR ROBERTSON
Head of APAC Strategy Partnerships, Hospitality
Honeywell
RONNIE RONALDE
Advisor
Hotel Council Aotearoa
Matt Rose
Commercial Director
Room Price Genie
Perry Royal
Principal Architect
Royal Assoc Architects (RAA)
Wim Ruepert
Director, New Zealand
Horwath HTL
BRETT RUSSELL
Managing Director
Russell Group
Jason Sabin
Portfolio General Manager
EVT Connect Hospitality
Michael Sarino
General Manager
Hilton Auckland
Michael Simpson
Managing Director – Hotels, Pacific
CBRE Hotels
Michael Stramboulidis
General Manager
QT Auckland
Rajit Sukumaran
SVP & MD EAPAC
IHG Hotels and Resorts
JOHN SUTCLIFFE
Director of Development
TFE Hotels
DAVID THOMPSON
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Myma.ai
Nick Thompson
National Director – Hotels, New Zealand
Colliers
DANIELLA TONETTO
Senior Director, Commercial – Australasia
Hilton
MATTHEW TRIPOLONE
Managing Director – Australasia and Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
RUWANI WEERASINGHE
Director Asset Management and Acquisition
La Vie Hotels and Resorts
ADRIAN WILLIAMS
Chief Operating Officer – Pacific
Accor
ERIC WONG
Vice President, Hospitality – Asia Pacific
Infor
MARK WONG
Senior Vice President Asia Pacific
Small Luxury Hotels of The World
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