Join industry experts as they provide inspiring talks, innovative ideas, and engaging conversations to take your business to the next level.
See the 2025 speakers below.

JESS ADAMSON
Award-winning journalist, event host and facilitator;
MC of the day

JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President; Editor-In-Chief

RUTH HOGAN
Editor

THE HON. PETER MALINAUSKAS MP
Keynote; South Australian Premier

TOBY RAND
Keynote; Singer/Songwriter/Creator

STUART TREVOR
Keynote; Founder
Allsaints & Stuart Trevor

Ren Fernando & Ben Stammer
Keynote; Founders
ReLove

SAM ABEL
Executive – Hotels
Colliers

TIM ALPE
Managing Director
LyLo

RAPHAEL ANTONINI
Chief Development Officer
Salter Brothers Hospitality

SCOTT ARMSTRONG
Director of Development

NORMAN ARUNDEL
Director of Hotels and Resorts
EVT

KAMAL ATAL
Chief Finance and Commercial Officer
The Ascott Limited

HAYDEN AUST
Commercial Director – APAC
Mews

DANESH BAMJI
Vice President Franchise, Pacific

DAVID BARK
Hotels Asset Manager
Mulpha Australia Limited

ROBERT BELL
Director of Sales & Operations Australasia
HUB OS

MICHAEL BENIKOS
Managing Director
Vingcard – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Australia

HON ZOE BETTISON MP
Minister for Tourism and Multicultural Affairs
South Australia

CRAIG BOND
Senior Vice President – Head of Operations
Pan Pacific Hotels Group

ANDREW BOSHOFF
Chief Financial Officer
Global Hotel Alliance

JONATHAN BOWMAKER
Senior Manager, Food & Beverage Operations, Australasia
Hilton

CHRIS BOYD
Associate – Investment Sales, Hotels & Hospitality Group
JLL

SCOTT BOYES
Chief Executive Officer

MICHELLE BRADSHAW
Vice President – Operations
Accor

ANDREW BRANDON
Fund Manager
Serene Capital

NATHAN 'CHEF' BROADHEAD
Head of Strategic Accounts
Purchase Plus

ZACHARY BROWN
Vice President – Design and Technical Services ASPAC
Ennismore

ANDREW BULLOCK
Chief Executive Officer

NICOLE BURG
Development Manager
La Vie Hotels

ADAM BURY
Executive Vice President, Hotels & Hospitality Group
JLL

CAMERON BURKE
Director of Development – Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts

Matthew Burke
Regional Director, Asia Pacific ex China
STR

SEBASTIAN BUSA
Partner

ANDREW CAMERON
Founder and CEO

MATTHEW CAMERON-SMITH
Chief Executive Officer
Voyages

IVY CHENG
Director, Investment & Business Development
CapitaLand Australia

JULIAN CLARK
Chief Executive Officer
Lancemore Group

GARETH CLOSTER
Senior Vice President – Investment Sales, Hotels & Hospitality Group
JLL

DAMIAN CLOWES
Regional Managing Director – Asia Pacific
OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group

SILVIA COHEN
People & Culture Director

BOUSSERIND COMSON
Director of Hotel Intelligence – APAC
Hotstats

TRENT CONROY
Head of Investments and Portfolio Growth
Choice Hotels Asia PAC

SHAIZEEN CONTRACTOR
Chief Commercial Officer
Trilogy Hotels

TRISTAN COOPER
Director, Hotel Development – Australia, NZ & The Pacific
Marriott International

Richard Crawford
Vice President – Hotel Development, Australia, NZ, and Pacific

CLARE DAVIES
Managing Director
Capstone Hotel Management

SAM DAVIES
Director of Operations – Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts

WILLIAM DE BEAUREPAIRE
Director
De Beaurepaire Wines

JOHANN DE GOEDE
Director of Asset Management – APAC
Pro-invest Group

KELLY DODD
Director, Hotels-Resorts-Accommodation
Tourism Talent

JURE DOMAZET
Managing Director

JAMES DOOLAN
Strategic Advisor

CLAY DURBRIDGE
Sales Director
Evolv Building Technologies

MARK DURRAN
Managing Director-Hotel Capital Markets
Savills Australasia

ED FARAGUNA
Chief Financial Officer
Ark Capital Partners

GAVIN FAULL
Chairman and President
Swiss-Belhotel International

RAMZY FENIANOS
Chief Development Officer – APAC

STEVE FINLAYSON
General Manager, Playford Adelaide
MGallery

TOM FITZGERALD
Regional Director of Human Resources, Pacific
Langham Hospitality Group

BRETT FORER
Vice President Development – Pacific

EMMA FRASER
Founder

DAVID FRASER
Vice President Operations – Pacific, Sofitel Legend, Sofitel, MGallery and Emblems
Accor

TRENT FRASER
Chief Executive Officer
Choice Hotels APAC

TELENA FROST
Director – Revenue Management
Choice Hotels Asia-Pac

TESS GEGENHUBER
Development Executive
TFE Hotels

TOM GIBSON
Senior Director
CBRE Hotels

ANNE GILL
Senior Vice President Commercial, Pacific
Accor

JAMES GOODWIN
Chief Executive Officer
Accommodation Australia

ROHAN GOPALDAS
Partner & Asset Manager

NEERAV GORASIA
Head of Hospitality Performance
Pro-invest Hotels

LUCIA GRAMBALOVA
Chief Investment Officer & Head of Asset Management
Hotel Capital Partners

MARCUS HANNA
Chief Operating Officer
La Vie Hotels

Peter Harper
Managing Director – Head of Investment Sales Australasia

RODNEY HARREX
Chief Operating Officer
1834 Hotels

GADI HASSIN
CEO & Co-Founder
Helios Hospitality

JOOST HEYMEIJER
Inn-keeper
Toast Hospitality Advisory

MICHAEL HEYWARD
CEO and Founder
Emekeli Research

Brent Hill
Chief Executive Officer

NICK HILL
Negotiator – Capital Markets, Hotels

PETER HILL
Director – Development, Hotels & Resorts

MARY HOGG
Senior Director, Human Resources, Australasia
Hilton

Matt Holmes
Vice President of Development – South East Asia & Pacific Rim

CRAIG HOOLEY
Chief Operating Officer

LACHLAN HOSWELL
Managing Director, Business Unit Australasia

ALISON HULM
Director, Development – Australasia

JOSIE HUNGERFORD
Director of Growth and Corporate Affairs
Trilogy Hotels

IFTI HUSSAIN
Country Manager
Sudima Hotels

EMMA HYNES
Director of Operations, Premium and Essentials – Australasia & Pacific

THOMAS JOHN
Vice President Strategy and Development
Panache Hotel Group

ANDREW JOLLIFFE
Managing Director & Board Chair, APAC

MELISSA KALAN
Executive Chair
Australian Revenue Management Association (ARMA)

LIONEL KAPETANAKOS
Asia Pacific Vice President - Institutional Division
Ecolab

DARREN KARSHAGEN
Senior Director, Market Management, APAC
Expedia Group

DUANE KEIGHRAN
Managing Director
Keighran Legal

MARKUS KELLER
Global Chief Operating Officer, Sofitel Mgallery Emblems Maison

Howard Kemball
Director

Callum Kennedy
EVT Group General Manager
Hotels & Resorts

EMMY KO
Senior Associate
Ashurst

Benjamin Krieg
Senior Vice President Operations & Global Strategic Accounts
FutureLog

TODD LACEY
Regional Manager Partner Services
Booking.com

ANDREW LANGSFORD
Senior Vice President, Investment Sales

SONIA LeFEVRE
Director
Hotellerie

LINDSAY LEESER
Chief Development Officer Pacific & Head of Apartments and Leases

DAMIEN LITTLE
Director, Hotel Planning & Development
Horwath HTL Australia

NICK LOCKYER
Director of Feasibility and Retention – Pacific
Accor

PATRICK LONERGAN
Head of Hotel, Hospitality and Leisure
Mulpha Australia Limited

GARETH LONG
Director of Operations – Luxury and Lifestyle
IHG Hotels & Resorts

NICK LOWER
National Director – Hotels
Savills

DR ANITA MANFREDA
Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School at Torrens University Australia

DAVID MANSFIELD
Managing Director

DUNCAN MARS
Vice President Resort Operations South Pacific

SAM McVAY
Managing Director
McVay Real Estate

ANNA CHURCH
Senior Development Manager
IHG Hotels & Resorts

RAJEEV MENON
APEC President

ADRIAN ARCHER
Head of Hotels Advisory/Valuations
Savills

GUS MOORS
Managing Director, Hotels & Hospitality Group

LUKE MORAN
CEO
Leisure Accommodation Collective

TASNEEM MUKADAM
Director of Customer Success – APAC
Duetto

Rod Munro
Managing Director

JASON NUELL
Regional Vice President – Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific
Marriott International

TAYLOR O'BRIEN
Development Manager
Accor

CHRIS ORMISTON
Sales Engineer, Asia Pacific
Agilysys

JURGEN ORTELEE
Managing Director – APAC
IDeaS Revenue Solutions

MARK PALERMO
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

JESPER PALMQVIST
Senior Director Asia Pacific
STR

RAHUL PARRAB
Chief Executive Officer

SIMON PAWSON
Associate Professor and Associate Dean

RUWAN PEIRIS
Chief Executive Officer
THSA – Hotel Advisors

RODGER L. POWELL
Managing Director
THSA – Hotel Advisors

DILLIP RAJAKARIER
Chief Executive Officer

GAYNOR REID
Communications Manager
Travmedia

DIANA RICO-ROA
Director
ESG PLUS

ANTONY RITCH
Chief Executive Officer
TFE Hotels

BARRY ROBINSON
President and Managing Director International Operations

OMAR ROMERO
Global Chief Development and Luxury Officer
Minor Hotels

PAUL SALTER
Managing Director

GIDON SATTINGER
Managing Director
Vintech

NEIL SCANLAN
National Director of Hotel Asset Management
Colliers

CASPAR SCHMIDT
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
QCC Collection

Ben Schumacher
Regional Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Adam Schwab
Chief Executive Officer

DR JERRY SCHWARTZ
Director

GREG SHAW
CEO

JAMES SHIELDS
General Manager of Growth & Capital Strategy

DAVID SILCOCK
Senior Manager – Development, Australia & New Zealand
Choice Hotels Asia-Pac

Michael Simpson
Managing Director – Hotels, Pacific

MARDI SPARROW
Chief People Officer
Trilogy Hotels

ANTHONY STEVENS
General Manager – Australia and New Zealand
Shiji

DAVID SUDE
Group General Manager
QT Hotels and Resorts

RAJIT SUKUMARAN
SVP & MD EAPAC
IHG Hotels & Resorts

CHOE PENG SUM
Chief Executive Officer

JOHN SUTCLIFFE
Director of Development

WAYNE TARANTO
Chief Operating Officer
Ovolo Hotels

HARVEY THOMPSON
Managing Director – The Langham, Sydney, Managing Director – Eaton Workshop and General Manager – Eaton Hong Kong

NICK THOMPSON
Hotels and Hospitality Director
JLL New Zealand

ALEX THORPE
Director

TASH TOBIAS
Chief Executive Officer
Salter Brothers

DANIELLA TONETTO
Senior Director, Commercial, Australasia
Hilton

DAVID TONKIN
Country General Manager – Oceania

MATTHEW TRIPOLONE
Managing Director – Australasia, Pacific & Japan

DAVID TSAI
Chief Executive Officer
Crown Resorts

STUART VERRIER
Head of Property Development and Asset Management
Australia Pacific Airports Melbourne (APAM)

SONIA VICKERS
Executive Director – Strategic Advisory
Gatehouse Hospitality

KAREN WALES
Head of Hotels – Australia, Transaction Services
Colliers

CHRIS WAITE
Director
Chris Waite Corporate Affairs and Communications

SAMANTHA WARREN-WHITE
Director, Destination Marketing, Australasia
Hilton

SCOTT WIEDEMANN
National Manager – Accommodation

GRANT WILCKENS
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
G’day Group

ADRIAN WILLIAMS
Chief Operating Officer – Pacific

ROBERT WILLIAMS
Head of Hotels & Hospitality Asia Pacific

IAN WILSON
Director
Title Hospitality

CAMIL YAZBECK
Premium, Midscale & Economy Brands Global Chief Development Officer

VIJESH YOGANATHAN
Regional Director, APAC
Canary Technologies

ELIE YOUNES
Global Head of Development

JOHN ZECKENDORF
Director

VASSO ZOGRAPHOU
Director, Capital Markets Australia
CBRE

JASON ZVATORA
Vice President, Commercial Strategy – APAC
OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group

ROSS PELLIGRA
Chairman
Pelligra

DORA STILIANOS
Partner

ROSS BEARDSELL
Executive Vice President, Asset Management
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group

Julian Whiston
Head of Hotels & Hospitality
JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group

NATASHA LARKIN
Head of Talent and Culture – Pacific
Accor

STEVEN SKAROTT
Director ‑ Hotels

HANNAH ROSE
Associate Director
Knight Frank Valuation

AMANDA BOLGER
General Manager – Global PR and Communications
Luxury Escapes

BRAD CROUCH
Reporter
The Advertiser and Sunday Mail

CAROLYN CUMMINS
Commercial Property Editor
The Sydney Morning Herald

LAYTON HOLLEY
Commercial Property Reporter
Green Street News Australia

Julian whiston
Head of Hotels and Hospitality
Australia and New Zealand, Value and Risk Advisory
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