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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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