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See the 2025 speakers below.
CHRIS WAITE
MC of the day; Director
Chris Waite Corporate Affairs & Communications
MATTHEW BURKE
Keynote; Regional Director
STR
SHIORI SAKURAI
Keynote; Sales, Japan
STR
SIR STEVE HANSEN
Keynote;
Rugby World Cup winning coach
NAMI YAMAMOTO
Keynote; Chief Executive Officer
Yamamotoyama
JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine
HIRO ABE
Executive Advisor
Seibu Prince Hotels and Resorts
JAMES ABE
Managing Director
Head of Investment Sales – Japan, JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group
BJÖRN ANTONSSON
Regional CEO – Asia-Pacific
Candela
NORMAN ARUNDEL
Director of Hotels and Resorts
EVT
CHRISTIAN BAUDAT
Country General Manager – Japan
The Ascott Limited
JEFF CHO
Vice President, Business Development (Hospitality)
Far East Hospitality
TROY CLARRY
Director
Tourism Talent
DEAN DANIELS
Vice President Operations, Representative Director AAPC Japan K.K
Accor
RAMZY FENIANOS
Chief Development Officer – APAC
Radisson Hotel Group
CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY
Chief Executive Officer
Global Hotel Alliance
HOWARD HO
Co-founder and CEO
Section L
MATT HOLMES
Vice President of Development – South East Asia and Pacific Rim
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
STEVEN HOPKINSON
Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Shiji Group
KENNETH KAN
SVP – Chief Development Officer
Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
YOSHIKI KANEDA
Worldwide President, Representative Director & CEO
Seibu Prince Hotels
ANSHUL KAUL
Managing Director
The Tokyo EDITION Toranomon & The Tokyo EDITION Ginza
MASAYUKI KINOSHITA
Chief Development Officer
TRUNK Co. Ltd
DAISUKE KITTA
Head of Real Estate Japan
Blackstone
SHINICHI KOSHIKAWA
Deputy Country Manager – Japan
The Ascott Limited
BENJAMIN KRIEG
Senior Vice President Operations & Global Strategic Accounts
FutureLog
GARY KWOK
CEO & Managing Partner
Axe Management Partners Limited
ANDREW LANGDON
Chief Development Officer Asia
Accor
LEE LIN
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
Nobu Hospitality
KATE LOH
Vice President of Development
Pan Pacific Hotel Group
HAYLEY MITCHELL
Principal
Mitchell Eades (representing Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo)
TOMOKI MATSUYAMA
Founder & CEO
Onko Chishin Inc.
MUKUND MOHAN
VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships
Hotel Key
DANIEL MOURAD
General Manager – APAC
Canary Technologies
SHINSUKE NAGASAWA
Director of Development, Japan
Accor
KURAUDO OHASHI
Executive Vice President, Head of Advisory
JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group
JURGEN ORTELEE
Managing Director – APAC
IDeaS Revenue Solutions
VICTOR OSUMI
Regional President of the Americas
Seibu Prince Hotels and Resorts
MARK ROHNER
Chief Operating Officer
Far East Hospitality
ABHIJAY SANDILYA
Managing Director – Japan & Micronesia & Chief Executive Officer
IHG ANA Hotels Group
CASPAR SCHMIDT
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
QCC Collection
FRANK SORGIOVANNI
Vice President of Development Asia Pacific
Starwood Hotels
TOKIO TAKAI
Associate
Salter Brothers
YUJI TANAKA
Market Vice President – Japan and Guam
Marriott International
CARLOS TARRERO
Area General Manager Luxury, Japan and General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto
REBECCA THORN
General Manager
Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya
YURI TSUJIMOTO
Senior Manager, Development, Japan & Micronesia
IHG Hotels and Resorts
GAVIN WEIGHTMAN
Chief Operating Officer
Section L
ERIC WONG
Vice President, Hospitality – Asia Pacific
Infor
VIVIAN WONG
Vice President, Business Development Japan & Korea
The Ascott Limited
KAZUHIKO YAMAMOTO
Asset Manager
Salter Brothers
RONGCAN YANG
Vice President
JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group
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