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See the 2026 speakers below.
NATALIE PAPAGEORGIADIS
Keynote; Set Decorator
Bridgerton (Netflix)
SHIORI SAKURAI
Keynote; Sales, Japan
STR
STUART TREVOR
Keynote; Founder & Director
Stuart Trevor
MATTHEW BURKE
Keynote; Regional Director – Asia Pacific ex China
STR
CHRIS WAITE
MC of the day; Director and Co-Founder
Powerhouse Communications
JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President and Chair and Convenor; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine
Nigel Abbott
Director
Kamui Resort
HIRO ABE
Managing Director
H.A. Advisors
BJÖRN ANTONSSON
Regional CEO – Asia-Pacific
Candela
CHRISTIAN BAUDAT
Country General Manager – Japan
The Ascott Limited
OLIVIER BERRIVIN
Vice President – APAC
BWH Hotels
CRAIG BOND
Chief Operating Officer
Pan Pacific Hotels Group
MARK BRATTON
Senior Vice President – Hawaii, Investment Services Division
Colliers
CRAIG CHAIT
Vice President, APAC
Hotel Key
CHRIS CHO
Vice President Development – Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines and Singapore
Accor
KEVIN CROLEY
Chief Development Officer
Global Hotel Alliance
Cyrill Czerwonka
Managing Director, Development APAC
BWH Hotels
ERIC D’IGNAZIO
Vice President, Operations & Representative Director – Japan
Travel + Leisure Co
RAMZY FENIANOS
Chief Development Officer – APAC
Radisson Hotel Group
MICHAEL FLYNN
Hospitality Advisor
Hokkaido KK
Rahul Ghai
Managing Director, Asia
Salter Brothers
Jeremy Gillet
Managing Officer and Head of Development
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Inc.
XAVI GONZALEZ
General Manager
The Tokyo Toranomon EDITION & The Tokyo Ginza EDITION
paul gorman
General Manager Business Development & Head of Golf
Luxury Escapes
CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY
Chief Executive Officer
Global Hotel Alliance
JASON HILL
Managing Director
Tourism Talent
HOWARD HO
Co-founder & CEO
Section L
MATT HOLMES
Vice President of Development – South East Asia and Pacific Rim
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
WILLIAM HUSTON
General Partner
Bay Street Hospitality
YUSUKE IIDA
Regional Managing Director
Ace Group Japan G.K
SUO IWAI
Head of Development – Japan
Radisson Hotel Group
YOSHIKI KANEDA
President, Representative Director & CEO
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Inc.
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
Head of Development
Pan Pacific Hotels Group
ANNA (ABE) MASATSUKI
Executive Vice President
FSC Hospitality K.K.
TOMOKI MATSUYAMA
Founder & CEO
Onko Chishin Inc.
Gota Miura
Former Japanese Winter Olympian and Kamui Resort Director
LAURE MORVAN
Chief Development Officer – Luxury Brands Asia
Accor
DANIEL MOURAD
General Manager – APAC
Canary Technologies
SHINSUKE NAGASAWA
Director of Development, Japan
Accor
Mori Nishimura
Founder
A Cabin Company
HISAYOSHI OHTSUKI
Managing Director of Japan
TrustYou Japan
JURGEN ORTELEE
Managing Director – APAC
IDeaS Revenue Solutions
VICTOR OSUMI
Executive Regional Vice President - Americas
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Inc.
PAUL SALTER
Managing Director
Salter Brothers
ABHIJAY SANDILYA
Managing Director – Japan & Micronesia
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Ryuji Sawada
Managing Director, Japan
Horwath HTL
CASPAR SCHMIDT
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
QCC Collection
SETH SULKIN
Chief Executive Officer
Pacifica Capital KK & Pacifica Hotels GK
CHOE PENG SUM
Chief Executive Officer
Pan Pacific Hotels Group
TOKIO TAKAI
Asia Real Estate Investing
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
MARI TAKARA
General Manager
InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8
CARLOS TARRERO
Area General Manager Luxury, Japan and General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto, Marriott International
SEKI TOMOHIRO
Solution Sales Manager
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.
YURI TSUJIMOTO
Director, Development, Japan & Micronesia
IHG Hotels & Resorts
DAN VOELLM
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
AP Hospitality Advisors
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
SHO YASUI
Commercial Director – Japan
Accor
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