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See the 2026 speakers below. More speakers will be announced shortly.
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
ANMOL (AB) BHOJWANI
Head of Development, Asia Pacific & Middle East
Generator
Stella Blythe
Senior Vice President, Development, Asia
EVT
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
KEVIN CROLEY
Chief Development Officer
Global Hotel Alliance
Cyrill Czerwonka
Managing Director, Development APAC
BWH Hotels
RAMZY FENIANOS
Chief Development Officer – APAC
Radisson Hotel Group
DAICHI FUKAO
President
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.
Rahul Ghai
Managing Director, Asia
Salter Brothers
Jeremy Gillet
Managing Officer and Head of Development
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide
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
SUO IWAI
Head of Development – Japan
Radisson Hotel Group
YOSHIKI KANEDA
Worldwide President, Representative Director & CEO
Seibu Prince Hotels
GARY KWOK
CEO & Managing Partner
Axe Management Partners Limited
ANDREW LANGDON
Chief Development Officer Asia
Accor
KATE LOH
Head of Development
Pan Pacific Hotels Group
JAMES MABBUTT
Vice President, Development, Asia Pacific
Mandarin Oriental Hotel 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
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
VICTOR OSUMI
Regional President of the Americas
Seibu Prince Hotels and Resorts
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 & General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, Marriott International
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
Yuujin Yamaai
Deputy Senior Manager
Takenaka Corporation
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