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See the 2025 speakers below.
NICKY STYRIS
Media Presenter & Reporter
MC of the day
JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine
RUTH HOGAN
Editor
HM magazine
JENNY SEETO
Chair
Investment Fiji
VILIAME GAVOKA
Fiji Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
NICK THOMPSON
Keynote; Hotels and Hospitality Director
JLL New Zealand
ROBERT THOMPSON
Keynote; Executive Director of Regions
Tourism Fiji
SCOTT STYRIS
Keynote; New Zealand cricketing legend
GRANT ALCHIN
Chief Operating Officer
Trilogy Hotels
JULIET ASHWORTH
Owner and Creative Director
CHADA
MICHAEL BENIKOS
Managing Director
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Australia
ANDREW BULLOCK
Chief Executive Officer
1834 Hotels
CAMERON BURKE
Director of Development – Australasia & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
MATTHEW BURKE
Regional Director - Pacific, Japan & Central South Asia
STR
ANDREW CAMERON
Founder and CEO
Enzyme Consulting
ROB CECCONI
Owner and Managing Director
Tropica Island Resort
KAMAL CHETTY
CEO
Investment Fiji
TRISTAN COOPER
Director, Hotel Development – Australia, NZ & The Pacific
Marriott International
RICHARD CRAWFORD
Vice President – Hotel Development, Australia, NZ, and Pacific
Marriott International
RICHARD DALMAN
Managing Director
Dalman Architects and Interior Designers
WILLIAM DE BEAUREPAIRE
Director
De Beaurepaire Wines
CRAIG DENNINGTON
Sales Director
Agilysys
SAMANTHA EADES
Principal & Founder
Mitchell Eades
LAWRENCE ELLISON
Lead Project Manager
Lautoka Foreshore Development
MONIQUE ENOKA-DAVIDSON
Partner
Space Studio
EMMA FRASER
Founder
Fraser Marketing International
BRETT FORER
Vice President Development – Pacific
Accor
PAUL GORMAN
General Manager
Luxury Escapes
KAMAL HAER
Chief Marketing and Sales Officer
Fiji Airways
MARCUS HANNA
Chief Operating Officer
La Vie Hotels
PETER HILL
Director of Development – Hotels and Resorts
EVT
MATT HOLMES
Vice President of Development – South East Asia & Pacific Rim
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
TIM HOUGHTON
Australian Trade Commissioner for the Pacific and Timor-Leste
LEIGH HOWARD
Chief Operating Officer
Tropica Island Resort
STEVE HOWARD
Developer
Vanua Ranch
LACHLAN HOSWELL
Managing Director, Business Unit Australasia
Radisson Hotel Group
THOMAS JOHN
Vice President Strategy and Development
Panache Hotel Group
MARK KALOTAP
Senior Business Development Officer
Vanuatu Department of Tourism
LES MORGAN
Chief Operating Officer
Hind Management
SCOTT NODSLE
Managing Director – International EMEA & APAC
Encore Event Technologies
JULIE OCKERBY
Principal Creative Director
Meli Studio
CAREY OSBORNE
Cluster General Manager – Fiji
Hilton
LEE PEARCE
CEO
Raffe Group
RUWAN PEIRIS
Chief Executive Officer
THSA – Hotel Advisors
AMELIA PEREZ
Manager, Development – Australasia
Hilton
RODGER L. POWELL
Managing Director
THSA – Hotel Advisors
Joel Radford
Chief Development and Assets Officer
Richmond
LOU RANDAZZO
Operations and Business Process Manager
Australian Bedding Stewardship Council (ABSC)
TUSHAR RANIGA
Regional Director – Development, Australasia
Hilton
VIJAY SHARMA
Principal
Sharma Design Group
JAY SINGH
Owner
Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort & Spa
ANTHONY STEVENS
Regional Director Operations – APAC and General Manager – ANZ
Shiji
MATTHEW TRIPOLONE
Managing Director – Australasia and Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
LACHLAN WALKER
Regional General Manager Fiji & Pacific
IHG Hotels & Resorts
SIMON WHITE
General Manager Hotel Operations New Zealand
EVT
ROBERT WILLIAMS
Head of Hotels & Hospitality Asia Pacific
Watson Farley & Williams
GINNI POST
Founder
GP Communications
PISO PIENAR
Owner
Pullman Hamilton
SANJAY PRATAP
Director Assets – Fiji
CP Group
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