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AHICE Social | Western Australia
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Crown Perth, Western Australia
The Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition (AHICE), hosted by HM and Wayfarer magazines, is set to make its debut in Western Australia on August 27, 2025, with the inaugural 4.5-hour Western Australia Hotel Summit being held at the luxurious Crown Perth.
The event will be attended by Perth, Western Australia and Australia’s leading hotel owners, operators, consultants and suppliers.
Our program for the 2025 launch event will include evocative, educational and insightful keynote speakers, Q&As and panel sessions featuring more than 25 key speakers from across Perth, Western Australia and globally.
The launch of AHICE in Perth follows the success of our global events in Australia (Adelaide and Sydney), the United States (Hawaii and Los Angeles), Japan, Singapore, the Maldives, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Fiji, with more than 4,500 people attending what’s become the leading hotel industry event series across the Asia-Pacific region.
2024 AHICE SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
2024 AHICE SOCIAL GALLERY
2025 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
1:30pm-2:00pm - REGISTRATION, afternoon tea, coffee and treats.
2:00pm-2:15pm - WELCOME TO THE PERTH HOTEL SUMMIT
BY AHICE Group President and Wayfarer Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON and emcee, Fraser Marketing International Founder, EMMA FRASER, including a Welcome to Country.
2:15pm-2:35pm - KEYNOTE: The Premier of Western Australia, The Hon ROGER COOK MLA
The Premier of Western Australia, The Hon ROGER COOK MLA, to deliver a keynote address, followed by a Q&A with AHICE Group President, JAMES WILKINSON.
2:35pm-2:50pm - PRESENTATION: WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BY THE NUMBERS.
The essential statistical outlook for Perth and Western Australia by JACQUELINE CHOO, Sales – Pacific, STR.
2:50pm-3:15pm - PANEL SESSION: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA HOTEL INVESTMENT OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2025 with leading hotel executives.
Hosted by:
• ANDREW LANGSFORD, Senior Vice President, Hotels and Hospitality Group, JLL
Panellists:
• IVY CHENG, Director, Investment and Business Development, CapitaLand Australia
• RAHUL PARRAB, Chief Executive Officer, Ark Capital Partners
• TRENT CONROY, Head of Investments and Portfolio Growth, Choice Hotels Asia PAC
• Speakers to be announced
3:15pm-3:40pm - PANEL SESSION: PERTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA HOTEL OPERATIONS OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2025 with leading hotel executives.
Hosted by:
• ANNEKE BROWN, Managing Director, Tourism Western Australia
Panelists:
• EMMA HYNES, Director of Operations, Australasia and Pacific, IHG Hotels and Resorts
• RENS BREUR, General Manager, Pan Pacific Perth
• RODNEY HARREX, Chief Operating Officer, 1834 Hotels
• STEVEN JAMES, State General Manager WA & SA – EVT & General Manager – QT Perth
• Speaker to be announced
3:40pm-3:55pm - PRESENTATION: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
by AHA Western Australia Chief Executive Officer, BRADLEY WOODS.
3:55pm-4:20pm - PANEL SESSION: THE PERTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA TOURISM OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2025 with leading hotel and tourism executives.
Hosted by:
• MARCUS HANNA, Chief Operating Officer, La Vie Hotels
Panellists:
• The Hon. REECE WHITBY MLA, Minister for Tourism, Western Australia
• PAUL GORMAN, General Manager, Luxury Escapes
• Speakers to be announced
4:20pm-4:30pm- HOTELIER Q&A
Crown Perth Chief Executive Officer, BRIAN PEREIRA, in conversation with AHICE Group President and Wayfarer Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON.
4:30pm-4:40pm - PRESENTATION: THE TREND OF HMA TERMINATIONS & EXPECTATIONS FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA
by MITCH REYNOLDS, Director and Senior Lawyer, Squire Patton Boggs.
4:40pm-5:05pm - PANEL SESSION: THE PERTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA HOTEL DEVELOPMENT & REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2025 with leading investors and development executives.
Hosted by:
• MARK PALERMO, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Panellists:
• AARON DESANGE, Head of Capital Markets in Western Australia and Director of Institutional Investment Sales, CBRE
• JOHN SUTCLIFFE, Director of Development, TFE Hotels
• KAREN WALES, Head of Hotels – Australia, Transaction Services, Colliers
• RAPHAEL ANTONINI, Chief Development Officer, Salter Brothers Hospitality
• RICHARD CRAWFORD, Vice President – Hotel Development, Australia, NZ, and Pacific, Marriott International
5:05pm-7:30pm - NETWORKING DRINKS. Presented by Crown.
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*Program is subject to change
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