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AHICE Summit | London

Wednesday 15 July 2026

Pan Pacific London

The Atlantic Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition (AHICE), hosted by HM and Wayfarer magazines, is set to make its return to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2026, with the second annual 4.5-hour London Hotel Summit being held at the luxurious Pan Pacific London.

The event will be attended by London and the United Kingdom’s leading hotel owners, operators, consultants and suppliers.

Our program for the 2025 event included evocative, educational and insightful keynote speakers, Q&As and panel sessions featuring more than 20 key speakers from across London, Europe and globally.

The return of AHICE to London follows the success of our global events in Australia (Adelaide, Perth and Sydney), the United States (Hawaii and Los Angeles), Japan, Singapore, the Maldives, New Zealand and Fiji, with more than 4,500 people attending what’s become the leading hotel industry event series across the Asia-Pacific region.

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2025 AHICE SUMMIT LONDON HIGHLIGHTS

2024 AHICE SOCIAL GALLERY

2026 PROGRAM OVERVIEW

1:00pm-1:55pm - REGISTRATION, coffee, tea, and light bites

1:55pm-2:00pm - WELCOME TO THE LONDON HOTEL SUMMIT

WELCOME TO THE LONDON HOTEL SUMMIT by emcee KAITLYN SKOV, Founder and Principal, Studio Skov, and JAMES WILKINSON, Group President – AHICE and Editor-In-Chief, HM.

2:00pm-2:20pm - PANEL SESSION: LONDON, BY THE NUMBERS

A snapshot of what to expect in London this year.

Hosted by:
• JAMES WILKINSON, Group President – AHICE and Editor-In-Chief, HM

Speakers:
• to be revealed

2:20pm-2:30pm - KEYNOTE: LIVE MUSIC IN HOTELS

By award-winning artist and lead singer of Ashenmoon, TOBY RAND.

2:30pm-2:50pm - PANEL SESSION: LONDON DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK

A snapshot of what to expect in London this year from leading investors and development executives.

Hosted by:
• speaker to be revealed

Speakers:
• speakers to be revealed

2:50pm-3:10pm - PANEL SESSION: GLOBAL HOTELIERS’ OUTLOOK

A snapshot of what to expect in globally this year from leading executives.

Hosted by:
• JAMES WILKINSON, Group President – AHICE and Editor-In-Chief, HM

Speakers:
• CRAIG BOND, Chief Operating Officer, Pan Pacific Hotels Group
• DIMITRIS MANIKIS, President EMEA, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• speaker to be revealed

3:10pm-3:30pm - KEYNOTE Q&A

Talking design and more with Emmy-nominated Bridgerton (Netflix) Set Decorator, NATALIE PAPAGEORGIADIS, in conversation with KAITLYN SKOV, Founder and Principal, Studio Skov.

3:30pm-3:50pm - PANEL SESSION: LONDON HOTELIERS’ OUTLOOK

Hosted by:
• speaker to be revealed

Speakers:
• DAVID HART, CEO, RBH Hospitality
• DAVID O’CONNOR, Group Director of Sales, Sircle Collection
• speakers to be revealed

3:50pm-4:10pm - KEYNOTE Q&A

Talking music, travel, fashion and more with GARRY GARY BEERS, bassist and founding member of INXS with over 80 million albums sold, in conversation with Allsaints and Stuart Trevor Founder, STUART TREVOR.

4:10pm-4:30pm - PANEL SESSION: LONDON REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT OUTLOOK

Hosted by:
• JOE STATHER, Senior Director – Head of Hotels & Hospitality Research, EMEA, JLL

Speakers:
• speakers to be revealed

4:30pm-5:00pm - KEYNOTE: THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE by DR ELAINE KASKET

A cyberpsychologist and expert in digital death. She’s an expert in how our digital choices shape our humanity, experience, and relationships across the lifespan, at home and at work. Elaine is also the author of All The Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data.

5:00pm-7:15pm - NETWORKING

Rock and Roll High Tea in Pan Pacific’s Ginger Lily bar and the terrace with acoustic rock from GARRY GARY BEERS and TOBY RAND, plus a fashion parade of the latest collection by STUART TREVOR.

Presented by:
• Pan Pacific Hotels Group

7:15pm-onwards - NETWORKING: Drinks at Ginger Lily (pay as you go)

*Program is subject to change

IMPORTANT: THE AHICE HOUSE RULES

A note from the organisers: Due to a number of unofficial invite-only events taking place during conferences in recent years, we would ask that businesses and individuals please do not host any events during the above times as a courtesy to other sponsors of AHICE London.

We all know that without sponsors, events like this cannot happen and we ask that our request is respected. If unapproved events do take place during the official times, the organisers and representatives of those companies will not be able to attend any AHICE sessions and are at the risk of passes being revoked.

We are also requesting that supplier and adviser attendees that aren’t sponsors of the event do not canvas for business with sales materials and documents at AHICE London events. Those that do will be at the risk of passes being revoked.