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AHICE Summit | Los Angeles
Thursday 12 November 2026
Los Angeles, California
The Americas Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition (AHICE), hosted by HM and Wayfarer magazines, is set to make its return to California in 2026, with the third annual 4.5-hour Los Angeles Hotel Summit being held at the luxurious new Regent Santa Monica.
The event will be attended by Los Angeles and California’s leading hotel owners, operators, consultants and suppliers.
Our program for the 2025 event includes evocative, educational and insightful keynote speakers, Q&As and panel sessions featuring more than 20 key speakers from across Los Angeles, California and globally.
The return of AHICE to Los Angeles 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, 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.event series across Asia-Pacific.
2025 AHICE SUMMIT LONDON HIGHLIGHTS
2024 AHICE SOCIAL GALLERY
2025 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
1:45pm-2:30pm - REGISTRATION, afternoon tea, coffee and treats.
2:30pm-2:35pm - WELCOME TO THE 2025 LOS ANGELES HOTEL SUMMIT BY AHICE.
2:35pm-3:00pm - PANEL SESSION: LOS ANGELES TOURISM OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2026 with leading hotel and tourism executives.
Hosted by:
• MICHAELA GUZY, Host, Oh the People You Meet and travel expert on TV
Panelists:
• DANA DEBEL, Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs, Delta Air Lines
• Speakers to be announced
3:00pm-3:10pm - PRESENTATION: LOS ANGELES, BY THE NUMBERS.
The essential statistical outlook for Los Angeles in 2026 and beyond by MICHAEL STATHOKOSTOPOULOS, Senior Director of Hospitality Analytics, CoStar Group.
3:10pm-3:25pm - KEYNOTE: LIVE MUSIC ROCKS.
The legendary GARRY GARY BEERS, in conversation with the lead singer of Ashenmoon, RadioXX and Juke Kartel, TOBY RAND.
Lead singer of Ashenmoon, RadioXX and Juke Kartel, LA-based Toby Rand started his career in Melbourne and has gone on to be an acclaimed artist in the United States and Australia.
He shot to fame on the TV show Rockstar: Supernova and now has residencies in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Having regularly performed in hotels like Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, he’s a strong advocate of the power of supporting local artists.
In this enlightening discussion he will look at the opportunity hotels have to support local artists and in turn provide guests with fantastic entertainment, night-in, night-out.
3:25pm-3:50pm - PANEL SESSION: LOS ANGELES HOTELIERS’ OUTLOOK.
Expectations for Los Angeles in 2026 and beyond by leading Hoteliers.
Hosted by:
• To be revealed at the event
Panelists:
• GREGORY DAY, Managing Director, Malibu Beach Inn
• MARCO SCHERER, Regional Director of Operations, IHG Hotels and Resorts, and General Manager at Kimpton Palomar Los Angeles
• NICK RIMEDIO, General Manager, W Hollywood
3:50pm-4:10pm - PANEL SESSION: HOTEL TECHNOLOGY.
Expectations for technology in hotels 2026 and beyond.
Hosted by:
• COOPER JITTS, Founder, Talk Agency
Panelists:
• CLAUDIA WARD, Head of Marketing and Customer Success – US, HUB OS
• ROSSANA WANG, COO and Founder, Aristara
4:10pm-4:25pm - KEYNOTE: A WORLD WELL TRAVELLED.
by FOX News Travel Expert and the youngest American to travel to every country in the world, LEE ABBAMONTE.
Lee Abbamonte is the youngest person to visit every country in the world plus the North and South Poles. He has visited all 193 UN member states; 321 total countries and he is one of the world’s most-traveled people. He is also one of the few people to ever visit every country in the world plus both the North and South Poles.
He is an entrepreneur, multimedia travel personality, brand ambassador, travel expert, travel writer, author and global adventurer. He appears regularly on Fox News Channel and FOX Business and has appeared on HLN, Bloomberg TV, Travel Channel, NBC, CBS, CNN, BBC, Sports Illustrated, History, AJAM, ESPN and many others.
4:25pm-4:50pm - PANEL SESSION: LOS ANGELES HOTEL INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK.
Expectations for 2026 and beyond with investors and development executives.
Hosted by:
• JOHN BEREAN, Senior Vice President – Hawaii & Northern California Region Leader, HVS
Panelists:
• BOB WALSH, Full-Service and Lifestyle Hotel Development – California and Hawaii, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• DHIREN MASTERS, Investment Strategist, RREAF Holdings
• EDDY NEVAREZ, Managing Director of Investments, National Hospitality Division, Marcus & Millichap
• TARAN PATEL, Managing Principal, A-1 Hospitality Group
4:50pm-7:00pm - NETWORKING: Gala networking event at the Regent Santa Monica Beach.
Presented by:
*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 Los Angeles.
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 Los Angeles events. Those that do will be at the risk of passes being revoked.
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