About
Seventeen years of candid conversation.
INSPIRE brings the people who run, build, and market the world's finest hotels into one room. In 2026 it convenes 1,000 of the industry's most decisive leaders across two deliberate days.
INSPIRE is produced by the International Luxury Hotel Association, a trade body built to grow the luxury hospitality business: the partnerships, capital, and commercial relationships that move the industry forward.
Every year we convene the people who actually move luxury hospitality: the owners and developers building hotels, the operators running them, and the commercial and marketing leaders who fill them. We give them real time to talk, with a curated guest list and programming built around the decisions all three are weighing now, not sponsor-scripted panels.
The conversations that start here travel. They shape the playbooks that surface in ownership meetings, asset-management reviews, and executive offsites through the following year. Which is why the most decisive names in luxury hospitality keep returning, and new ones earn their place every year.
WHY INSPIRE
Where the Industry Stops Working in Silos
The industry has spent decades in silos. Real estate conferences for developers. Operations shows for management teams. Travel trade events for commercial leaders. INSPIRE breaks the pattern, it's the room where all three sides of the luxury hotel business talk to each other, and where the deals that need all three get made.
In Their Words
What alumni actually say
“INSPIRE Conference offers the ideal forum for strategic dialogue around luxury asset performance, capital strategy, and long-term value creation.”
Romy Bhojwani
Senior VP & Head of Asset Management
HHM Hotels
“INSPIRE Conference strikes a thoughtful balance between innovation and the human side of hospitality, which makes the conversations especially relevant.”
Jessica Shea
VP Wellness, Retail & Leisure Operations
Hilton
“It’s a strong forum for exchanging practical insights on how data and technology are applied to improve performance and growth in luxury hospitality.”
George Jordan
President
Oxford Hotels and Resorts
The guest list is curated. Your seat isn’t guaranteed.
INSPIRE caps attendance at 1,000.