Advisory Council

Alex Sogno

Founder, CEO & Senior Hotel Asset Manager

Global Asset Solutions

Rika Lisslo

Vice President, Lifestyle & Residential Development U.S. & Canada.

Hilton

Phil Keb

Senior Advisor, Global Capital Investments and Transactions

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Jennifer Barnwell

President

Curator Hotel & Resort Collection

Carl Adams

Vice President of Sales

Immedia

Glyn Aeppel

President and CEO

Glencove Capital

Benoit Amado

Vice President Operations | Europe & USA

GCP Hospitality (Gaw Capital Group)

Jill Archunde-Santell

Director Learning, Development, Internal Communications and Engagement

Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Susie Arnett

Director of Wellness Programming

Six Senses

Paul Arnold

Vice President Development - Americas

Rosewood Hotel Group

Ronen Aviram

Vice President & General Manager

Hotel Valley Ho

Alinio Azevedo

Managing Director, Luxury and Lifestyle Investments

Driftwood Capital

Abdul Baaghil

Co-Founder and Principal

Harvest Cotton Tale

Christian Bagaric

CEO

2Spicy Entertainment

Terence Baker

News editor, Europe, Middle East & Africa

CoStar News Hotels / STR

Jennifer Barry

Managing Director

CIIC PR

Jason Bass

Director of Culture and Programming

Thompson Atlanta Buckhead

Pierre-yves Baulu

Directeur général / General Manager Pest France Belgique

Ecolab

Katie Benson

CEO

Doyle Collection

Christian Glauser Benz

Senior Advisor & Brand Ambassador

Maybach Ocean Club

Romy Bhojwani

SVP and Head of Asset Management

HHM Hotels

Felicity Black-Roberts

Senior Vice President Development EAME

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Jill Boegel

SVP Commercial - Hospitality

Amadeus

Matthew Boettcher

Senior Vice President

Evolution Hospitality

Carine Bonnejean

Managing Director - Hotels

Christie & Co

Jeff Borman

Global Head of Sales, Revenue & Distribution

Virgin Hotels

Michael Brod

Luxury Hospitality Executive

International Luxury Hotel Association

Lynn Brutman

Regional VP and GM

Four Seasons Park Lane

Robert Burnett

Founder & President

Burnett Partners

Lisa Cain

Professor

FIU

David Cardenas

Dean and William Harrah Chair

UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality

Ben Cary

Vice President Of Development & Hospitality Leader

Accor

Sonia Santana Cerpa

CEO, Strategic Advisor

S Strategic Services

Rod Clough

President of the Americas

HVS

Michael Cohen

Vice President, Hotel Investments

CIM Group

Darcy L. Coleman

Vice President, Asset and Investment Management

Alagem Capital Group

Edoardo Colombo

President

Turismi.ai

Colin Cowie

CEO

Thrive Hospitality

Margaret Cromwell

Senior Manager, Luxury, Lifestyle & Premium Development - West

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Leah Crump

President & CEO

Leah Crump Consulting

Ken Cruse

Founder & CEO

Soul Community Planet | Holistic Hospitality

Ignacio de las Cuevas

Partner

RLA Global

Julian Darisse

Former Global Director - Brand Experience

Accor

Rémi Delpech

Chief Operating Officer

Nikki Beach Hotels & Resorts

Andrew Demming

Partner, Executive Board Member

Gardiner & Theobald

Zach Demuth

Head of Strategic Growth & Asset Management

Eight Form

James Dilley

Director | Architect and Designer

Jestico + Whiles

Anna Domingo

Founder

PADZZLE

Mariya Donat

Digital Content & Hospitality Technology Leader

Daniel Donovan

Director, Feasibility Luxury North America & Caribbean

Accor

Deniz Dorbek

Founder

Regulus Collective

Gordon Drake

Chief Financial Officer

Kempinski Hotels

Antonio Ducceschi

Chief Executive Officer

GB THERMÆ HOTELS

Alexandra Dumoulin

Director

HVS

Armin Eberhard

VP OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE - EMEA

Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA

Blima Ehrentreu

Founder & CEO

The Designers Group

Katherine Elardo

Vice President, Global Procurement

Trump Hotels

Can Erdem

Associate Account Director - DACH

CoStar UK

Erik Eveleigh

Vice President, Development (Americas)

Starwood Hotels

Michael Everett

Executive Vice President

CoralTree Hospitality

Mathew Evins

Chairman & Founder

Evins Communications

Jonathan Falik

CEO

JF Capital Advisors

John Fareed

Global Chairman

Horwath HTL

Ricardo Farinha

Chief Commercial Officer

Savoy Signature

Chris Fradin

Senior Vice President, Partner Services - EMEA & APAC

Forbes Travel Guide

Lukas Frommenwiler

Enterprise Solutions Division Lead

Ecolab

Gloria Fu

Private Investor, Limited Partner Advisory Committee Member

Hennessy Capital Group LLC

Riccardo Galanti

Director, Sales, Hospitality Cloud

CVENT

Rich Garcia

Senior Vice President of Food & Beverage

Crescent Hotels & Resorts

Vaibhav Garg

Chief Partnerships, People & Culture Officer

Canouan Estate Resort & Villas

Ofra Gelman

Principal, Regional Director

Dwell Design Studio

Jeroen Van Gils

Development Director Europe

WorldHotels

Stefan de Goeij

Partner | Head of Sustainability & ESG, CEE, Germany

Cushman & Wakefield

Phil Golding

Partner

Cedar Capital Partners

Marius Gomola

Managing Partner

Horwath HTL

Xavier Grange

Global Chief Development Officer

Accor

Sue Graves

CEO

Shane Green

President

SGEi

Robert Grosz

President and Chief Operating Officer

WorldVue

Brigitte Gruber

Managing Partner

Horwath HTL

Michelle Guss

Vice President, Hospitality

Crestron Electronics

Jessica Hahr

Senior Project Manager

MGAC

Andrew Hales

Director, Account Executive

Innspace

Glenn Haussman

President & Show Host

No Vacancy Podcast/ Rouse Media

Jan Hazelton

Head of Development

Kerzner International

Thomas A. Hazinski

Managing Director, Convention-Sports-Entertainment

HVS

Tarek Hegazy

CEO & Creative Director

Living Design

Zach Hoffberg

VP of Procurement

Montage International

Jennifer Holzworth

Senior Corporate Director, Spa Operations

Montage International

Andrew Hopson

Restaurant Manager

Inn on Biltmore Estate

Nicolas Horky

Partner, Head of Hotel Transactions CEE & SEE

Cushman & Wakefield

Lily Hu

Executive Vice President of Business Strategy

Crescent Hotels & Resorts

Jill Hunt

Vice President, Customer Experience

Encore

John Hunter

Founder

Hunter Amenities

Richard Hyde

Chief Operating Officer

Small Luxury Hotels of the World

Ana Maria Huertas Iragorri

Global Hospitality Sales Director

Lutron Electronics

Walter Isenberg

CEO and Co-Founder

Sage Hospitality Group

David Israel

Senior Advisor

Hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE)

Vivien Ivanyi

Luxury Hospitality Marketing & Commercial Strategy Advisor

Vivien Ivanyi Consulting

Agita Jaber

President

JF Social

Neha Jaitpal

Global General Manager - Hospitality/Building Automation

Honeywell Technologies

Nancy Johns

Head of Marketing

JC Resorts

Donte Johnson

Area General Manager and Author

Donohoe Hospitality Services

Isaac H. Jones

Founder and CEO

Centagio Hotels

Fredrik Jonsson

Managing Partner

Mereha

George Jordan

President

Oxford Hotels and Resorts

Ari Kastrati

Chief Content, Hospitality & Development Officer

MGM Resorts International

Debra Kestek

Group Director of Food & Beverage

Sircle Collection

Serhii Khomytskyi

Luxury Hospitality Advisor and CEO

Kingston & Hamilton

Chris King

Chief Development Officer

Salamander Collection

Thomas Kochs

Managing Director

Claridges

Peter Kressaty

Chief Commercial Officer

LW Hospitality Advisors

Marketa Kubickova

Associate Professor and Faculty Director of International Affairs

University of South Carolina

Bill Lally

President & CEO

Mode:Green

Marcus Lee

Executive Vice President, Development

HVS

Chelsey Leffet

Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Consulting & Valuation Division

HVS

Audun Lekve

CEO

1912 Hotels GmbH

Todd Lenahan

President & Chief Creative Officer

Wynn Design & Development

Rachel Lenzner

Hospitality Business Development Manager, Americas

Matrix Fitness

Haijing Li

Market Director, Southern Europe

Trip.com Group

Rodney Linville

Global Head of IT

Nobu Hotels

Vito F. Lotta

Founder

LOTTA Strategic Hospitality

Jim Manley

Owner

The Ranch at Rock Creek

Miguel Martins

Head of Development Northern Europe

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Henning Matthiesen

Founder & CEO

Matthiesen Hotel Project Management and Consulting

Melissa McCormack

Senior Director, Global Opportunities - Europe

Avendra International

Michelle McLean-Bailey

Former Miss Universe, International Business Officer, North America

Gondwana Collection, Namibia

Anissa Mendil

Co-founder & Creative Director

Mendil + Meyer Architects

Ben Meyer

Co-founder & Head of Architecture

Mendil + Meyer Architects

David Middleberg

Vice President Hospitality

Berkshire Hospitality

Andrew Miele

Chief Development Officer

Proper Hospitality

Dan Monahan

Corporate Director of Engineering

CoralTree Hospitality

Joel Morales

Chief Marketing Officer

Castlerock Asset Management

Dorien Murphy

Director, Strategic Luxury Accounts

Avendra International

Vista Murphy

VP Food & Beverage

Pacific Hospitality Group

Ivo Nahálka

CEO & Chief architect

ARCHINA Design

David Nath

Founding Partner

DOSFIELD Group

Ani Nazaryan

Chief People Officer

The Siegel Group

Michael Newcombe

Vice President - Wellness

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts

Andro Nodarse-Leon

Founder and CEO

LionGrove

Tina Norden

Partner/Principal

Conran and Partners

John Otakar

General Manager

Stages Hotel Prague

Ersal Ozdemir

Founder

Keystone Group

Tammy Pahel

VP of spa and wellness

Carillon Miami Wellness Resort

Joelle Park

Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

WorldHotels

Susie Park

Executive Vice President, Global Hotel Asset Management

CBRE

Vijesh Patel

Director, Upper Luxury Brands

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Daniel Peek

President

JLL Hotels & Hospitality

Richard Perks

Director of AV Infrastructure

Resorts World Las Vegas

Angela Pinzon

Marketing Manager

Nalco Water

Ina Plunien

Vice President

Cedar Capital Partners

Ron Pohl

President of WorldHotels and International Operations

WorldHotels

Molly Preston

VP of Procurement

Pyramid Hospitality Group

Vijay Raghavan

Sr. Director of Offering Management

Honeywell Technologies

Jason Reader

Chief Operating Officer

Davidson Hospitality Group

Robert Reitknecht

Founder, CEO & Hospitality Consultant

HospitalityRenu

Chris Richardson

VP of Engineering and Sustainability

Davidson Hospitality Group

Mark Rivers

CEO

Canyon Ranch

Gamal El Fakih Rodriguez

Vice President of Operations

Marriott International

Agnieszka Rog-Skrzyniarz

VP, Luxury Brands, Europe

Marriott International

Rachael Rothman

COO

HotStats

Tom Rowntree

VP Global Luxury Brands

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Kenneth Ryan

Chief Longevity Officer

The Estate

Stefano Saporetti

Director of Brand Diversification

Aston Martin

Gabriel Saragovia

Founder

Rio Perdido

Chris Sariego

Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

LionGrove

Matt Schwartz

CTO

Sage Hospitality Group

Edouard Schwob

SVP Development • Luxury Americas and Raffles, Fairmont and Orient Express Global

Accor

Joshua Secrest

Vice President of Client Advocacy

Paradox AI

Siva Selvan

Head of Global Hospitality Real Estate

Long & Foster | Forbes Global Properties

Jessica Shea

Vice President, Wellness, Retail and Leisure Operations

Hilton

Jason Shurka

Spokesman

The Light System

Brent Smith

Professor

Emerson College

Keith Space

President, Fort Hospitality Group, LLC

Fort Partners

Joe Spirito

VP, Global Commercial Strategy & Product Marketing

Amadeus

Kady Srinivasan

Chief Marketing Officer

You.com

Jakub Stanislav

Head of Capital Markets | Senior Director

CBRE

Mike Stengel

Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Venue Relations and International

Encore

Drew Strozza

Vice President of Entertainment

Resorts World Las Vegas

Samantha Sugarman

SVP Strategic Operations

Trinity Investments

Shane Tavolino

Assistant General Manager

WoodCliff Hotel & Spa

Ted Teng

Chairperson-Cornell Hotelie Hall of Fame Committee

Cornell Hotel Society

David Tessier

Founder

Hospitality Gaming Advisors

Noel Thomas

Founder & CEO

Dark Watch

Irina Tomic

CEO & Founder

True Hospitality d.o.o | Hotel Antica (BWH)

Bridget Tran

Fractional CMO | Fractional Chief Growth Officer | Advisor

The Transformation Groupe

Nicky Unkles

Senior Vice President

Cumming Group

Helena Hons Valtrova

General Manager

The Emblem Hotel

Vaclav Vochoska

Executive Director & Private Equity Investments

Orea Hotels & Resorts & CIMEX Group

Erin Nichols Walker

Creative Director

Wimberly Interiors

Robert Walters

Chief Investment Officer

Global Asset Solutions

Alexandra Walterspiel

President & CEO

Sensei

Phillip Ward

Advisor

KSL

Rebecca Ward

Vice President of Guest Experience

Agua Caliente Casinos

Scott Warzynski

Director of Procurement

The Mark Hotel

Seth Weisser

CEO

What Goes Around Comes Around

Jessica Werner

Chief Creative Officer

Sage Studio

Caspar Wesener

General Manager

Maison Messmer Baden-Baden

Barbara Wiethoff

Partner

JOI-Design Innenarchitekten

Yan Wijaya

Sales Manager - Hospitality Western U.S.

Lutron Electronics

Nikki Wilmore

Senior Regional Strategic Sales Director, Hospitality Cloud

CVENT

Mark Younadam

VP of Development Luxury West Coast

Accor

Aggie Zamir

Senior Director, National Hospitality Business Director

Cumming Group

Mark Zikov

Director, Acquisitions & Development

Proper Hospitality

Amy Zocchi

Director of Brand, Content + Earned Media, NAM

Club Med