Tuesday 9th March
The conference programme includes interviews with leading hoteliers, forecasts from top economists, panel discussions on the latest developments, trends and best practice in the hotel and investment industry, with an inspirational keynote speaker to conclude the three-day event. An average of 140 speakers take part in the conference, all leaders in their specialised fields, aiming to make the programme as interesting and diverse as possible.
Day 1 - Monday 8 March Day 2 - Tuesday 9 March Day 3 - Wednesday 10 March | Tuesday 09 Mar 2010 | ||||
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| 07:30 - 08:30 | | Registration, Morning Coffee & Pastries | ||
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| 08:30 - 08:45 | | Welcome Back Stacy Silver, Executive Director, Events, HotelWorld Network | ||
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| 08:45 - 09:30 | | Where Are The 'Hot Spots' And What Happened To The ‘Old Hot Spots’? What regions globally continue to be undersupplied and which markets will be the quickest to rebound? An update on the real estate investment markets. Arthur De Haast, Global Chief Executive Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Mark Lomanno, Chairman of the Board, STR Global | ||
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | | Pricing To Win: Demand, Pricing And Surgical Revenue Management In A Challenging Environment MODERATOR: Frank Croston, Partner, Hamilton Hotel Partners PANELLISTS: Matthew Crummack, Senior Vice President, Lodging, Expedia Partner Services Group Chris Silcock, Global Head, Revenue Management, Hilton Worldwide | ||
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | | CEO’S Panel - Best Practice To Survive The Downturn And Take Advantage Of The Upturn What are the operators doing to survive the downturn and what are the results? How are they positioning themselves for the upturn? MODERATOR: Simon M. Johnson, Director, CBRE Hotels PANELLISTS: Eric Danziger, President & Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Hotel Group Gabriele Burgio, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, NH Hoteles Gilles Pélisson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, ACCOR Hubert Joly, President & Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Stephen P. Joyce, President & Chief Executive Officer, Choice Hotels International | ||
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| 11:15 - 11:45 | | Coffee Break and Sponsors' Exhibition | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 1 Debt Renegotiation What has changed in terms of bank requirements? Is there a willingness to lend and if so from what sources? What is the outlook for refinancing and restructuring of existing debt? What is the banks’ view of non-disturbance agreements? MODERATOR: Neill Thomas, Partner and Head, Debt Advisor, KPMG Europe LLP PANELLISTS: Henrik Bartl, Member of the Board, Host AS Jerome Anselme, Director – Real Estate Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Peter Anscomb, Senior Corporate Director and Head of Hotel Finance, Corporate Banking, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Tim Helliwell, Head of Hotel Finance, Barclays Bank plc | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 2 Franchise Vs Management Agreements: Which Is Better...And For Whom? MODERATOR: Philip F. Zeidman, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US) PANELLISTS: Amy McPherson, President & Managing Director, Europe, Marriott International David Pepper, Senior Vice President, Global Development, Choice Hotels International Kirk Kinsell, President, EMEA, IHG Yann Caillère, Chief Operating Officer, Accor Hospitality EMEA, Chief Executive Officer, Sofitel WW, In charge of Hotel Design & Construction WW | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 3 How Is Brand Profitability Being Adapted To Cope With The Downturn And Keep Owners Happy? What management/ownership model is best and is passive or active ownership the best strategy? MODERATOR: Melvin Gold, Managing Director, Melvin Gold Consulting PANELLISTS: Anders Nissen, Chief Executive Officer, Pandox AB Christian G. Windfuhr, Chief Executive Officer, Grand City Holland BV Martin Armitstead, Senior Vice President Development, EMEA, Wyndham Hotel Group Dr Edward Wojakovski, Group Chief Executive, Tonstate | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 4 Where Are The New Investment “Hot Spots”? MODERATOR: Dominic Seely, Co-Founder & Principal, Townhouse Capital PANELLISTS: Central and Eastern Europe, Successful Developments Franz Jurkowitsch, Chairman & Co-Founder, Warimpex Asia Pacific, new/emerging destinations James Goulding, Managing Partner, LimeTree Capital Partners Latin America, an emerging giant Javier Faus, Managing Director & CEO, Meridia Capital Partners S.L Colombia, one of the world's fastest growing tourism markets German Efromovich, CEO & Owner, Avianca Airlines Brazil - what is the government doing to encourage investment in the lead-up to the World Cup and the Summer Olympics Luiz Eduardo Pereira Barretto Filho, Minister of Tourism, Brazil
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 5 The New Challenge: Valuing Without Comparables Determining values in the current environment; overcoming the difficulties and establishing a fair price. What level of future uplift is ‘lending risk’ and what is ‘equity risk/upside’? MODERATOR: Sir James Devitt, Senior Director, CBRE Hotels PANELLISTS: Graham Craggs, Managing Director - Advisory, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Huw Zachariah, Head of Hotel Finance, UK, HSBC Bank plc Robert Koger, President, Molinaro Koger Tim Stoyle, Director, Savills | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 6 Hotel Assets - On The Edge Of Distressed Navigating your way through uncertainty and how to restructure your business to minimise value depletion. MODERATOR: Angela Swarbrick, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP PANELLISTS: Andrew Katz, Managing Director, Axios Hospitality Real Estate Ben Godon, Director, Vision Hospitality Asset Management David Mongeau, Chairman, The Avingstone Fund Robert Asher, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP | ||
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | | SESSION 7 Conversions - Reinventing Existing Properties Into New Products Do hotels struggling in the downturn have an opportunity for reinvention into new products? Following the collapse of the real estate markets, what happened/will happen to shared ownership? MODERATOR: Philip Bacon, Managing Director - Madrid, HVS PANELLISTS: Brett Archibald, Senior Vice President Business Development, RCI EMEAI Jason Herthel, Senior Vice President, Project Development, Viceroy Hotel Group Meghan Cocci, Partner, Hotels & Resorts - Global Practice, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Muriel Muirden, Managing Director Economics, AECOM | ||
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| 13:15 - 14:30 | | Buffet Lunch | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 8 Where Is The Money? Looking at the public markets, private equity and sovereign wealth funds is there money for hotels? How does the investor perceive “risk” in hotels and what is considered a “good” deal? Are public markets the new private equity? MODERATOR: Chris Day, International Managing Director, Christie + Co PANELLISTS: Desmond Taljaard, Chief Operating Officer, Europe, Starwood Capital Europe Ltd Simon Naudi, Executive Director, IHI (Corinthia) plc Stephen Little, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Dr Frank Billand, Member of the Management Board, Union Investment Real Estate GmbH | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 9 Providing Luxury At An Affordable Price And Creating A Product With Cross Generational Appeal Standing out from the norm whilst maintaining integrity of design. Understanding the core values from the key demographics. MODERATOR: Celia Geyer, Associate Vice President, WATG PANELLISTS: Chris Boulton, Chief Executive Officer, Yoo Ltd Dominique Bourdais, Director, Colliers International Hotels Gerard Greene, Chief Executive Officer, Yotel Ltd Liz Moores, Director of Product, Quadriga Worldwide Ltd Michael Levie, Chief Executive Officer, CitizenM Hotels | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 10 South East Europe - A New Transition? Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Given the current economic challenges, what are the expectations for the region and opportunities for the future? MODERATOR: Miroslav Dragicevic, Founder and Senior Partner, Horwath HTL PANELLISTS: Gregor Famira, Partner, CMS Zagreb Gerhard Breindl, Head of Group Real Estate, Erste Group Bank AG Ivana Soljan, Chief Executive Officer, Jupiter Adria Michèle Small, Senior Banker in Property & Tourism, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Ulrich Widmer, Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 11 Growing The Pipeline Or Managing The Portfolio Meeting the challenge of keeping the pipeline flowing as financing falls away. Will management contracts be fundable again or will hotel companies need to review their “business model” to secure their pipeline? What damage has been done to the operator’s pipeline? MODERATOR: Andrew Little, Partner, Hotels Group, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP PANELLISTS: David Fattal, Owner & Managing Director, Fattal Hotels & Leonardo Hotels Nicholas Clayton, President, Viceroy Hotel Group Roeland Vos, President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Simon Vincent, President Europe, Hilton Worldwide | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 12 Asset Management In A Downturn Understanding the role and value of asset managers (AM) and should owners be more actively involved in AM? Are hotel companies missing a trick and can owners afford the additional fees of AM’s? How does their role evolve over the life of the asset? MODERATOR: Frank Croston, Partner, Hamilton Hotel Partners PANELLISTS: Mark Hennebry, Executive Director, Maybourne Hotel Group Nick Skea-Strachan, Senior Associate - Hotels Group, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Richard Eaton-Hart, SVP Acquisitions & Asset Management, Gengate Europe Ltd Shane Harris, Head of Leisure & Hospitality, Moorfield Group Limited | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 13 Developing Sustainable Properties Given Economic Stresses Looking beyond the ‘build’ and understanding the benefits of cultural, economic and environmental sustainability in a depressed economy. Is it a false assumption that sustainability leads to increased costs? MODERATOR: James Miller, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP PANELLISTS: David Jerome, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, IHG John Goldwyn, Associate Vice President, WATG Patricia Cortijo, Environment Director, Accor Hospitality Dr Peter Zimmer, Chief Executive Officer, FUTOUR Tourism Consulting | ||
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| 15:15 - 16:30 | | SESSION 14 New Brands Launching In The Middle East And An Update On The Region MODERATOR: Jalil Mekouar, Executive VP & Head of Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels PANELLISTS: Amine Moukarzel, President, Flamingo Hotel Management Co., Senior Vice President & Managing Director – MENA,Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts Marc F. Dardenne, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels & Resorts Neil George, Vice President, Acquisitions and Development, , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc Richard Power, Brand Managing Director, Rocco Forte Collection | ||
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| 16:45 - 18:00 | | LATE AFTERNOON SESSION | ||
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| 16:45 - 18:00 | | The Bankers Forum - Case Studies On What New Business Is Still Being Written By Europe's Lenders Listen to lenders from across Europe discuss recent transactions that they have been able to support. HOSTS: Rod Taylor, Founder & Chairman, Taylor Global Advisors Ltd Patrick Sanville, Director Hotels, BNP Paribas Real Estate PANELLISTS: Barbara Levi, Senior Banker & International Business Development, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Bettina Graef, Special Property Finance - Head of Hotel Properties, Aareal Bank AG Bill Waite, Senior Manager, Head of Hotel Financing, AIB Capital Markets Bob Silk, Relationship Director, Barclays Bank, Hotels Team Catherine Dever, Director, Hotel Finance, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Jan Willem Van Roggen, Managing Director, NIBC Josef Thullner, Hotels & Tourism, Erste Group Bank AG Stephen Welch, Relationship Director, Real Estate & Hotel Finance, Europe Arab Bank Thibault Dutreix, Principal Banker, Property & Tourism, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Tony Burnell, Relationship Director, Hotels, Lloyds TSB Corporate | ||
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| 18:30 - 20:30 | | Networking Reception at the InterContinental Berlin
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