Wednesday 11th March
| 07.30 – 08.45 |
Morning Coffee & Pastries |
| 08.30 – 11.00 |
General Sessions |
| 08.45 – 09.00 |
Welcome Back & Prizes |
| 09.00 – 09.20 |
What Can Chief Executives Learn From Stand Up Comedians?
Roger Edward Jones Boardroom Coach & Author
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| 09.20 – 10.10 |
Hotel Companies Going Global! Where…Why…How?
| MODERATOR: |
Russell Kett |
Managing Director, HVS |
| PANELLISTS: |
Gabriele
Burgio |
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, NH Hoteles SA |
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Anders Nissen |
Chief Executive Officer, Pandox AB |
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Kurt Ritter |
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Rezidor Hotel Group |
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Gerald Lawless |
Executive Chairman, The Jumeirah Group | |
| 10.10 – 10.20 |
IHIF Young Leader Award
IHIF, in conjunction with the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, is delighted to introduce the IHIF Young Leader Award. A panel of industry leaders will select the recipient. Candidates must be under 35, worked in a hospitality related field and completed a significant project for their hotel or organisation. To nominate a young leader go to www.berlinconference.com The winner will receive Euros 1,000. |
| 10.20 – 11.00 |
The IHIF Game Show Challenge
A focus on where the industry’s leading companies are heading.
| HOST: |
Simon Johnson |
Investment Banker, UBS |
| PLAYERS: |
VALUERS |
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Stephen Richardson |
Head of Hotel Valuations, EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality |
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Timothy Smith |
Director, HVS |
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AGENTS |
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Chris Day |
Managing Director, Christie+Co |
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Tim Stoyle |
Director Hotels, Savills |
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LAWYERS |
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Robert Asher |
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP |
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Rick S Kirkbride |
Partner, Chair - Resort, Restaurant & Recreation Practice Group, Paul Hastings |
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OPERATORS |
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Anders Nissen |
Chief Executive Officer, Pandox AB |
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Francisco Zinser Cieslik |
Chief Operating Officer, NH Hoteles SA | |
| 11.10 – 11.30 |
Coffee Break and Sponsors’ Exhibition |
| 11.30 – 12.45 |
Breakout Sessions |
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Russia Progression Or Regression?
The way forward for hotel development in hard economic times.
| MODERATOR: |
Michael O’Hare |
Managing Director, Horwath HTL, Hungary & Russia |
| PANELLISTS: |
Michael Cooper |
VP Strategic Development, Russia and CIS, InterContinental Hotels Group |
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Elena Lysenkova |
Member of Board of Directors, Azimut Hotels Company |
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Scott C. Antel |
Partner, DLA Piper Rus Limited |
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Arild Hovland |
Senior Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group | |
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Luxury & Green – Can The Two Go Together?
How to deliver the new luxury by implementing sustainability and using new technology. This panel will provide a pragmatic and costeffective approach to sustainable development and environmental mitigation.
| MODERATOR: |
Heather Saunders |
Partner, Ernst & Young Real Estate GmbH |
| PANELLISTS: |
Lyndall de Marco |
Former Executive Director, International Tourism Partnership, and,
Managing Director, Hotel Sustainability |
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Nick Hilton |
Project Director, Peter Brett Associates LLP |
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Baudilio A Ruiz |
Chairman, OBM International |
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Kevin Underwood |
Vice President & Principal, EDAW | |
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Management Agreements
The differences in management agreements from an owner’s and operator’s perspective. How to understand operators’ “must-haves”; and tools for hotel owners to achieve their principal objectives, whether that is financial return, environmental sustainability or cultural sensitivity.
| MODERATOR: |
Thomas Page |
Head of Hotel & Leisure Group, CMS Cameron McKenna |
| PANELLISTS: |
Christopher F Evans |
Partner, Hamilton Hotel Partners |
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Jonathan Jackson |
Managing Director, Lordship a.s. |
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Alex Mavridis |
Executive Director - Asset Management, Nakheel Hotels |
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Paul Pisani |
Vice President Development, Corinthia Hotels | |
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Mitigating Collateral Damage And Maximising Oport unities
… when faced with a workout or potential foreclosure. A panel of those who have been through previous cycles and what they advise to tackle this downturn. Can you come out of a recession stronger?
| MODERATOR: |
Philip N Feder |
Partner and Chair of the Global Real Estate Department, Paul Hastings |
| PANELLISTS: |
Gerald Fox |
Partner, Head of Advisory, KPMG |
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Clive Hillier |
Chief Executive Officer, Vision Asset Management Co (Holdings) Ltd |
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Rod Taylor |
Head of Hospitality and Tourism, Europe Arab Bank |
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Tony Potter |
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Corinthia Hotels | |
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Where Are The Deals And What is The St ate Of Transactional Market In Europe?
Will management companies have to invest in real estate to grow and will real estate prices decouple from the fundamentals
in 2009?
| MODERATOR: |
Michael Feldman |
Co-Chair, Lodging & Gaming Practice Group, Proskauer Rose LLP |
| PANELLISTS: |
Charles Human |
Managing Director, HVS Hodges Ward Elliott |
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Christian Karaoglanian |
Chief Development Officer, Accor Hospitality |
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Ryan Prince |
Vice Chairman, Realstar Group |
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Patrick Sanville |
Directeur, Atisreal Hotels | |
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Are Big Brands Becoming Dull?
Where is the innovator for the hotel product? Where is the individualism vs corporate strategy? Fashion, lifestyle, spa, ‘Celebrity Chef’ brands – is it a fad or is it a trend?
| MODERATOR: |
Paul J Heney |
Editorial Director, The Hotel Times |
| PANELLISTS: |
Stuart Harrison |
Principal, The Profitable Hotel Company |
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Amar Lalvani |
Global Head of Luxury and Lifestyle Brand Development, Hilton Hotels |
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Eric Lepleux |
Executive VP Hotel & Brand Marketing, Accor Hospitality |
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Michael Sagild |
Chief Executive Officer, Franklyn Hotels & Resorts |
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Marc Dardenne |
Chief Execitive Officer, Emaar Hotels & Resorts | |
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The IHIF Student Strategy Challenge
Teams of students from international hotel management schools have competed to develop an innovative and feasible resort concept that appeals to the 21 to 30 year old market. Each university has put their student teams through a rigorous process in order to select a semi-finalist that has made the trip to Berlin to present their concepts to our own panel of industry experts. We now have a winner – come and see and hear for yourself what they have come up with and be ready to fire away with your questions.
Moderator : Demian Hodari Professeur of Strategic Management, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
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The Secret of Successful Negotiators
(repeat of Session 17)
Roger Edward Jones Boardroom Coach & Author |
| 13.00 – 15.30 |
Lunch, Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award and Keynote Speaker
Lifetime Achievement Award
PRESENTED TO: Isadore Sharp Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Keynote Speech – Walking In The Footsteps Of Ernest Shackleton
The nimrod centenary – return to the pole
By Henry Worsley
In October 2008, three descendants of Ernest Shackleton’s crew of the Endurance and Nimrod expeditions, set out from his hut at Cape Royds to travel 870 miles across the Antarctic Continent to the South Pole. Since Shackleton’s expedition in 1907, more people have stood on the moon than have repeated this journey.
The present day team have followed Shackleton’s route across the Ross Ice Shelf, up the heavily crevassed Beardmore glacier and then onto the polar plateau to a point 97 miles from the South Pole – the furthest that Shackleton reached in January 1909.
The team of descendants reached that point on 9 January 2009 and in the centenary year they
completed unfinished family business and completed the journey to the South Pole.
Henry Worsley, a serving soldier, who is leading the expedition, will be speaking about the original Nimrod journey, his modern expedition and Shackleton’s leadership skills and exceptional judgement. His talk will be illustrated by photographs from the Nimrod and the modern journey and will reference the inspiring diary entries of Ernest Shackleton. | |
