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Since inception the firm’s principals have acquired hotels with a value in excess of €3 billion and currently have AUM in excess of €1 billion. Previously, he worked in the London and Singapore offices of HVS International where he conducted hotel valuations and feasibility studies throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to this, Phil was a consultant with Christie Consulting International, one of the UK’s largest hotel agents. Phil has valued hotel real estate in excess of US$5 billion and conducted advisory transactions in more than 40 countries, advising some of the world’s prominent hotel investors, lenders, operators and developers. 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He also served in Glion for several years, as Regional Marketing Director, Secretary General of the Alumni Association for eight years and Director of the Glion campus until 2004.\n\nHe established his own consultancy company and became involved with a number of hotel and tourism projects.\n\nHis varied subsequent career included a stint as Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Investment and Tourism in his native Romania between 2019 and 2021. \n\nToday, he is acting Chief Business Development Officer at Winsedswiss Education Group, a Swiss based company active in hospitality training (licenced by Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne) and consulting, with operations in Switzerland, Romania, Serbia and Cyprus.\n","firstname":"Razvan","hidden":true,"company":"Winsedswiss Education Group","lastname":"Pirjol","id":3001250,"country":"RO"},{"county":"NL","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/ghmdbd29ahmv5rsc09xf.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ghmdbd29ahmv5rsc09xf.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ghmdbd29ahmv5rsc09xf.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/ghmdbd29ahmv5rsc09xf.jpg"},"title":"Asset Manager ","email":"sophie@mandlinvestments.com.sg","bio":"Sophie Richard is the Asset Manager for M&L Hospitality in Europe and the UK.  M&L Hospitality is a Singapore-based real estate investment group with an international portfolio of best in class hotels. The value of M&L Hospitality’s portfolio is close to SGD 3 billion. \nSophie joined M&L in 2016 after working for hotel consultancy firms such as BNP Paribas Real Estate Hotel in Paris and HVS in Madrid which led to over 250 assignments mainly in EMEA. Prior to that Sophie also held over four years various operational hospitality roles in the United States and Europe.\nOriginally from Nice, she holds a bachelor degree from Institut Paul Bocuse and an MBA from IMHI (Essec Business School and Cornell University). As part of her personal development, she joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and became a chartered surveyor in 2009. 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Since joining Hyatt, Takuya has successfully negotiated and closed over 30 management and franchise deals, including Andaz Prague, Parisi Udvar Budapest, Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay, Hyatt Regency Zadar, Hyatt Regency Novi Sad, Hyatt Regency Sofia and Hyatt all-inclusive collection properties in Bulgaria.\n\nHyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of premier brands. As of September 30, 2022, the Company's portfolio included more than 1,200 hotel, all-inclusive, and wellness resort properties in 72 countries across six continents.\n","firstname":"Takuya ","hidden":true,"company":" Hyatt International (EAME) LLC","lastname":"Aoyama","id":3001253,"country":"CH"},{"county":"DE","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/ldmihzy3xqtproy4wtbm.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ldmihzy3xqtproy4wtbm.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ldmihzy3xqtproy4wtbm.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/ldmihzy3xqtproy4wtbm.jpg"},"title":"Managing Partner","email":"Theodor.Kubak@arbireocapital.com","bio":"Prior to founding SERVUS International In 1997 with his wife in Istanbul,  Theodor occupied a serious of executive positions in hotels in Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific (including General Manager, Rooms Division Manager and Maitre d’hotel).\nSERVUS assists private and institutional investors, governmental bodies and hotel operators with new investments as well as existing hotels, resorts and leisure facilities in Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Arabian Peninsula.\nFrom 2007 – 2018 Theodor acted as External Advisor Asset Manager and Senior Hotel Investment Manager for Union Investment Real Estate, one of the largest European Institutional Hotel Investors implementing Asset Management Strategies across the portfolio and overseeing and executing transactions in excess of € 2,0 Billion across Europe and the USA.\nIn January 2019 Theodor has taken on the role of Managing Partner in Arbireo Hospitality Invest with the focus on acquiring and repositioning Hotel Assets for its pool of investors. Theodor is also Managing Partner in Value One Hospitality a development and management platform that presently develops hotels in Europe.\nTheodor is Co-founder and acted as its first President of HAMA Europe. Presently he serves as Director on the Supervisory Board.\nTheodor was born, raised, and educated in Vienna – Austria, now “home-officed” in Istanbul with two daughters.\n\nIn his spare time, Theodor gives guest lectures at various universities, has been co-authoring  hospitality  books (such as most recently: The Routledge Companion to International Hospitality Management\" https://www.routledge.com/The-RoutledgeCompanion-to-International-HospitalityManagement/Gardini-OttenbacherSchuckert/p/book/9781138386372) and is involved in the industry in various think tanks and organizations: Mr. Kubak is co-founder of the Hotel Asset Manager Association Europe (HAMA Europe  www.hama-europe.org) and from 2014 - 2017  served as 1st President. Currently Theodor is a member of the Supervisory Board▪\n","firstname":"Theodor","hidden":false,"company":"Arbireo Capital ","lastname":"Kubak","id":3001255,"country":"DE"},{"county":"BG","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/fofbquy0bsudeqgvjp3l.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/fofbquy0bsudeqgvjp3l.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/fofbquy0bsudeqgvjp3l.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/fofbquy0bsudeqgvjp3l.jpg"},"prefix":"Mr.","title":"Asset Management Director","email":"zhivanov@galaxy-bg.com","bio":"Since 2012 holds the position of Asset Management & Hospitality Director at one of the largest investment & development companies in Bulgaria - Galaxy Investment Group Ltd. The company operates in the field of Real Estate Investments – acquisitions, development and management of diverse types of assets – hotels, office buildings, residential complexes, industrial and logistic plots, shopping malls, etc. In this role he is responsible for all the hotels under the management/ownership by Galaxy Investment Group, including the five-stars city properties - Hilton Sofia and InterContinental Sofia – with 470 keys, as well as the seaside business of the company – consistent of 5*****, 4**** and 3*** hotels with more than 1 100 keys.\nPrior to joining Galaxy Investment Group, Zhivko Ivanov was Commercial Director of the first private Bulgarian hotel chain - Sharlopov Hotels JSC, owning and operating hotels in Bulgaria and Germany. The start of his professional path in hospitality and tourism industry is back in 2004 as part of Hilton Sofia team. He also used to be a travel agent and part of the leading Bulgarian tour operator - Bohemia.\n","firstname":"Zhivko","hidden":false,"company":"Galaxy Investment Group","lastname":"Ivanov","id":3001258,"country":"BG"},{"county":"AT","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/azfj6zkahgfbzwqeli74.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/azfj6zkahgfbzwqeli74.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/azfj6zkahgfbzwqeli74.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/azfj6zkahgfbzwqeli74.jpg"},"title":"Partner","email":"jeffrey.scott@pkfhospitality.com","bio":"Jeffrey Scott joined PKF hospitality group in 2006 after an 18-year career in hotel operations and management. Based in Vienna and Dusseldorf, Jeff heads the firm’s asset management department along with working in the areas of strategic consulting and litigation support. Jeff and his team help hotel owners in managing their assets throughout the full life-cycle of the hotel investment. In his time with the PKF hospitality group, he has also been involved in numerous feasibility, valuation, due-diligence and performance review assignments in Europe and beyond.\nPrior to joining the PKF hospitality group, Jeff was the General Manager of several hotels in Germany. As such he oversaw, and in two cases opened, non-branded privately owned hotels and several properties operated by the international hotel groups Accor (Pannonia) and Marriott International.\nJeff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and a Master of Professional Studies from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York.\nJeff is an active member of the Cornell Hotel Society alumni network where he served as founding President of the German Chapter and Regional Vice President for the EMEA region – presently (2023) he serves as the Global President. He also belongs to the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA Europe). As an industry expert, he has been quoted in and written several articles in professional periodicals and journals, including the Cornell Quarterly.","firstname":"Jeffrey","hidden":false,"company":"PKF hospitality group","lastname":"Scott","id":3011981,"country":"AT"},{"county":"US","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/v9fovmksy8dwezu9wtzu.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/v9fovmksy8dwezu9wtzu.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/v9fovmksy8dwezu9wtzu.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/v9fovmksy8dwezu9wtzu.jpg"},"title":"Travel Editor","email":"mastertrav@aol.com","bio":"A multiple Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and producer, Peter Greenberg is America’s most recognized, honored and respected front-line travel news journalist. Known in the industry as “The Travel\nDetective,” he is the Travel Editor for CBS News, appearing on CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News, and Sunday Morning, among other broadcast platforms.\n\nGreenberg produces and co-hosts an ongoing series of acclaimed public television specials, “The Royal Tour,” featuring personal, one-on-one journeys through countries with their heads of state. Along with such\nfigures as the King of Jordan, Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Israel and Presidents of Mexico and Peru, Greenberg’s newest special features the President of Tanzania.\n\nThe consummate insider on reporting the travel business as news, Greenberg also hosts the television show, “The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg,” airing on Public Television. The series offers more than\n50 half-hour episodes with cutting-edge travel information and insider tips you need to know before you ever leave home, plus in-depth reports on the good, bad, and yes, even ugly aspects of travel.\nGreenberg also has launched a series of one hour specials called HIDDEN, revealing special destinations and unique experiences that you won’t find in the guidebooks or brochures. Destinations include Turkey,\nPoland, and Canary Islands, to name a few.\n\nOn radio, he hosts the nationally syndicated “Eye on Travel,” broadcast each week from a different remote location worldwide, and is heard on hundreds of CBS radio stations across the U.S. Greenberg is also author of The New York Times bestselling Travel Detective series. His most recent book, The Best Places for Everything, comes in the wake of such titles as Don’t Go There! and The Complete Travel Detective Bible.\n\nHe has also been a featured guest on CNN, NewsNation, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Rachael Ray Show,” and “The View.”\n\nTravel Weekly named him one of the most influential people in travel, along with Bill Marriott and Richard Branson. In 2012, he was inducted into the U.S. Travel Association’s Hall of Leaders for his contributions to the\ntravel industry. Among his other honors, Greenberg received a News & Documentary Emmy Award as part of the “Dateline” team for outstanding coverage of a breaking news story, “Miracle on the Hudson.”\nGreenberg began his career in journalism as West Coast correspondent for Newsweek in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He won a national Emmy Award (Best Investigative Reporting) for his ABC “20/20” special on\nthe final orphan flight out of Vietnam, “What Happened to the Children?” Greenberg also received an Emmy Award for “Miracle on the Hudson” for NBC Dateline.\n\nGreenberg is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin, and an Excellence in Broadcasting Award from the Aviation Space Writers Association of America.\nHis website, PeterGreenberg.com, is one of the leading travel news resources for consumers and industry insiders alike. When he is not traveling the globe, Greenberg also serves as an active volunteer firefighter.","firstname":"Peter","hidden":false,"company":"CBS News","lastname":"Greenberg","id":3011984,"country":"US"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/hwiate00y3qvcsjtzyoo.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/hwiate00y3qvcsjtzyoo.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/hwiate00y3qvcsjtzyoo.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/hwiate00y3qvcsjtzyoo.jpg"},"title":"Senior Manager","email":"il@considerategroup.com","bio":"With a master's degree in tourism and regional development and having worked in sustainable tourism and education for sustainable development for almost 10 years, Isabel is a dedicated changemaker with a passion for challenging the status quo of the tourism industry and helping to futureproof it. Before joining Considerate Group in 2022, she previously worked for the Foundation for Environmental Education, coordinating the implementation and development of the Green Key ecolabel on the international level. Having worked with both hospitality clients and major stakeholders in the tourism industry such as the UNWTO, Isabel is responsible for the successful delivery of Considerate Group’s products, services and major strategic projects (predominantly) in the DACH region.","firstname":"Isabel","hidden":false,"company":"Considerate Group","lastname":"Lissner","id":3012723,"country":"GB"},{"county":"CH","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/bdvkuw8t74igttgqgik0.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/bdvkuw8t74igttgqgik0.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/bdvkuw8t74igttgqgik0.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/bdvkuw8t74igttgqgik0.jpg"},"title":"Director","email":"Adrian.Flueck@invesco.com","bio":"Adrian Flück is a seasoned hotel real estate professional with 15 years of experience across Europe, including investment and advisory roles. \n\nAdrian is a Director in Invesco Real Estate’s Alternative Investments Team and currently manages an internationally branded European hotel portfolio. Additionally, he works closely with the dedicated ESG team, focusing on developing and implementing asset strategies and pan-European ESG activities.  \n\nAdrian began his investment career in 2008 and joined Invesco Real Estate in 2015. Prior to joining Invesco, Adrian was Vice President at JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group. Prior to this, Adrian worked at CBRE Hotels valuation and advisory team with a focus on Germany and CEE. \n\nAdrian earned an Executive Master in Real Estate from the International Real Estate Business School (IREBS) and holds a Bachelor of Science (hons) from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). Adrian is a member of HAMA. He is based out of Invesco’s Zurich Office\n","firstname":"Adrian","hidden":false,"company":"Invesco Real Estate","lastname":"Flück","id":3020169,"country":"CH"},{"county":"AT","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/pms3mibdv48d4nxscyt4.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/pms3mibdv48d4nxscyt4.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/pms3mibdv48d4nxscyt4.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/pms3mibdv48d4nxscyt4.jpg"},"title":"Director Hotels & Tourism","email":"Heribert.Gangl@erstegroup.com","bio":"Heribert has more than 15 years of experience in the European hotel industry working in hotel financing, asset/investment management and advisory. In his current role as Director of Hotels & Tourism at Erste Group Bank AG in Vienna he is responsible for sourcing and structuring senior debt for hotel real estate and mixed-use projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Previously, Heribert was a Director with Hamilton Hotel Partners in London and Managing Director of Horwath HTL in Austria. Prior to that he worked for Internos Global Investors in London (now Principal Real Estate Europe) where he was responsible for the asset management of the group’s entire hotel portfolio. Heribert holds an MBA from CEU in Budapest and graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a BSc in Travel Industry Management. He also studied at the University of Vienna and NYU Stern School of Business in New York, and currently attends a study course for Sustainable Real Estate Management at IREBS.","firstname":"Heribert","hidden":false,"company":"Erste Group Bank","lastname":"Gangl","id":3035648,"country":"AT"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/pgn1yxmo6yxga6srdqnx.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/pgn1yxmo6yxga6srdqnx.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/pgn1yxmo6yxga6srdqnx.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/pgn1yxmo6yxga6srdqnx.jpg"},"prefix":"Mr.","title":"Senior Director","email":"temanuel@str.com","bio":"Thomas Emanuel is a Senior Director at STR. He is based in London, and leads a team focused on driving business with Industry Partners.\n\nHe has spent his entire career in the hotel industry, beginning in 2000 with Miki Travel, before joining Hyatt Hotel & Resorts, where he gained experience in corporate sales at both the worldwide sales office and at property level. Thomas then led the corporate sales function for Hazlitt’s Hotels, a group of independent boutique hotels in London.\n\nIn 2006, Thomas joined the Deloitte HotelBenchmark team, where he was responsible for creating and leading the department’s business development function. He held this role until the formation of STR in March 2008, and has since focused on overseeing STR’s rapid expansion outside North America. Throughout his time with STR, Thomas has gained a wealth of experience working with hotels, investors, developers, consultants, banks, governments, destination management companies and many others.\n\nThomas has been a guest lecturer at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, and been invited and participated in the OECD's high level meetings on tourism policies. \n \nTravelling extensively, Thomas has worked in over 45 countries across 6 continents and regularly speaks at major hospitality conferences around the world. He is also frequently interviewed for his insights on the hotel industry by news outlets including CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, as well as various tourism and hospitality publications.\n","firstname":"Thomas","hidden":false,"company":"STR","lastname":"Emanuel","id":3047104,"country":"GB"},{"county":"AT","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/de8vcbvjrjt8e20fgt8v.png","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/de8vcbvjrjt8e20fgt8v.png","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/de8vcbvjrjt8e20fgt8v.png","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/de8vcbvjrjt8e20fgt8v.png"},"title":"President","email":"danielthorniley@dt-gbc.com","bio":"Danny Thorniley is Regional Director of FrontierView CEEMEA and founder of DT-Global Business Consulting, which is fully integrated into FrontierView (part of FiscalNote) from October 2022. The services Danny provides include written position papers, presentation slides and private client meetings as well as in-house presentations/webinars. \n\nDanny is regarded as a charismatic speaker who can present detailed business and economic analysis in an easily digestible fashion with a great deal of genuine humour. Danny has exceptional skill sets in global business strategy, business in emerging markets and CEEMEA and hands-operational knowledge of business operations, distribution, partnerships, investments, and human resource issues.\n\nDr Thorniley was educated at Oxford University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a diploma, and a doctorate degree in Soviet political economy.\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-thorniley-72aa6b154/\n","firstname":"Daniel","hidden":false,"company":"DT-Global Business Consulting","lastname":"Thorniley","id":3047107,"country":"AT"},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/wsuhuqscvm2j2nacc56y.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/wsuhuqscvm2j2nacc56y.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/wsuhuqscvm2j2nacc56y.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/wsuhuqscvm2j2nacc56y.jpg"},"title":"International Partner, Head of Hotel Transactions Continental Europe","email":"Frederic.LeFichoux@eur.cushwake.com","bio":"Professional Expertise\nWith over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Fred has an extensive knowledge of the hotel real estate sector and is a recognized expert in the European market. From 2007 he has focused in managing and growing the hospitality team for the CEE and SEE regions at Cushman and Wakefield. \nMore recently and since 2015, he is in charge of hotel transaction advisory and brokerage services, supporting buyers and sellers across the entire Continental European region. Fred has advised on the acquisition and disposal of over EUR 2.25 billion of hotel transactions in Europe, over the past years. \n\nClients Served\n·\tMorgan Stanley\n·\tStarwood Capital\n·\tCerberus\n·\tDeka\n·\tAmundi\n\nMajor Transactions\n·\tSale of Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece - € 205 mil\n·\tSale of Ca Marcello Hotel Complex, Venice, Italy -  € 122.5 mil \n·\tSale of Panorama Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic - € 83.5 mil\n·\tSale of So Morland, Paris, France - € 151 mil\n\nProfessional Affiliations \n·\tMember of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors since 2010\n\nEducation\n·\tMBA in Hospitality Mngt from Cornell University & ESSEC Business School (2005) \n·\tPostgraduate Diploma in Property Investment from University of Reading (2009)\n","firstname":"Frederic","hidden":false,"company":"Cushman & Wakefield","lastname":"Le Fichoux","id":3047714},{"county":"CZ","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/nrllxaheksjbauz8vxxt.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/nrllxaheksjbauz8vxxt.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/nrllxaheksjbauz8vxxt.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/nrllxaheksjbauz8vxxt.jpg"},"title":"Head of Hotel Transactions CEE & SEE","email":"magsud.rahmanov@cushwake.com","bio":"Magsud's major focus is hotel capital market and debt advisory across Central, Southern & Eastern Europe. He has worked on and successfully completed projects across 10 major markets within Europe advising clients on disposals and acquisitions as well as other strategic decisions. In the past years, Magsud has been involved in successful completion of transaction totaling a value of almost Eur 1 billion.\nMagsud joined Cushman & Wakefield in July 2015 and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. Before joining the company, Magsud worked in a boutique investment advisory firm, which focused on providing financial structuring of high-risk investment projects in CIS and EMEA regions.\nSeveral recent case studies that Magsud was actively involved in: \n-\tAcquisition of a boutique hotel in Prague 1, Czech Republic\n-\tSale of a K+K hotel in Bucharest, Romania\n-\tAcquisition of an upper-upscale hotel in Riga, Latvia\n-\tLeasing of a hotel portfolio with over 700 keys in Ljubljana, Slovenia   \nMagsud is a member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since November 2020.\n","firstname":"Magsud ","hidden":false,"company":"Cushman & Wakefield","lastname":"Rahmanov","id":3050294,"country":"CZ"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/attaoje9nri3krqukt4c.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/attaoje9nri3krqukt4c.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/attaoje9nri3krqukt4c.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/attaoje9nri3krqukt4c.jpg"},"title":"Senior Associate - ESG Real Estate, Europe","email":"Stefana.Moroianu@invesco.com","bio":"Stefana Moroianu is an experienced professional with a profound passion for the hospitality industry, ESG, and responsible investing in real estate. With a background in hospitality, Stefana joined Invesco Real Estate in 2019, assuming various positions. During her tenure, she managed a diverse European hotel portfolio, consistently delivering top performance and maximizing returns for investors. Moreover, she provided support for the formulation of investment strategies through market research, thereby facilitating well-informed decision-making within IRE.\n\nStefana played an instrumental part in shaping Invesco Real Estate's European ESG strategy, taking the lead on numerous projects, including the development and implementation of the Green Building Certification program. In her current role, she remains dedicated to further enhancing the ESG strategy and providing strategic guidance to drive its successful implementation within the organization. \n\nStefana holds a distinguished Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Hospitality Management from Hotelschool The Hague.\n","firstname":"Stefana","hidden":false,"company":"Invesco Real Estate","lastname":"Moroianu","id":3050337,"country":"GB"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/eutesqkjbeuzlpblquva.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/eutesqkjbeuzlpblquva.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/eutesqkjbeuzlpblquva.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/eutesqkjbeuzlpblquva.jpg"},"prefix":"Miss.","title":"Founder and Chief Executive","email":"ufi@eea.international","bio":"Ufi Ibrahim is Founder and Chief Executive of the Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA), a global coalition of hotel investors, asset owners and asset managers working to transition the industry to Net Zero Carbon and ESG stewardship in a robust, timely and profitable way.  \n\nPreviously, as Chief Executive of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) 2010 to 2018, Ufi reshaped and reformed the organisation from the ground up, achieving significant financial and commercial success. She led the BHA merger with the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, creating UK Hospitality to wield powerful commercial and political influence. Ufi also shaped the UK Tourism Industry Group, a government-led Advisory Board for the industry, and delivered ground-breaking campaigns, such as the Big Hospitality Conservation, which engaged over 4,000 businesses and government to create 67,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for young people, under 25, across the UK. \n\nAt the World Travel & Tourism Council, where Ufi was Chief Operating Officer between 2000 and 2010, she supervised the formulation of the International Competitiveness Monitor for Travel and Tourism. This defined a benchmark for policy makers and is now operated by the World Economic Forum. Under the auspices of the WTTC and UNFCCC in 2009 Ufi led the industry’s first global commitment to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2035. Ufi is also a Commissioner of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission, overseeing executive and legislative issues affecting the future of UK food, farming and the countryside. \n\n","firstname":"Ufi","hidden":false,"company":"Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA)","lastname":"Ibrahim","id":3050382,"country":"GB"},{"county":"CZ","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/tvmimg3pea4ewop9u1gl.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/tvmimg3pea4ewop9u1gl.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/tvmimg3pea4ewop9u1gl.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/tvmimg3pea4ewop9u1gl.jpg"},"title":"Partner","email":"Lukas.Hejduk@cms-cmno.com","bio":"Lukáš Hejduk is the Head of the CEE Hotels & Leisure sector group. He is also the Head of the CEE Real Estate and Construction practice and co-heads the Czech Real Estate practice. In the hospitality sector, he focuses on acquisitions and sales and hotel operating agreements, including leases, management agreements, and franchise agreements. He has been involved in hotel mandates in the Czech Republic, CEE, the UK, and Africa.\n\nLukáš also advises on all aspects of real estate mandates, including real estate M&A, construction projects, development, leasing, sale and lease-back transactions, and greenfield investments. He specializes in complex property transactions and has extensive experience acting for international funds, private investors, developers, insurance providers, and banks.\n","firstname":"Lukas","hidden":false,"company":"CMS Cameron McKenna","lastname":"Hejduk","id":3056183,"country":"CZ"},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/cgajlflu3sgli87h8zbk.png","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/cgajlflu3sgli87h8zbk.png","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/cgajlflu3sgli87h8zbk.png","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/cgajlflu3sgli87h8zbk.png"},"title":"Senior Manager – Corporate Strategy & Board Secretary","email":"m.lee@cpipg.com","bio":"Mindee Lee is responsible for Corporate Strategy for CPIPG. Mindee also is Secretary to the Board of Directors of CPI Property Group. Mindee has over ten years of experience in real estate investment management and capital markets financing.\n\nBefore joining CPIPG in August 2021, Mindee led the UK & European investment and asset management functions of a hospitality-focused global real estate investment company. Before relocating to the region, Mindee worked in Tokyo with GIC Private Limited, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, as an investment and asset manager responsible for a property portfolio spanning various sectors, including office, retail, hospitality, and logistics. Mindee began her career as a capital markets originator at Deutsche Bank in Singapore, covering investment-grade sovereign and corporate issuers in the South and Southeast Asia region. \n\nMindee graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Queensland, Australia, and completed an MBA in Hospitality with École hôtelière de Lausanne.\n","firstname":"Mindee","hidden":false,"company":" CPI Property Group ","lastname":"Lee","id":3056973},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/ekszpgcepemwsmnbd9xb.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ekszpgcepemwsmnbd9xb.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ekszpgcepemwsmnbd9xb.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/ekszpgcepemwsmnbd9xb.jpg"},"title":"Chief Development Officer Europe & North Africa for Premium, Midscale & Economy Brands","email":"Philippe.BIJAOUI@accor.com","bio":"Joining Accor in February 2023 as Chief Development Officer Europe & North Africa for Premium, Midscale & Economy Brands, Philippe Bijaoui is responsible for defining the growth strategy in the region; leading the development teams in charge of identifying, negotiating and signing of hotel conversion and development projects, as well as contract retention; leading strategic hotel development projects.\n\nPhilippe has a solid experience of nearly 30 years in the business development and hotel industry, and had held several general development management positions in international hotel groups, such as \"IHG\" from 2012 to 2016 as Head of Development Europe, \"Wyndham Hotel Group\" as Chief Development officer EMEA until 2018. He then worked for \"Christie & Co\", leader in hotel sales in Europe, where he was until 2022, Managing Director France. \n\nPhilippe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology, from Tel Aviv University (Israel) and an MBA in Hotel Management from IMHI Cornell University Essec Business School (1992). \n\nIn 2020, he was awarded the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (RICS) qualification (UK), which acknowledges his professional competence in recognized standards in the property, construction and infrastructure markets.\n\n\nAbout Accor\nAccor is a world leading hospitality group offering experiences across more than 110 countries in 5 400 properties, 10 000 food & beverage venues, wellness facilities or flexible workspaces. The Group has one of the industry’s most diverse hospitality ecosystems, encompassing more than 40 hotel brands from luxury to economy, as well as Lifestyle with Ennismore. Accor is committed to taking positive action in terms of business ethics & integrity, responsible tourism, sustainable development, community outreach, and diversity & inclusion.  Founded in 1967, Accor SA is headquartered in France and publicly listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN code: FR0000120404) and on the OTC Market (Ticker: ACCYY) in the United States. For more information, please visit www.group.accor.com or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok.  \n","firstname":"Philippe ","hidden":false,"company":"Accor","lastname":"Bijaoui ","id":3056974},{"county":"HR","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/ech1y0lnfbyzmcgpbicc.png","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ech1y0lnfbyzmcgpbicc.png","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ech1y0lnfbyzmcgpbicc.png","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/ech1y0lnfbyzmcgpbicc.png"},"title":"Global Head of Tourism Advisory","email":"stopalovic@horwathhtl.com","bio":"Siniša Topalović is Global Head of Tourism Advisory at Horwath HTL and partner at Horwath HTL Croatia. With over 200 tourism projects successfully implemented globally, Siniša has experience of working with high-profile clients and projects shaping today´s and tomorrow’s tourism industry landscape in well-established but also emerging destinations worldwide. \n\nHis fields of expertise include strategic and operational advisory in tourism and hospitality sector, including but not limited to tourism development advisory for countries, regions and destinations, project master planning (mega destinations, resorts, hotels, integrated resorts, etc.), corporate strategic and operational advice, development planning, strategic and operational marketing planning, tourism product development, destination management, investment promotion, tourism policy etc. \n\nSiniša is regularly publishing articles in global tourism media, industry reports and columns relating to tourism and hospitality in domestic and international publications (Skift, Hospitality Inside, HNN, Hotels Magazine etc.) and is invited as speaker or moderator to prominent international conferences (ITB Convention, International Hotel Investment Forum - IHIF Berlin, Hot.E London, Mediterranean Hotels and Resorts Conference, etc.). \n\nSiniša is member of International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), world’s greatest source of hospitality expertise and counsel, represented by just over 200 of the industry’s most respected professionals from across six continents. In scientific field, Siniša is completing his PhD in destination management and is a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Scientific Council for Tourism.\n","firstname":"Sinisa","hidden":false,"company":"Horwath HTL Croatia","lastname":"Topalovic","id":3069650,"country":"HR"},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/yx75l4xegrwahqoe8g4t.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/yx75l4xegrwahqoe8g4t.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/yx75l4xegrwahqoe8g4t.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/yx75l4xegrwahqoe8g4t.jpg"},"title":"General Manager","email":"Apostolos.Papatolios@sheraton.com","bio":"Hotel Management professional with over 30 years relevant experience in Europe and Middle East with international Companies such Marriott, Starwood, Intercontinental and experience in both environment of City and Resort Hotels.\nStudies in Greek Hotel School , Hotel and Restaurant Management and in Centre International De Glion Hotel Management\n","firstname":"Apostolos","hidden":true,"company":"Sheraton Grand Krakow ","lastname":"Papatolios","id":3069651},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/xnvwzkhpmegrygmciebu.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/xnvwzkhpmegrygmciebu.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/xnvwzkhpmegrygmciebu.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/xnvwzkhpmegrygmciebu.jpg"},"title":"Chief Executive Officer","email":"m.giannopoulos@eg.gov.gr","bio":"Marinos Giannopoulos is an experienced finance and academic professional with a Doctorate in Strategic Management. For several years he lived and was active in the UK where he worked in the City of London as a banking executive and business consultant. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Management School, University of Liverpool, a master's degree in international business economics from City University London, and a PhD from Brunel University London, with the thesis title: \"Divesting assets and redeploying resources as predictors of the performance of acquisitions: The case of Greece.\"\nPrior to assuming his current duties as CEO of Enterprise Greece, he worked for more than a decade in the banking industry, both in Greece and abroad. He has extensive experience in managing credit risk in investment banking portfolios and participated in the management and consolidation of credit risk portfolios at financial institutions and companies in emerging Europe.\nUpon returning to Greece, he led the team at one of Greece’s leading banks responsible for facilitating in the implementation of Greece’s National Recovery and Resilience Fund − Greece 2.0 − while also liaising with European development bodies and Greek government agencies.\nHe served as advisor to New Democracy’s Secretariat for International Relations & European Union from 2013 to 2019. He has been a member of various academic and professional committees and has been actively engaged in research and writing with numerous articles published in leading international journals, such as the Journal for Global Business Advancement and the International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences. At the same time, he also taught at Brunel University and the Hellenic Open University in the fields of Strategic Management and Business Economics.\n\n\n","firstname":"Marinos ","hidden":false,"company":"Enterprise Greece","lastname":"Giannopoulos","id":3069658},{"county":"ES","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/cgncyzvhowkgk4jetckl.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/cgncyzvhowkgk4jetckl.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/cgncyzvhowkgk4jetckl.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/cgncyzvhowkgk4jetckl.jpg"},"prefix":"Mr.","title":"CEO ","email":"sogno@globalassetsolutions.com","bio":"Alex Sogno has been a passionate supporter of the hotel sector throughout his working life, having begun his career at HVS International New York following his graduation from Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland.\n \nFollowing a period with Cushman & Wakefield HQ in New York, Alex joined Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), where he asset managed around ~20 hotels under the Four Seasons, Fairmont, Raffles, Mövenpick, and Swissotel brands across EMEA and Asia. Alex assisted in KHI’s listing on the London and Dubai stock exchange. He left KHI to found Global Asset Solutions in Singapore back in 2007. \n\nAs CEO of Global Asset Solutions, Alex Sogno operates worldwide and represents the largest independent asset management group in Europe, with +50 assets under management worth over $15bn. The company leans on decades of experience in the luxury sector to deliver bespoke solutions which allow investors to grow their asset value and realise the potential of their assets. https://youtu.be/_Qa_2csx658\n\nAlex Sogno offers an online training course with external accreditation to support the growing demand for hotel asset management. The course has been designed to target aspiring asset managers who are already working elsewhere in the sector, as well as students and new entrants.\nhttps://youtu.be/PGhBFKxsxtM\n  \nHe is a regular speaker at conferences around the world and is the founder of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association Asia Pacific (HAMA AP) and Middle East Africa (HAMA MEA). 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He is based in Vienna, establishing and managing the MEIKO Clean Solutions companies Czech Republic & Serbia. The implementation of these new companies shows the importance and stability of those regions.\n\nWolfgang has a solid career of nearly twenty years in Hotel Management. He has held several positions in Food and Beverage as well as General Management with Hilton, Sheraton and Imperial Austria in Vienna, Turkey, the Caribbean, New York, Chicago & Africa.\n\nAfter 10 years of self-employment - founding three rapidly expanding companies for catering and consulting - he joined Tchibo CS and Franke CS as a Managing Director. After shifting his focus from hotel management to suppliers, he gained a new perspective for their responsibilities and needs. With this change, he developed great insight into all sides of this business sector.\n\nHe joined MEIKO Clean Solutions Austria in 2016. His experience in business development and focus on sales & strategic development are among his core skills.\n\nWolfgang has been a guest lecturer at Austrian Hotel Management schools for about 25 years. 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Dirk is also partner and CEO for Colliers in the Netherlands with more than 380 real estate experts divided over dive dedicated offices.  \nDirk has over 30 years of experience in hotel consulting with a focus on transaction advisory, consultancy, and brand innovation. Due to his focus on consumer behavior, his early interest in applied technology, and his global experience in the hospitality sector, Dirk has become an expert on branding and a thought leader in hospitality value drivers and growth models. In his role as one of the Colliers hospitality leaders, Dirk combines his knowledge, expertise, and experience with the global capital markets and focuses on major brokerage and M&A assignments across the region.\n","firstname":"Dirk","hidden":false,"company":"Colliers","lastname":"Bakker","id":3072801,"country":"NL"},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/gjprbahrsl8rcwac4vgf.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/gjprbahrsl8rcwac4vgf.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/gjprbahrsl8rcwac4vgf.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/gjprbahrsl8rcwac4vgf.jpg"},"title":"Partner/Owner ","email":"antelsvott@gmail.com","bio":"Scott Antel is a highly respected emerging markets hotels & hospitality lawyer with 25+ years’ experience advising both owners/developers and, less frequently, international operators in the Middle East, Africa, Russia/CIS countries, Turkey, Southern & Eastern Europe and the Caribbean on hotel & resort, branded residential and mixed-use developments. A former senior partner in DLA Piper and BCLP, Scott regularly advises clients on all aspects of hotel & resort development, with a specific focus on branded residential and mixed-use development, as well as advising on related operational matters, including disputes and litigation. He has acted on hundreds of hotel projects including numerous landmark projects such as Sochi 2014, Grand Hotel Europe and Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg, the Ritz Carlton and Mandarin Oriental in Moscow, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and Chedi hotels in Oman, JW Marriott and W Yas Island in the UAE, Sofitel and Hyatt hotel and residence projects in Cyprus and many others projects in numerous locations, including Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi, Almaty, Istanbul, Bodrum, London, Muscat, Zanzibar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Makkah, Riyadh, Tehran, Muscat, Limassol, Crete, Montenegro, Vietnam and more than 15 African countries. He also works in the franchise sector advising hotels, restaurants and retail clients and on the structuring and set up of inbound franchise investment and operation, including franchise conversions of managed hotels. Scott is recommended as a \"Leading Adviser\" and \"go to\" hospitality lawyer by Chambers Europe and Legal 500 legal directories and listed in Best Lawyers. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Arabian, African, Southern European snd Russian Hotel Investment Conferences and is a regular outspoken speaker at these events, as well at the Berlin (IHIF) and ALIS (US) hotel conferences. Scott is a regularly published thought leader and frequently quoted on hospitality related legal and commercial matters. Scott was recipient of the Russia/CIS Hotel Investment Forum's 2012 “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his contribution in developing the hotel industry in these emerging markets, the only lawyer or consultant to ever receive this prestigious award. In 2011 he was elected a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC). A UK citizen, Scott variously resides in Dubai, London and Moscow.","firstname":"Scott","hidden":false,"company":"Scotts FZ LLE","lastname":"Antel","id":3072802},{"photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/lrvjwhbk62g3epamzczz.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/lrvjwhbk62g3epamzczz.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/lrvjwhbk62g3epamzczz.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/lrvjwhbk62g3epamzczz.jpg"},"title":"Head of EMEA Hotels Valuation Advisory","email":"ross.petar@jll.com","bio":"Ross joined JLL in 2014 but has around 20 years’ experience in the hotel, hospitality and leisure sector specialising in advisory and valuation assignments across the EMEA region. He also has extensive experience in Landlord and Tenant advice, having represented a number of Landed Estates in London as an Expert Witness in matters relating to rent reviews and lease renewals.\nRoss is a Managing Director in JLL Global Valuation Advisory based in London and Head of EMEA Hotel & Hospitality Valuation Advisory. He is responsible for managing a team of around 40 professionals with a focus on overseeing valuation and advisory work of hotel, hospitality and leisure real estate advice in the EMEA region.\nExperience\nRoss has an experience of a broad range of asset types ranging from single hotel assets to large cross border portfolios, as well as some of the more unique boutique and trophy assets in Europe. His clients have included all of the major Banks lending into the hotel sector, private equity groups, high net worth investors, publicly listed hotel companies, private hotel companies and family offices.\nAssignments of note include the valuation of various portfolios positioned across the UK, Benelux and Central Eastern Europe as well as large-scale global luxury hotel portfolios in key European cities. Key single asset valuation assignments have covered the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal and France, as well as valuation advice of upscale luxury hotels specifically in London. Ross has also successfully negotiated the lease renewals and re-gearing of leases on behalf of either the Landlord or Tenant of a number of high-profile central London hotels.\nIn recent years, Ross has been a thought leader on ESG matters in the hotel sector writing a number of papers on the topic. He also sits on the Technical Committee of the Energy & Environmental Alliance (EEA), a not for profit coalition of sector leaders tackling ESG in the hospitality sector.\nRoss has been a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2007 and is a RICS Registered Valuer. He graduated from City University Cass Business School with a Masters in Property Valuation and Law and has a degree in International Business Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University.\nEducation and Affiliations\nMember of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and RICS Registered Valuer\nMasters in Property Valuation & Law from the City University Cass Business School\nLeeds Metropolitan University for International Business Studies.","firstname":"Ross ","hidden":true,"company":" JLL","lastname":"Petar","id":3076757},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/rn8q5zkrqdebc5j9zscs.png","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/rn8q5zkrqdebc5j9zscs.png","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/rn8q5zkrqdebc5j9zscs.png","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/rn8q5zkrqdebc5j9zscs.png"},"title":"Head of Sourcing & Sustainability","email":"philip.halanen@wyndham.com","bio":"Having started his career in the aviation industry, holding a number of operational and commercial management roles at both airlines and airports, Philip is currently the Head of Sourcing & Sustainability for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA.  \n\nPhilip is accountable for the design and delivery of the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts regional sustainability strategy, including the implementation and growth of the Wyndham Green Programme.  He is additionally responsible for providing subject matter expertise to both the business and external organisations regarding Sustainability.\n\nPhilip is also accountable for the company’s Sourcing and Supplier Management strategy, which provides Wyndham’s partner hotels in the region a comprehensive network of preferred suppliers across all categories, with access to preferential pricing, products and services.\n\nPhilip holds an MSc in Air Transport Management from Cranfield University and is currently a committee member of the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.\n","firstname":"Philip ","hidden":false,"company":"Wyndham Hotels & Resorts","lastname":"Halanen","id":3079192,"country":"GB"},{"county":"AT","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/mpajyxvj9auxlzq36rt9.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/mpajyxvj9auxlzq36rt9.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/mpajyxvj9auxlzq36rt9.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/mpajyxvj9auxlzq36rt9.jpg"},"title":"Partner","email":"Gregor.Famira@cms-rrh.com","bio":"Gregor Famira is a highly experienced transaction lawyer, with an impressive track record in the hotel industry and the startup industry, and a faible for sustainability. As a partner at CMS in Vienna he founded the firm's offices in Zagreb and Ljubljana in 2003 and 2008, respectively, establishing himself as a key player in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) legal and business landscape.  \nGregor coordinates the law firm’s activities in the field of real estate in south-east Europe. He has been active in the CEE region for 20 years now, during which time he has overseen numerous corporate and real estate transactions in the region.\nGregor Famira specializes in the asset classes hotels and commercial, advising owners, financiers and operators/retail businesses on transactions, lease and tenancy agreements, and generation change. Gregor is a member of ISHC – International Society of Hospitality Consultants.\nIn addition to his legal expertise, Gregor has (and is happy to share!) first-hand experience as a shareholder in a tourism company that gives him a deep insight into the industry. \n","firstname":"Gregor","hidden":false,"company":"CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz","lastname":"Famira","id":3079193,"country":"AT"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/nvsvi3uaexcuik9oql9n.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/nvsvi3uaexcuik9oql9n.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/nvsvi3uaexcuik9oql9n.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/nvsvi3uaexcuik9oql9n.jpg"},"title":"Vice President","email":"Ina@cedarcp.com","bio":"Ina joined Cedar Capital Partners in 2019, working across acquisition and asset management functions. Previously, she was with Eastdil Secured in London, where she worked on over US$2 billion worth of hotel real estate sales in Europe. She has also worked in real estate advisory with EY as well as various operational positions in Germany, The Netherlands and Malaysia. Ina holds a B.BA (Cum Laude) in Hotel Management from Hotelschool The Hague in The Netherlands and speaks German, English and French.","firstname":"Ina","hidden":false,"company":"Cedar Capital Partners","lastname":"Plunien","id":3080196,"country":"GB"},{"county":"AE","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/si3lceqwxc7dhjkdpcbz.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/si3lceqwxc7dhjkdpcbz.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/si3lceqwxc7dhjkdpcbz.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/si3lceqwxc7dhjkdpcbz.jpg"},"prefix":"Mr.","title":"Owner/Founder","email":"Antelscott@gmail.com","bio":"Scott Antel is a highly respected emerging markets hotels & hospitality lawyer with 25+ years’ experience advising both owners/developers and, less frequently, international operators in the Middle East, Africa, Russia/CIS countries, Turkey, Southern & Eastern Europe and the Caribbean on hotel & resort, branded residential and mixed-use developments.\n\nA former senior partner in DLA Piper and BCLP, Scott regularly advises clients on all aspects of hotel & resort development, with a specific focus on branded residential and mixed-use development, as well as advising on related operational matters, including disputes and litigation.\n\nHe has acted on hundreds of hotel projects including numerous landmark projects such as Sochi 2014, Grand Hotel Europe and Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg, the Ritz Carlton and Mandarin Oriental in Moscow, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and Chedi hotels in Oman, JW Marriott and W Yas Island in the UAE, Sofitel and Hyatt hotel and residence projects in Cyprus and many others projects in numerous locations, including Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi, Almaty, Istanbul, Bodrum, London, Muscat, Zanzibar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Makkah, Riyadh, Tehran, Muscat, Limassol, Crete, Montenegro, Vietnam and more than 15 African countries.\n\nHe also works in the franchise sector advising hotels, restaurants and retail clients and on the structuring and set up of inbound franchise investment and operation, including franchise conversions of managed hotels.\n\nScott is recommended as a \"Leading Adviser\" and \"go to\" hospitality lawyer by Chambers Europe and Legal 500 legal directories and listed in Best Lawyers. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Arabian, African, Southern European snd Russian Hotel Investment Conferences and is a regular outspoken speaker at these events, as well at the Berlin (IHIF) and ALIS (US) hotel conferences. Scott is a regularly published thought leader and frequently quoted on hospitality related legal and commercial matters.\n\nScott was recipient of the Russia/CIS Hotel Investment Forum's 2012 “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his contribution in developing the hotel industry in these emerging markets, the only lawyer or consultant to ever receive this prestigious award. In 2011 he was elected a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC). 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She focuses on driving growth for all Marriott brands across the EMEA region through portfolio transactions.\n\nIn her prior role at Marriott, Sereina contributed to numerous strategic development projects, providing support to senior leadership and gaining exposure to a wide variety of markets and deal types.\n\nSereina is an alumna of École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). She found her passion for hospitality through various operational roles in Switzerland and London, encompassing both independent and branded properties. Sereina is based in Zurich, Switzerland.\n","firstname":"Sereina","hidden":false,"company":"Marriott International","lastname":"Colgan","id":3083030,"country":"CH"},{"county":"GB","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/x5ljiobp7cbjo5ob1xka.png","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/x5ljiobp7cbjo5ob1xka.png","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/x5ljiobp7cbjo5ob1xka.png","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/x5ljiobp7cbjo5ob1xka.png"},"title":"Co-Founder","email":"lionel@agohotels.co.uk","bio":"Lionel co-founded AGO Hotels in December 2020 bringing to the UK market a hybrid profit lease proposition for hotel owners. The USP of aligning landlord, tenant and brand with true transparency saw AGO sign and open fourteen hotel in its first eighteen months of trading.  Accor’s parent company is an equity stakeholder in AGO hotels. Lionel oversees the hotel asset management and internal activities of AGO Hotels, with a focus on business development.  \n\nLionel achieved a lucrative transaction record, supporting and leading transactions with a total value in excess of $2.5bn, creating capital value whilst simultaneously driving operational performance. Prior to AGO, Lionel spearheaded the development of a circa $600m Hotel Business for Topland, one of Europe’s largest privately-owned investment groups. Lionel drove the investment strategy, acquisition, asset management, financing, and sale of the Hallmark Hotel portfolio in 2019 generating double-digit IRR and a significant return on equity invested. \n\nLionel built his name as Operations Director / Hotel Manager of the Savoy Hotel and the Hilton London Metropole, following which he joined Hilton Worldwide’s Real Estate Team playing a key role in the company’s largest single asset sale, followed by the sale of ten hotels in six European countries. Lionel has been in numerous leadership roles across the industry for over twenty-five years holding qualifications from the Ealing School of Hotel-Keeping, now The University of West London, where he was awarded an honorary professorship and Cornell University where he attended the Hotel Asset Management, Investment Analysis and General Managers Program. \nLionel’s has been nominated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as a top three finalist in HAMA Europe’s Hotel Asset Managers Association Award.\n\n","firstname":"Lionel","hidden":false,"company":"AGO Hotels","lastname":"Benjamin","id":3083089,"country":"GB"},{"county":"CZ","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/iempervjchpptsu5aglb.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/iempervjchpptsu5aglb.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/iempervjchpptsu5aglb.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/iempervjchpptsu5aglb.jpg"},"title":"Internatinal Partner - Head of Hotel Transactions Continental Europe","email":"Frederic.lefichoux@cushwake.com","bio":"Professional Expertise\nWith over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Fred has an extensive knowledge of the hotel real estate sector and is a recognized expert in the European market. Since 2007 he has focused in managing and growing the hospitality team for the CEE region at Cushman and Wakefield. More recently and since 2015, he is in charge of hotel transaction advisory and brokerage services, supporting buyers and sellers across the entire Continental European region. \nFred has advised on the acquisition and disposal of over EUR 2.25 billion of hotel transactions in Europe, over the past years. Some of his recent successes include the acquisition of the Intercontinental Prague for R2J, the sale of the Morland project in Paris that includes a So Sofitel to Nuveen and the sale of one of the largest resort hotel complex in Europe: Porto Carras, located in Thessaloniki.\n\nClient Served\nStarwood Capital, Schroders, BHP, Aroundtown, Patron Capital, Deka, Union\n\nEducation & Membership\nMBA in Hospitality Management from Cornell University and ESSEC Business School \nPostgraduate Diploma in Property Investment, University of Reading\nMember of the Royal Institue of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)\n","firstname":"Frederic","hidden":true,"company":"Cushman & Wakefield","lastname":"Le Fichoux","id":3086416,"country":"CZ"},{"county":"DE","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/dhkkkpfrm5l4a5euo54o.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/dhkkkpfrm5l4a5euo54o.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/dhkkkpfrm5l4a5euo54o.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/dhkkkpfrm5l4a5euo54o.jpg"},"title":"European Development Strategy","email":"gschlegel.ext@louvre-hotels.com","bio":"Georg Schlegel started his hotel career with the French group Accor (Novotel, Ibis, Etap,Mercure,Sofitel) in 1992 as a marketing manager for the Ibis Hotel brand in Germany.\n\nFrom 1995 he was in charge for setting up development of the franchise business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where the group had at that time only company managed hotels. Besides his responsibilities for the group he hold various positions in the German franchise community, held speeches and wrote articles for special interest magazines about hotel franchising.\n\nHis focus was most of the time on limited-service hotels. He successfully increased the number of franchised hotels for the group until 2002 and laid ground to more awareness of hotel franchising in the German speaking markets. \n\nThereafter, he joined the Intercontinental Hotels Group as a development director overseeing the development for Germany, Austria, Moldavia, all Back Sea and Caspian Sea countries, including Turkey, Kazakhstan and various countries in the central Asia.\n\nFrom 2008 he was responsible for the development of the Select Services Brands Aloft, Element and Four Points by Sheraton for EAME for Starwood Hotels. In his role he was in charge of getting the Starwood Brands adapted to EMEA and rolled out with a focus on franchise development. Furthermore, he was setting up the franchise base for a region where in the past Starwood predominantly signed management agreements.\n\nFrom 2013 he joined Choice Hotels International, as Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe where he boosted development in the region for Choice Hotels: Entry into the Turkish Market and restructuring the Hotel Portfolio in Central Europe. Mostly with “out of the box” new- type of Partnership agreements.\n\nHe was well overseeing the Master Franchise Relationship in the ME for Choice Hotels.\n\nSince 2021 he supports Louvre Hotel on strategic development across Europe with a special focus on the Norther European Region, including Benelux and Germany.\n\nDuring his carrier, he was involved in the negotiation and conclusion of a tripel digit number of franchise and management projects across the region. 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His current responsibility at Cushman & Wakefield is to lead and co-ordinate the strategic hospitality advisory, research, and asset management activities across the EMEA region.  \n\nBorik also works with Cushman & Wakefield’s dedicated ESG team on hospitality-related sustainability assignments such as hotel ESG audits, Net Zero assessments, ESG regulation compliance reviews, sustainability certifications or climate risk assessments. \n\nPrior to joining C&W, Borik was the Regional Vice President of Feasibility & Development Finance for EMEA & South-West Asia at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He also spent more than six years at Hilton Worldwide, where he headed the Feasibility & Investment Analysis team for the European & African region, based both at Hilton’s EMEA HQ in the UK and Istanbul. His exposure to the Asia Pacific market includes two years in Shanghai and nearly three years in Sydney. _x000D_ _x000D_ Borik holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master of Science in International Economic Relations from the University of Economics in Prague, a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management from the Hotel School Sydney and an MBA from Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia.\n","firstname":"Borivoj","hidden":false,"company":"Cushman & Wakefield","lastname":"Vokrinek","id":3087095,"country":"CZ"},{"county":"BE","photoSet":{"small":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_60,h_60,c_fill,g_face,f_auto,q_auto:best/ipl8oziylmvlilaelwna.jpg","medium":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_120,h_120,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ipl8oziylmvlilaelwna.jpg","large":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best/ipl8oziylmvlilaelwna.jpg","blur":"https://res.cloudinary.com/bizzaboprod/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom,f_auto/w_270,h_270,c_fill,g_face,fl_any_format,q_auto:best,e_blur:1300/ipl8oziylmvlilaelwna.jpg"},"title":"Vice President Development ","email":"valerie.schuermans@radissonhotels.com","bio":"As a key member of the Radisson Hotel Group’s Development department, Valerie Schuermans is responsible for growth across Western and Southern Europe. \nValerie is an experienced development professional with a history of providing exciting new opportunities to enhance the group’s portfolio across Europe. She played a major role in strengthening Radisson Hotel Group’s position in core markets such as Paris, Barcelona, Brussels, Warsaw, Prague and the recent growth acceleration in Europe’s key markets (e.g. Spain, France, Italy & Poland).  In addition to her development activities, Valerie is also a key contributor to contract management solutions for existing partners.  \nValerie epitomizes the Radisson Hotel Group ethos of growing talent from within. Joining the group in 2009, she progressed in 2018 to her current position as one of the group’s valued Vice Presidents.\nBefore joining Radisson Hotel Group, Valerie started her career as an Account Manager in the banking industry at KBC Real Estate NV. 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