Future Hospitality Summit Unveils Line-up Of Global Hospitality Leaders & Change-Makers As Special Guest Speakers
By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region
The hybrid virtual conference developed to explore big ideas and tackle the challenges facing the hospitality industry, Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) has revealed its exciting line-up of special-guest speakers, as it gets ready to bring the hospitality world together, live from Riyadh and around the world, between 26 and 27 of October.
The summit’s carefully curated line-up of speakers will discuss, reimagine and pave a new path towards the future of hospitality in the Middle East and across the globe. In doing, the virtual event aims to provide an innovative, inspirational and important platform to bring the industry together at an unprecedented time.
Organised by the Ministry of Tourism Saudi Arabia and G20 Saudi Secretariat, as part of The International Conferences Programme, honouring the G20 Saudi presidency year 2020, and powered by Bench Digital – Future Hospitality Summit will be officially opened by Minister of Tourism, Saudi Arabia, H.E. Ahmed Al Khateeb.
Live stage sessions
The Future Hospitality Summit team is curating a comprehensive 3-pillar programme for the industry, to understand the new landscape, collaborate and assess opportunities, and innovate to recreate the industry’s future. The programme sessions will be live, and attendees can join the discussion while their favourite speakers are delivering their sessions.
Network with industry professionals
When an attendee enters the networking area, the FHS system matches him/her with another decision-maker in the room for a quick video call. Attendees can easily ‘exchange business cards’ by clicking on the connect button.
Roundtables
Roundtables are exclusively designed for more focused interactions and discussions on specific industry topics. Here, a select number of attendees can join a multi-screen live video conversation to exchange business ideas and industry knowledge.
A line-up of creators, innovators & mentors
Future Hospitality Summit’s line-up of 100+ guest speakers includes:
Industry Leaders
- Executive Director, Travel Oregon, Todd Davidson
- CEO of Consumer Travel, Seera Group, Muzzammil Ahussain
- CEO, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Keith Barr
- Chairman & CEO, Accor, Sébastien Bazin
- CEO, Forbes Travel Guide, Filip Boyen
- President Global Operations, Four Seasons, Christian Clerc
- President & CEO, Carnival Corporation & PLC, Arnold W. Donald
- CEO & President, World Travel & Tourism Council – WTTC, Gloria Guevara Manzo
- Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board, Keith Tan
- CEO Diriyah Gate Development Authority, Jerry Inzerillo
- Director-General and CEO, International Air Transport Association – IATA, Alexandre de Juniac
- CEO, Kerten Hospitality, Marloes Knippenberg
- President & CEO, Hilton, Christopher J. Nassetta
- CEO, Equinox Hotels, Christopher Norton
- Group CEO, Quintessentially, Annastasia Seebohm
- President & CEO, Marriott International, Arne M. Sorenson
- Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group, Barry S. Sternlicht
Founders
- Founder & Group CEO (Group), OYO Hotels & Homes, Ritesh Agarwal
- Founder & CEO, PC Agency, Paul Charles
Terry Jones (Founder, Travelocity.com, and Founding Chairman, Kayak.com)
- Founder and Group Executive Chairman, MakeMyTrip Group, Terry Jones
- Founder and Co-Chairman, Abercrombie & Kent, Geoffrey JW Kent
Change-Makers
- Founder, Arago, Hans-Christian Boos
- Group Strategy Director, Keane, Stefan Breg
- Founder and Managing Director, Berkeley Capital Group (BCG), Lissa Engle
- Founder and Chief Executive, Energy and Environment Alliance, Ufi Ibrahim
- Director, Institute for Biosecurity Research, Prof. Alexander Kekulé
- Managing Partner, Monthly Barometer, Thierry Malleret
- Chief Environment Officer, Neom, Dr Paul Marshall
- Founder & CEO, inHovate Solutions, Jalil Mekouar
- CEO, Time Out Market, Didier Souillat
Industry Insight Experts
- President & CEO, World Tourism Forum Lucerne, Martin Barth
- Executive Dean and Managing Director, École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Dr Inès Blal
- Associate Principal, McKinsey, Margaux Constantin
- Partner, Oliver Wyman, Matthieu De Clercq
- Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Alex Dichter
- Special Advisor to the Secretary General, World Tourism Organization – (UNWTO), Anita Mendiratta
- Partner & Government Practice Leader, Kearney, Antoine Nasr
- VP Insights, ForwardKeys, Olivier Ponti
- Partner, THINK Hospitality, Olivier Ponti
- Managing Director, STR, Robin Rossman
- Managing Director, Tarsh Consulting), David Tarsh
- Dean and E.M. Statler Professor, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Dr Kate Walsh
Media
- MC, Future Hospitality Summit, Yasir Alsaggaf
- Travel Editor, CBS News, Peter Greenberg
- Hospitality Commentator, James Hacon
- Presenter, HARDTalk, Stephen Sackur
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