Panelists:
– LYNDA KEENE, Chief Executive, Tourism Export Council of New Zealand
– LISA HOPKINS, CEO, Business Events Industry Aotearoa

HOTELIER Q&A. The Ascott Limited Managing Director, DAVID MANSFIELD, in conversation with HM magazine Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON.

Panelists:
– JACQUI PAURINI, National Talent Acquisition Manager, Accor New Zealand
– JUSTIN DO, Executive Assistant Manager, Sudima Auckland City
– KELLY WILLIAMSON, Area Director of Sales and Marketing – New Zealand, IHG Hotels & Resorts
– MEL ALEXANDER, General Manager – Hotel Operations, Scenic Hotel Group
– NEERAV GORASIA, Operations Excellence Manager, Pro-Invest Hotels

GLOBAL HOTELIER Q&A. Swiss-Belhotel Hotels and Resorts International Chairman, GAVIN FAULL (from Hong Kong), on the global launch of Māua, in conversation with HM Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON.

Panelists:
– MARCUS REINDERS, Chief Executive Officer, NZ Hotel Holdings
– ROB NEIL, Director, Safari Group
– SUDESH JHUNJUNWALA, Founder, Hind Management / Sudima Hotels
– VICKI CHOW, Executive Director, Stonewood Group

NETWORKING. Gala Networking Event at Te Papa Tongarewa, presented by IHG Hotels and Resorts, including a welcome address by MATTHEW TRIPOLONE, Managing Director – Australasia & Pacific, IHG Hotels & Resorts, plus the presentation of the New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards. (additional registration required).

Panelists:
– ARMAND BEZUIDENHOUT, National Sales – New Zealand, Dormakaba
– BEN CHARLTON, Commercial Director, Mews
– BENJAMIN KRIEG, Area Vice President Strategic Accounts Asia Pacific, FutureLog
– CHRIS ORMISTON, Sales Engineer – APAC, Agilisys
– JUSTIN DE LILLE, Group Chief Executive Officer, Liverton

Panelists:
– ANTHONY STANLEY, Director of Performance & Revenue Management, Choice Hotels APAC
– ANTONY RITCH, Chief Executive Officer, TFE Hotels
– KARL LUXON, Chief Executive Officer, Scenic Hotels
– MARK RONFELDT​, Chief Executive Officer, Nesuto – Daiwa Living Group
– RACHAEL NICHOLSON​, Group General Manager Operations, Heritage Hotel Management

Panelists:
– ADRIAN WILLIAMS, Senior Vice President Operations, Accor
– ANTHEA DIMITRAKOPOULOS, General Manager, Brand and Environmental, Social and Governance, The Ascott Limited
– NEERAV GORASIA, Operations Excellence Manager, Pro-Invest Hotels
– KAREN ORR, Sector Decarbonisation Programme Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
– STEVEN HIGGINS, Leader, Key Account Management – Australia & New Zealand LWT APAC, LIXIL Water Technology

GLOBAL HOTELIER Q&A. Marriott International, Inc Chair, DAVID S. MARRIOTT, and Marriott International, Inc President and Chief Executive Officer, ANTHONY CAPUANO, in conversation with HM Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON (exclusive video from the USA).

Panelists:
– CAMERON BURKE, Director of Development, Australasia & Pacific, IHG Hotels & Resorts
– JEFFREY VAN VORSSELEN, Regional Vice President, Operations – Pacific & South East Asia, Langham Hospitality Group
– LINDSAY LEESER, Chief Development Officer Pacific, Accor
– PETER HILL, Director – Development, Hotels & Resorts, EVT
– TRISTAN COOPER, Director, Hotel Development – Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Marriott International

Panelists:
– ANNE GILL, SVP Commercial, Accor Pacific
– CRAIG BINNEY, Head of People and Culture, Scenic Hotel Group
– LYNDA UGARTE, Head of HR – Japan, Australasia and Pacific, IHG Hotels & Resorts
– PHILLIPA GIMMILLARO, Chief People Officer, Sudima Hotels

– Raymond Otene McKay, Ngaati Mahuta, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Pūkeko; Co-Founder & Creative Director, Run

– Laura Cibilich, Co-Founder & Design Director, Run

Presented by THSA

Panelists:
– AUDREY DE FILIPPIS​​​​, Associate Director & Sector Lead, Ignite Architects
– PHILLIPA LE ROUX, Design and Project Director – Architecture, Design and Construction, Australasia, Hilton 
– SOPHIE BEEVER, Design Principal, Furnz Group
– TONI BRANDSO, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Material Creative

Panelists:
– LANI HAGAMAN, Chair, Scenic Hotels
– SHANTHA DE SILVA, Chief Operating Officer – Hotels, Pro-invest Group
– STUART HARRISON, Managing Director, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand
– UDAI SARIN, Chief Executive Officer, Sarin Investments
– TIM ALPE, Managing Director, TriO Capital

Panelists:
– JAMES SHIELDS, General Manager of Growth & Capital Strategy, The Ascott Limited
– JOHN SUTCLIFFE, Director of Development, TFE Hotels
– MATT HOLMES, Vice President of Development- South East Asia & Pacific Rim, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
– SCOTT​ ARMSTRONG, Director of Development, Australia & New Zealand, Choice Hotels Asia-Pac
– TUSHAR RANIGA, Regional Director – Development, Australasia, Hilton

GLOBAL TOURISM Q&A. United Airlines’ Managing Director Global Sales, MARCEL FUCHS, in conversation with HM Editor-In-Chief, JAMES WILKINSON (exclusive video from the USA).

Networking Afternoon Tea.

Presented by Cordis

PANEL SESSION: CULTURE. Te Reo and Māori culture with Sofitel Wellington General Manager, RAYMOND FAULKNER.

Panelists:

– PAUL GORMAN, General Manager Business Development, Luxury Escapes
– BEN SCHUMACHER, Vice President Operations – South East Asia Pacific Rim, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
– DAVID PERKS, General Manager – Tākina Commercial Development, Wellington City Council
– LAUREN JOYCE, General Manager, Generator NZ
– RENAE TRIMBLE, Chief Executive Officer, Accor Plus

Panelists:

-GRANT BRADLEY, Deputy Business Editor, New Zealand Herald
– JAMES WILKINSON, Host & Editor-In-Chief, Wayfarer & Travel Expert, 7 Network Australia
– RUTH HOGAN, Editor, HM magazine

Panelists:

– EMMA HYNES, Director of Operations, Premium and Essentials – Australasia & Pacific, IHG Hotels & Resorts
– LES MORGAN, Chief Operating Officer, Hind Management / Sudima Hotels
– PATRICK LAYBUTT, Vice President Operations and Development, Swiss-Belhotel International
– SIMON WHITE, General Manager Hotel Operations New Zealand, EVT

NETWORKING. Gala Networking Event at Tākina Wellington, presented by Accor. (Additional registration required).

NETWORKING. After Event networking bar at Hot Sauce, QT Wellington (pay as you go).