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Hospitality
Conference
MAIN EVENT
IN THE HOSPITALITY WORLD
International Hopsitality Conference - is an international platform where management of leading hotels in Ukraine together with Eastern Europe region experts analyzes and forms a development roadmap, helps to translate expert ideas into real actions through a dialogue among industry experts and a review of successful hotel business cases.
This year, keynote speakers of the international hotel conference in Ukraine will talk about changes in the world of hospitality. You will learn about new trends, innovative solutions, successful cases of the world's leading hotels, which appearance became logical consequence of the evolved travellers demand and guests expectations from staying at a hotel.


- Searching for the ways to fuel your revenue? Learn how guest data may generate new bookings!
- GUESTS PREFER APARTMENTS TO YOUR HOTEL ROOMS?Understand what the modern guest is missing!
- Getting harder to maintain high occupancy? Find out the tools to attract and impress new demographic of traveller!
- Want your restaurant to become trendy both for tourists and locals? Hear about different approaches to running a hotel restaurant!
- Do not know how to promote your hotel? Discover new marketing strategies!
- Starting a hotel? Learn about the key to success in the context of future changes!
Who attends?
- Hotel owners and GMs
- Marketing and Sales directors
- F&B managers
- Hospitality suppliers
- Potential investors
Why attend?
- Learn from international experts
- Get inspired by real cases
- Discover the latest trends in hospitality
- Make lasting connections that count
SPEED NETWORKING
Business speed networking allows you to increase the efficiency of any business event at times. Minimum of time - maximum of useful and new contacts!
This year, this format will again become a part of the International Hospitality Conference 2020. And in just an hour you will be able to get acquainted with the maximum number of participants at the event and determine with whom you would like to continue business communication during the conference, and with whom - make an appointment later.
How it works?
100 - 150 participants within an hour will be able to briefly tell about themselves and their business to each other. We ask participants to come up with a short 60-second presentation, in which they will briefly tell about themselves and their activities. And also take themselves a sufficient number of business cards.
Benefits of participation:
- The main goal of Business speed networking is to meet as many people as possible in the shortest possible time.
- a short acquaintance can help decide with whom you could continue business communication during the conference or make an appointment later.
- increases the efficiency of your time spent at the conference.
- people are more open to cooperation with those whom they previously met in a welcoming atmosphere.
- removes the awkwardness of the first contact, a simple and easy way to form new business acquaintances.
Benefits of participation:
- The main goal of Business speed networking is to meet as many people as possible in the shortest possible time.
- a short acquaintance can help decide with whom you could continue business communication during the conference or make an appointment later.
- increases the efficiency of your time spent at the conference.
- people are more open to cooperation with those whom they previously met in a welcoming atmosphere.
- removes the awkwardness of the first contact, a simple and easy way to form new business acquaintances.
SPEED NETWORKING
Business speed networking allows you to increase the efficiency of any business event at times. Minimum of time - maximum of useful and new contacts!
This year, this format will again become a part of the International Hospitality Conference 2020. And in just an hour you will be able to get acquainted with the maximum number of participants at the event and determine with whom you would like to continue business communication during the conference, and with whom - make an appointment later.
How it works?
100 - 150 participants within an hour will be able to briefly tell about themselves and their business to each other. We ask participants to come up with a short 60-second presentation, in which they will briefly tell about themselves and their activities. And also take themselves a sufficient number of business cards.

Rande
Originally from Estonia, Heleri has lived in seven countries and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from New York University in Economics and Business, as well as an Executive MBA in Hospitality Administration from École Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland.
After leading Puccini Group’s growth in EMEA for two years, she has partnered with THINK Hospitality to deliver on F&B strategy projects helping brands and owners assess the market, find the right concept positioning and/or operator & chef for the properties.
Her portfolio includes the likes of Accor, Hilton, Kempinski, EC4 Hotels, SuperCity Group, Puro Hotels and Marriott. She is the Contributing Editor of Supper Magazine & programme director and moderator at various major hospitality events around the world.

Hacon

Sekutowska
She worked on financing numerous energy projects in North America at Credit Suisse Investment Banking. She then moved to structure real estate projects in North America and the Caribbean at Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
For last ten years Magdalena has developed hotels at Hilton in Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently based in Warsaw and her focus is on developing the Hilton portfolio of hotel brands in Poland, Ukraine, the Czech and Slovak Republics. She has been responsible for developing over 40 projects in the region.

Feuillat
Currently Alexis Feuillat works at IHG as Development Director for Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, CIS & Baltics. IHG is one of the key international hotel operators in the region with 39 managed and franchised hotels and with a pipeline of 30 hotels to open in the next 3 years.

Aleksandraviciute
Previously she worked as Accorhotels Development Projects Manager for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for Orbis Hotel Group/ACCOR, taking care of rebranding, development and acquisition hotel projects in the region.
Brigita finished a postgraduate course at the Swiss Hotel Management School as well as Vilnius University Economy Faculty, Holding International Business Master Degree. She had her managerial internship in Chicago, United States and held various managerial positions in hotel operations at Novotel Vilnius Center Hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania.

White
University of Bedfordshire, UK. Throughout her life career, she has been working in various international
hotel chains worldwide, such as Best Western Hotels, Melia Hotels International and Belmond Hotels,Trains & Cruises.
Alexandra is a strategic sharp thinker, who anticipates opportunities and risks, identifies issues and develops action plans. Analytical mindset, precision in numbers help her in her daily work at STR.
Alexandra values integrity and honesty in a relationship with her clients and colleagues. She focuses on understanding client’s needs, so the approach is tailored to them and their requirements.
STR is a company that tracks supply and demand in the hotel industry and provides a valuable analysis of the market share of international and regional hotel chains, as well as independent hotels. STR’s standard and specialized reports help to better understand the trends of past periods, orient in market forecasts and analyze the dynamics of supply and demand in the hotel industry.

Sidletska
Hotel Odessa, Bristol Hotel Odessa, and Formula Wellness SPA.
More than 15 years of experience in building a hotel complex management system.
Over 6 years of experience in senior management positions in Front Office, Sales and Marketing at 4 and
5 star hotels.
Member of the Alumni Club of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University (New York).
Graduate of Strategic Business Planning (Swedish Agency for International Development).
Holds a Hotel Valuation certificate by Lausanne Hospitality Consulting.
Leading expert of industry periodicals, moderator and forum speaker.

Landen
Revinate’s partner ecosystem. This entails creating strategic partnerships with the
hotel technology industry to strengthen the integrations for Revinate’s hospitality
CRM.
Prior to joining Revinate, Thomas gained more than twelve years of international
marketing and sales experience around the globe. He held positions at The Fairmont,
St. Andrews Bay in Scotland and TBA Global Marketing where he worked for a
variety of brands like Apple, Pixar, ING and GlaxoSmithKline.
Thomas has a degree in Hotel Management from Stenden Hotelschool in The
Netherlands and Master’s Degree in Strategic Marketing. He is a Dutch native who
loves exploring the world with his family.

Slater
An e-commerce Pioneer and Tech Evangelist at heart, Olaf Slater started his career in travel in the 90’s when he built one of the first online booking engines, after deciding to relocate from Canada to Germany. Innovation and disruption have since been a primary focus in all roles, facilitating successful ecommerce pivots at numerous companies in travel.
Previously he held positions in public and private equity backed businesses in the tourism industry in Germany, the UK and the USA, including Travel Technology businesses where he led the evolution and repositioning of the e-commerce and direct distribution portfolios in the travel tech industry.
Olaf Slater is a certified specialist in the areas of Digital Disruption, Innovation and Strategy from leading universities such as Kellogg, MIT, Columbia and INSEAD.

Clarke
For the past five years Amy has been leading the ecommerce strategy for EMEA at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts to drive direct bookings for franchisees. More recently Amy has expanded her role to include loyalty marketing with the highly acclaimed Wyndham Rewards programme, and brand marketing, to provide a holistic strategy designed to help hotels capitalise on the value of the Wyndham family of brands.

Konieczny
Previously Adam was a Country Head Poland at Christie & Co and responsible for identifying hotel opportunities across Poland and CEE for the development and expansion of the company in the region. He has been involved in several advisory and valuation assignments as well as operator search and section processes and investment transactions.
Prior to Christie & Co, Adam worked several years as a Senior Consultant in the hospitality area, at DTZ´s (now Cushman & Wakefield) investment & hospitality department.
Adam Konieczny has a Master of Arts in Management from Warsaw School of Economics and a Master of Science in Real Estate from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He also obtained a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University. Adam is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Dligach
International agency Luniter troubleshooting representative in Central and Eastern Europe, head of the GOSH strategy center, founder of iVentures (the holding of Internet projects).
Co-founder of the Civil Platform "Nova Kraina".

Loun
Convinced that further development of the hospitality industry in Ukraine will be based on expanding MICE product & proposition, further expansion of international hotel brands & corporations and inflow of foreign asset capital. This will raise the service quality bar and operational efficiency of hotels in the area, will make them more technologically advanced.
Received his education from Lviv National University, a degree in International Economic Relations (1998). Later got his MBA at École hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland (2003).







































WHITE

Feuillat

Sekutowska

Aleksandraviciute

Konieczny

Dligach

LANDEN

Clarke

SLATER
- Markets forecasts
- What hoteliers should do to improve the situation?
Key points:
-Industry trends & insights
-F&B fundamentals in hotels, e.g. outsourcing vs. operating in-house
-Organisational structure to support F&B operations internally
-Relevant case studies
Key points:
-Industry trends & insights
-F&B fundamentals in hotels, e.g. outsourcing vs. operating in-house
-Organisational structure to support F&B operations internally
-Relevant case studies
- To brand, or not to brand, that is the question: management contracts, leases & franchises - assessing value for the owner.
- Eternal challenge: finding & retaining talent from young generations of employees.
- To brand, or not to brand, that is the question: management contracts, leases & franchises - assessing value for the owner.
- Eternal challenge: finding & retaining talent from young generations of employees.
- To brand, or not to brand, that is the question: management contracts, leases & franchises - assessing value for the owner.
- Eternal challenge: finding & retaining talent from young generations of employees.
• Guest Data – Collection, Challenges, Analysis
• Ruby Hotels: Driving revenue through flash sales
• Wyndam: Maximizing hotel investment through guest data analysis
• Pulitzer Hotel: Hotel experience design based on guest data
• Hotel St Gallen: Growing a local community restaurant and bar through targeted marketing
This year, this format will again become a part of the International Hospitality Conference 2019. And in just an hour you will be able to get acquainted with the maximum number of participants at the event and determine with whom you would like to continue business communication during the conference, and with whom - make an appointment later.

Neskovic

Mitulski

Malec

Bischoff

Fornaro

Attala

Matouchkine

Bangert

Mitulski

Malec

Attala

Matouchkine

Neskovic

Bischoff

Fornaro

Bangert
*Number of seats is limited
MAIN EVENT
IN THE HOSPITALITY WORLD
HOTEL FIELD CONFERENCE
ON INNOVATIONS AND INDUSTRY CHANGES
International Hopsitality Conference - is an international platform where management of leading hotels in Ukraine together with Eastern Europe region experts analyzes and forms a development roadmap, helps to translate expert ideas into real actions through a dialogue among industry experts and a review of successful hotel business cases.
This year, keynote speakers of the international hotel conference in Ukraine will talk about changes in the world of hospitality. You will learn about new trends, innovative solutions, successful cases of the world's leading hotels, which appearance became logical consequence of the evolved travellers demand and guests expectations from staying at a hotel.
Business opportunities:
- Acquire new contacts with key decision-makers of hospitality industry
- Be represented in all advertisements and publications related to the event throughout the PR campaign before, during and after the event
- Present company or product to vast amount of potential clients at the event
- Be represented in the promotional materials of the Awards
One of the principal tasks of the project is to develop a unique platform for cooperation, establishing new contacts and brand promotion among potential customers.


Get acquainted with as many potential partners as possible in the shortest amount of time.
Only for hoteliers and official partners of the conference.
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