With over two decades of experience in the Hospitality Industry, Sanjog Modgil is a transformational leader renowned for his expertise across multiple boutique and International hospitality brands. His specialization lies in Asset Management, Hotel Operations, Project Management, Franchise collaborations, and the development of high ROI ecosystems and centers of excellence.
Sanjog currently holds the position of Vice President of Asset Management at TCC Land International (Thailand)
TCC Land International serves as the hotel asset management division of the renowned TCC Group. Their dedication team encompasses professionals who are collectively responsible for managing a portfolio of non-listed privately held hotel assets located outside of Thailand.The current hotel portfolio includes properties in the USA, Australia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Sanjog, firmly believes in operational excellence and the development of the talent within the industry. He fosters a climate of engagement, encouraging individuals to think broadly and approach challenges with a global perspective. His leadership style is characterized by realistic optimism, constantly striving for positive outcomes while considering the broader implications of decisions.
By leveraging his extensive experience and global mindset, Sanjog contributes significantly to the success of TCC Land International and continues to make valuable contributions to the hospitality industry as a whole.

As Director of Hospitality in Gensler's fast-growing Asia Pacific & Middle East region, Kirk Ellis is one of Gensler’s global Hospitality Practice leaders, . His approach to finding solutions that address memorable guest experiences, revenue generation, and efficient operations is appreciated by developers and hotel operators alike.
Kirk's design leadership focuses on creating smart and effective solutions that differentiate a project in the marketplace, while also balancing aesthetics and constructability.
Having worked in cities around the world, Kirk is a recognised thought leader and speaks at industry events about factors beyond aesthetics that shape the future of hospitality design.

International hotelier and entrepreneur with extensive experience and well versed in all operational and financial aspects of running small, medium to large volume hotel operations. Exposure to various markets such as Europe, South Pacific, Middle East, Asia and Caribbean.
Proven track record to deliver positive business results while improving the tangible as well as intangible service aspects of the operation. Passionate and dedicated leader of people, committed to developing and furthering talent in the industry.

Bousserind is a life-long hotelier, from the age of 18 where she learned to assist guest luggage service with the Clefs d’Or Concierge, while graduating from an International Hospitality Management college in Paris, to her latest role as Director of Sales in luxury resorts, performing through the pandemic. Using her 14 years of experience from hotels and corporate offices in France, Benelux, United Arab Emirates and now Thailand, she is currently working for HotStats to develop profitability intelligence for hotels and developers in APAC.
Based in Bangkok, her core role is to provide hotels with profit analysis per department against their market or compset. This allows them to monitor costs while increasing margins on a monthly basis.
Hotstats is a global, hotel profit and loss benchmarking company, collecting detailed data with over 500 KPIs of depth from over 10,000 hotels every month. At the end of the day, hoteliers and owners do not put occupancy figures or even revenues in the bank, they put profit! This is what Hotstats is all about.

Yogendran initially worked in healthcare before pivoting to hospitality, his true passion, in 2007. Soon after entering the industry as a Pre-Opening Team Member, he was recruited by a major hotel chain, where his outstanding performance as an Executive Housekeeper by Compass Hospitality and Operations Manager with Arenaa Hotels Asia Holdings and would eventually earn him a promotion to the position of Business Development Manager; simultaneously, he was elected the Vice Secretary of the Malaysian Association of Housekeepers (MAHIR) by industry peers in recognition of his professional accomplishments. He is a strong advocate of treating every guest like a VIP to build client loyalty and, in turn, ensure business success. His passion for hospitality and his ability to think outside the box make him the perfect fit for his current role as the General Manager at Elysium Resorts
Yogendran's journey from the medical industry to the hotel industry is an inspiring one. His hard work, dedication, and willingness to take risks have allowed him to pursue his passion and achieve success in a completely different field. His story is a testament to the fact that it's never too late to make a career change and follow your dreams. His journey in the hotel industry is a testament to his hard work and dedication. He has excelled in various roles, He has created exceptional experiences for guests throughout his career and continues to do so through his career. He is a true leader and an inspiration to anyone looking to enter the hospitality industry. He is a true leader and an inspiration to anyone looking to enter the hospitality industry including Pre-Opening, Business Executive and Associates, Operations Manager, Executive Housekeeper, Business Development Manager, and now General Manager. His passion for hospitality and his ability to think outside the box make him the perfect fit for his current role at Elysium Resorts. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

Cinta is a results-driven professional with a proven track record in product development and commercialization within the hospitality industry, boasting over 15 years of experience in tourism technology, e-commerce, and marketing. She currently holds the position of Chief Commercial Officer at Hotelverse, a pioneering company specializing in the development of 3D Digital Twins for hotels, where she oversees the company’s international commercial strategy.
Her journey in business development for the hotel industry began with prominent OTAs such as Booking.com and Lastminute.com. Subsequently, she founded her own hotel consultancy firm, specializing in hotel distribution, where she adeptly presided for a duration of 5 years, showcasing her remarkable leadership skills. Additionally, she has served as Commercial Director for Spain and LATAM at The Hotels Network for over 7 years.
Based in Spain, Cinta is a passionate leader within the tourism industry and an outstanding communicator. Collaborating with Hotelverse, Cinta is committed to reshaping the landscape of direct hotel sales, enhancing user web interaction, and redefining the role of the direct channel within the hospitality sector.

Seasoned hospitality expert David is responsible for Dusit’s business development and expansion. His commitment to elevating brand equity places him at the forefront of the company’s representation at prestigious forums, conferences, and other industry events. With over 19 years of global experience in hotel management, David has carved a legacy of excellence and impact. He served as Vice President of Development for Onyx Hospitality Group, where he drove growth in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Other senior management positions he has held throughout his career include Cluster General Manager, Head of Pre-openings and Vice President of Operations for Onyx Hospitality Group and Vice President of Operations for Thanyapura in Phuket.

Fenady Uriarte heads the Business Development Management of Southeast Asia for STR, a division of CoStar Group, Inc. She has over 13 years of experience in hospitality and real estate with global brands such as Mandarin Oriental Group, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Raffles Hotel Singapore and Century Properties Group Inc. A graduate of Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communication in De La Salle University, Fenady has certifications in Revenue Management from Cornell University and Hotel Industry Analytics from American Hotel and Lodging Association. She also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) in Hospitality Management from Nanyang Technological University, Financial Analysis of Hotel Investments and Valuing Hotel Investments Through Effective Forecasting from Cornell. Fenady frequently presents the latest trends and updates for hospitality and tourism events, conferences and webinars in Southeast Asia.

Tim Sargeant, a New Zealand native currently residing in Thailand, has garnered recognition as one of Thailand's top 10 Chief Marketing Officers through an accolade presented by CEO Insight magazine. With two decades of combined experience in the fields of Hospitality and Marketing, Tim stands out as a creative and analytically-driven marketer. His skill set spans global hotel and resort marketing within the corporate landscape, reflecting his proficiency at both leveraging creative ingenuity and data-driven strategies.

Olivier is the VP for International Operations APAC at BWH Hotels. Berrivin has decades of experience in the hospitality industry and is a 4th generation hotelier who grew up in his family's hotel business that included four properties. He has extensive industry experience having started his career with the Lucien Barrière Hotel Group in France and having held various positions with Accor Asia. Berrivin joined BWH Hotel Group, WorldHotels' parent company, in 2015 as Managing Director - Asia, and has played a pivotal role in dramatically growing the company's presence with success in driving development of upscale brands across APAC. During his tenure with BWH Hotel Group, Berrivin has helped to grow the company's presence, especially in the upscale and boutique segments. He also implemented several key initiatives to drive improved results to the regional hoteliers, including improved Revenue Management services, sales and marketing support, new architectural and design services, and additional training for upscale properties. In his new role with WorldHotels, Berrivin will be responsible for all aspects of the operation of WorldHotels in the region and will focus his efforts on hotel development and growing brand awareness.

Sorbonne Paris and European University Geneva MBA graduate, RICS member, with over 30 years of international experience within hospitality industry in multicultural environments in Europe and Asia.
Business transformation leader specialized in pre-openings, re-brandings, renovations and re-engineering, but also in diplomatic protocol undertaking and global events organization, such as Euro 2012 football championship, COP14 & COP 19 Climate Change Conference.
Enterprising, extroverted and customer-focused sales leader with a natural ability to forge loyalty with clients, vendors and external business partners. Top performing in driving revenues, but also controlling costs to generate record levels of net operating income Aligns hotels with company protocols, procedures and brand initiatives to achieve operational excellence. Recruits develop and manage staff, create a culture of excellence, ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, maintaining high company image and perception.
Extraverted and outgoing, social personality, easily communicating in nine languages, including Thai.
During free time actively enjoys biking, golfing and swimming, follows gastro trends and listens to jazz and classic music.
Visionary, passionate and spontaneous, always ready to move forward following market trends for taking over the new, ambitious challenges within the wonder world of the Hospitality Industry.

Mr. Andrew Langston is a British national with over 35 years of experience in hospitality management and development. After a long career as both General and Regional Manager with InterContinental Hotels, he moved to Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, where he became Vice President, responsible for all hotel operations in the Asia Pacific region and business development. Following this he accepted the role of Executive Vice President, Asset Management and Strategic Advisory for Jones Lang LaSalle based in Bangkok. He has now joined Centara Hotels & Resorts as Global Senior Vice President Business Development.
Born in Marlow, England, Mr. Langston initially trained at Thanet Technical College in Kent before moving to London. His talents in the service industry were honed at the highest level early on in his career when he had the privilege of working for the British Royal Family base at Buckingham Palace, a role which included looking after Her Majesty Queen, Prince Charles, Diana the Princess of Wales and Prince William, among others.
His international career began when he relocated to Australia, and since then he has worked in no less than ten countries.

Cyrill Czerwonka has a noteworthy career, comprising of 18-years in the global hotel investment and development sectors. As Managing Director of Development, APAC with BWH Hotels, he currently oversees the company’s expansion strategy in over 10 countries.
BWH Hotels is a leading, global hospitality network with over 70 years of experience, comprising of three hotel companies: WorldHotels®, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts and SureStay Hotels®. The global network has 4,500 hotels in over 100 countries worldwide across 19 brands.
Under Cyrill’s leadership, the group experienced a period of historical growth across the region with 31 new hotels and residences signed in 2022 across 10 countries, encompassing franchise and management agreements.
His career spans across diverse international locations from Bangkok to Dubai, New Delhi and Paris and includes spells with international hotel chains such as AccorHotels, The Ascott Limited and Dusit International, in addition to property owners across Asia and EMEA.
A French national with Thai family heritage, Cyrill obtained his Master’s Degree in Business & Finance from one of France’s top business schools and also holds a certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments & Asset Management from Cornell University.

Mr. Marciano Birjmohun, serving as the Senior Vice President at Magnolia Quality Development Corporation (MQDC). With a dedicated focus on business development, he has showed his expertise to guide real estate developers through uncharted markets and the complexities of International Project Marketing. As an integral member of MQDC, Marciano contributes to the realization of the destination development vision, weaving seamlessly into the fabric of corporate strategy, management, and property development.

Krid Kusumawalee, the Director of Development for the Asia Region (excluding China) at Kempinski Hotels holds a remarkable tenure of over a decade within the hotel and tourism industry.
Krid possesses an intricate grasp of both operational intricacies and strategic management dynamics. His embodiment of the archetypal hotelier persona is illuminated through his enthusiasm for embracing challenges with a positive outlook, coupled with an unwavering commitment to professionalism and collaborative prowess. Krid's remarkable interpersonal finesse thrives within high-octane environments, rendering him an invaluable asset.
Previously, Krid played a pivotal role at Asset World Corporation, a leading Thai hotel and real estate developer, where he led product strategy and business development within the hospitality team. Krid's illustrious career has spanned internationally renowned hotel brands like Radisson Hotel Group, Dusit International, and Centara Hotels and Resorts. Academic achievements further underscore his journey, including a Master's in Tourism and Hospitality Management from Mahidol University International College, alongside an esteemed bachelor's degree in Aviation Business Management from Suan Dusit University.

With over 25 years’ experience in the Luxury hospitality and Leisure Industries. Jamie based out of Thailand, is Managing Director of Strategy, Innovation and Development for the ultra-luxury resort group, Soneva. Jamie Waring draws on his expertise across the fields of hotel and resorts, spa and wellness, health, and fitness to bring his client’s visions to reality. Inspired by those who share his passion, Jamie enjoys creating luxurious projects that are both functional and profitable. As the CEO and Founder of Waring Wellbeing he takes the perspective of the Owner to envision Wellness projects that as a priority makes good financial sense whilst delivering a compelling concept that engages the burgeoning ever-sophisticated Wellness Traveler.
Previously Jamie was Managing Director Wellness OCTAVE Institute, based in Shanghai and Suzhou, China.
Jamie started his business career in London’s financial district where he was a money broker trading currencies on the international markets. This experience made him realize that his passion and purpose is in human transformation and wellbeing and since has had over 25 years of global experience within the Fitness, Hospitality, and Wellness Industries. Whilst based in Europe Jamie was the CEO for Holmes Place Eastern Europe where he created the Icon Fitness brand which was rolled out across Europe. Previously Jamie spent five years with Six Senses Resorts & Spas in Bangkok as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. His COO responsibilities included overseeing the global operations and corporate functions of the brand’s 44 resorts and spas.

Bert is a forward-thinking disrupter, entrepreneur and the founder of CREATOR’S and TheHYPE Hotels. He works with investors, owners, hoteliers, and developers on rethinking hotel+resort spaces, real estate projects, concepts, unique adaptive reuses, and repositioning their projects.
He has held executive positions with top-level firms providing effective development, design, sales & marketing, branding, project advisory, operations, revenue management and asset management services, to the owners, institutional investors, and family offices.
Being involved in some 100s world-class hospitality projects aligned with renowned and leading hospitality brands such as InterContinental, Anantara, Holiday Inn, Hilton, Park Hyatt, Jumeriah, Marquis Marriott, Sheraton, Shangri-La and independent boutique hotels.
Currently he is working as consultants on major hospitality and real estate projects in Indonesia, Maldives and Thailand.

Mark van Ogtrop is Director at Beacon Sky Hospitality, which is a consultancy firm specializing in the hospitality sector in asset management , project development, finance advisory, market research and feasibility work, aswell as Third party operator with offices in Bangkok and Phuket.
Prior to Beacon Sky Hospitality, he was Managing Director and Sr. VP at with JinJang Hotels responsible for “Louvre Hotels Group South East Asia” and “Golden Tulip Hotels South East Asia”.
In his role he was responsible for the operation and development of the 5 brands of the Louvre Hotels Group in the ASEAN region. As such he developed South East Asia with regional offices in Bangkok and Jakarta and successfully opened and operated a portfolio of over 30 hotels in the region.
Mark has over 35 years of international hotel experience in the areas of operation of hotels, project development, opening of hotels, repositioning of hotels and experience in all hotel disciplines.
He has worked in 3 different continents in over 10 countries throughout his career of which the latter 20 years in South East Asia.
In his career he has held senior management positions as General Manager with Dusit Hotels and Resorts, VP for Dorint Hotels and Resorts in Brussels and furthermore management positions with prestigious groups like : The Peninsula Hong Kong and Peninsula Beverly Hills; Accor Brussels, Golden Tulip Hotels in New York and Sheraton Hotels in Boston.
Mark van Ogtrop is a graduate from the Hotel Management School The Hague, Netherlands.

Born and raised in Bangkok, Jay started investing in foreign stock markets as soon as he learnt about investing in Business studies at Ascot International School. “What caught my interest was that only 10% tax was deducted”. The stock market is almost 24/7, depending on the markets you play with, and that was perfect for me. I started with 10,000 THB and have turned it to 250,000 THB between 2017 to now across stocks, cryptos, and real estate.”
He invested the money he earned from stocks into the safest investment possible - real estate. Jay looks up to Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and investor in the show Shark Tank, for his rags-to-riches story and success in the property industry. Says Jay, “He has demonstrated that starting from scratch and working tirelessly can lead to success, just as he did by selling garbage bags

A Japanese national with experience of 10 years in management consulting and 12 years in doing business in Southeast Asia/India.
Launched a hotel operation business of Newlegacy Hospitality in 2015 with a motto of “We are Friends and Family Serving Friends and Family”. Its first brand “Kokotel” primarily focuses family travelers. The company operates midscale hotels of 50-200 rooms under “Kokotel” brand or owner’s original brand by taking advantage of its “Centralized Operation Team” located in Bangkok. It currently has portfolio of 11 operating properties and 8 under-construction properties throughout Thailand.
Spearheaded the Singapore operation of Dream Incubator [4310, Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st section], a leading strategy consulting and M&A advisory firm in Japan.
Has degrees from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and Nanyang Technological University (Master of Management in Hospitality) as a scholar from Singapore government, Imperial College London (MBA) and Keio University (B.A. in Policy Management).

Michael Belanger is the Vice President Commercial Strategy at GCP Hospitality, which manages a growing portfolio of over 40 properties and 7,500+ keys around the world including the Regent Hong Kong, Pullman Bangkok Hotel G, Together Co-Living Melbourne, and 14 hostels in New Zealand with Haka Lodge and YHA. Under his guidance, the company is developing commercial best practices and processes for Hotels, Hostels, Serviced Apartments and Student Accommodations.
Prior to joining GCP Hospitality, Michael worked over 15 years with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in Canada, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong, with his most recent role at the company’s flagship, InterContinental Hong Kong, as Director of Revenue Management.
Michael graduated in Hospitality Management from l’Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) in 2002 and Marketing Management at HÉC Montréal in 2004. He holds an MBA from University of Fredericton in Canada. He is also a member of HSMAI and involved in the Asia-Pacific Revenue Advisory Board and Chief Revenue Officers initiatives.

Thomas Meier is a seasoned Interior Designer and Creative Director of dwp | design worldwide partnership in Bangkok, Thailand. He comes with an extensive background in the design industry, with professional experience spanning across Asia and the Middle East.
Since graduating with a Master of Interior Architecture from the renowned Penninghen School, Paris, Thomas has over 10 years of multi-disciplinary cross-sector experience. An innovative and highly creative ‘self-starter’, Thomas leads projects from visioning and concept design through to completion. He has led the design of significant commercial projects around the world, with an emphasis on large scale public spaces, highly choreographed visitor journeys and immersive brand experience. Signature projects include Retail and Mixed-use Developments, Hotels, Residences, Corporate Headquarters, Offices, Airports, Universities and Museums. Passionate about storytelling through design and visual narratives, for every project Thomas creates a meaningful project narrative that establishes a brand defining design direction. Thomas is a great communicator, fluent in English and French languages. Skilled in design strategy, project visioning and creative thinking, Thomas brings these attributes to the design leadership of each project together with an understanding of the user experience, co-creation methodology, direction and mentoring of the design team. Thomas keeps up to date with a knowledge of global trends in retail with a forward looking approach to sustainability. With a collaborative approach Thomas ensures that client, stakeholders and design team unite around a strong creative concept to drive the project to a successful completion.
Key projects :
● S28 Luxury House, Bangkok - Thailand● Cloud 11 Office towers, Bangkok - Thailand● Moxy Hotel Rooftop, Bangkok - Thailand ● L’Oreal Office, Bangkok - Thailand● Universal Music Office, Bangkok - Thailand ● One Bangkok C3B , Bangkok - Thailand ● Mutiara Damansara, Malaysia ● Lancaster Legacy Residential, HCM ● Ferney Voltaire Retail center - France● Delhi Domestic Airport extension - India ● Hyderabad Domestic & International Airport extension - India ● Envision Headquarter - Corporate Interior - Shanghai / China● PAG Executive Penthouse, Corporate interior - Beijing / China● Kerry Retail Center, Shenyang. Retail Interior - China● Angel Maternity & Children's Hospital + Postpartum Hotel Chengdu, China● Angel Clinics. Healthcare interior. Kunming, Chengdu & Xi'an - China. ● DFS Changi T3 Airport - Fine watch / Fashion watch - Singapore● DFS Abu Dhabi - Fashion multi brand - UAE ● DFS Sihanoukville Retail center - Cambodia ● Innocell – 500 bed co-living concept / Design consultancy for Hong Kong Science Park

A Thai national with 20 years experience in property development.
Participated in 36 real estate development projects with construction of over 1.3 Million sq.m. of space in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Phuket, in the branded and non-branded residential,, hospitality and entertainment sectors. Currently holding the title of Chief Operating and Investment Officer at Proud Group.

Mr. Jens O. Reichert is the Vice President, Development, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam for Accor.
Jens oversees the development and growth functions for Accor’s hotel brands throughout the Indochina region, based form Accords Bangkok corporate office.
Prior joining Accor, Jens worked with Power International Holding, Qatar as Global Chief Development Officer & Head of Asset Real Estate Development directly responsible for ca. USD 2.3 billion in existing investments across several asset classes and ca. USD 1 billion in new developments.
Before that he worked with Cross Hotels & Resorts (a subsidiary of the Flight Centre Travel Group, Australia) as Global Chief Development Officer and Movenpick Hotels & Resorts as Vice President Development Asia Pacific based in Thailand for over 10 years. 
Over his 30-year international career Jens held positions as an investor and operator, CEO, CDO, VP, General Manager with a strong focus on hospitality, real estate, retail & commercial and luxury lifestyle.

Vignesh Mani is a competent professional with years of qualitative and enriching experience in the hospitality industry across various departments, an expert at streamlining the workflow and boosting revenue. Proven track record of quick turnaround of SBU to a successful profitable units. Developing procedures, service standards and operational policies, planning & implementing effective control measures to reduce running costs. Skilled at building effective & productive working relationships with the team members. An effective communicator with excellent interpersonal & relationship management skills. Have worked in 5 different countries and is an expert in Hotel Apartment; Service Apartment and Extended Stay Segments.

Jon is the Senior Vice President, Hotel Asset Management for Indochina, based in Bangkok. Jon has worked across Thailand in Bangkok, Phuket, and Samui for the past nine years.
Through his career which started in the United Kingdom, before moving to Australia, Jon has been working in the hospitality industry for over 20 years and the last 10 in senior management roles. In other roles he sits on the Board of the Australian Chamber of Commerce, several hospitality industry boards, and also guest lectures on business and hospitality, completing his MBA in strategic management in 2022.

Sheldon Parent has lived and worked across 6 countries in Asia these past 21 years in the development of new architecture and interior design projects as well as renovation projects in the sectors of hospitality, residential and other commercial real estate developments. He also has experience working on the operator and brokerage consultancy side managing HMA's and Leasehold acquisitions

Bharath is currently the Vice President of Revenue Management at ONYX Hospitality Group, one of Southeast Asia’s leading and fastest-growing medium-sized hospitality management companies. In his role, he heads the crucial functions of Revenue Management and Distribution systems.
Prior to joining ONYX, Bharath held several senior roles in Revenue Management and Commercial leadership across the APAC region. His most recent positions include AVP Revenue Management at Centara Hotels & Resorts Thailand, Head of Commercial at Scenic Hotel Group New Zealand, and Head of Revenue Management APAC at Oakwood Asia Pacific in Singapore.
Bharath is passionate about technology, embraces change, and always looks into the future to try and foresee what is the next big thing that will impact RM & Distribution. Throughout his career, he has worked on creating robust Revenue Management systems, processes & culture by embracing technology.Currently at ONYX Hospitality Group, he is spearheading some exciting projects that will position the company as an industry thought leader in Revenue Management and Distribution.

Elena Orru GM Pavilions, Elena is a young, passionate, high energy hospitality professional with 13+ years of hands-on luxury property management experience. Her German and Italian heritage has shaped her multi-cultural passion and enabled her to effectively lead cross-cultural teams to realize challenging goals.

A Senior Group level Director with a strong background in Business Development / Sales / CRM Loyalty Solutions / Brand Partnerships, with over 12 years of experience across various industries (namely Luxury Lifestyle, Real Estate, Digital Loyalty, Financial Institutions, Private Equity, Media, F&B and Entertainment).

Predee is a Legal Director at BH2I and Head of our Thailand office. Predee earned post-graduates’ degree from leading universities in Thailand and the United Kingdom and is a licensed Thailand Attorney-at-Law.Predee advises clients in a vast array of business and commercial transactions, including corporate, hospitality, real estate, banking, finance, REITS, data protection, technology law, employment, and securities and regulatory compliance. He counsels prominent hotel operators and developers on hotel management, branded residences, and franchise transactions in Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. He has advised several global hotel operators on all aspects of market entry into the Thailand and Asia-Pacific markets, including requirements for foreign business licenses and BOI investment promotion schemes. He provides strategic litigation counsel for disputes involving high-value hospitality and real estate assets and is a guest lecturer of law at Ramkhamhaeng University and a prestigious hospitality college in Thailand.

Beginning his career as a Fitness Trainer and Massage Therapist, Paul has been immersed in the Spa, Wellness & Fitness industry for 26 years, with an experience that has been Global and all-encompassing including Operational, Regional, Hotel Group & Corporate roles, as well as conference speaker and as a professional travelling awards judge for the world Spa Awards Association since 2014.

Primarily spending 17 years working at Director level with luxury hotel groups; Fairmont, Jumeirah and Rosewood working in Dubai, Bermuda, Canada and Thailand. In his current role as Corporate Director of Wellness with Dusit Hotels, he oversees wellness as related to all spa & Wellness operations and hotel guest experiences.

Karuna started her first business development role with a boutique hotel operator where she learnt about management agreement from the beginning. Then she got opportunity to work with Asia based Hospitality Consultant firms undertaking hotel feasibility/market studies, operator selections and general hotel asset management work. She was Business Development and Asset Management manager for Ascott International prior to joining Accor. 

Lee Lin is an international luxury hospitality and design consultant who is currently the Regional Director of NOBU Hospitality, Asia Pacific. Previously the Managing Director at ASSET WORLD CORPORATION PLC (AWC) Thailand, he was responsible for successfully implementing and driving product strategy, concept design, partnership, as well as feasibility modeling of over 60 projects. 
Prior to AWC, he was the Associate Director & Head of Business Development and Design of BLINK DESIGN GROUP Thailand where he was responsible for driving business development strategies and conceptual design on various luxury hospitality projects. 
In his 5 year stint in China, he was business director/designer with Smith Caradoc-Hodgkins Architects in Kunming and in Beijing as General Manager of MAD Architects and Head of Business Development at Atkins Asia Pacific. He is a proud “DOMER,” educated at the University of Notre Dame with a B’arch Degree, having studied and worked in Rome, Dubai, Pittsburgh, Durham, Kunming, Taichung, Beijing and now Bangkok, he is an enthusiastic and eccentric hospitality/luxury design product professional who is interested in crafting spectacular experiences that equally as impressive as relatable.

Tareq Bagaeen is a career hotelier, having worked in the industry for two and a half decades in senior commercial roles within brands like The Ritz-Carlton, Banyan Tree, Hyatt and Radisson. Early in 2016 he set up aQedina which is a company based out of Bangkok, that focuses on commercial trainings, quality, and people development for the hospitality industry. Since then, he and his team have had the pleasure to train over 16000 hotel sales professionals in 48 countries across multiple continents, companies, and cultures. 

Manish is a senior hotelier counting almost 20 years with Kempinski. He is joining the SEA Region from his most recent assignment as Area General Manager Africa, which he has taken up in 2021 while based in Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra, a bespoke property that he has managed since 2016. Before that, Manish held the role of Cluster General Manager of the Kempinski Villa Rosa & Olare Mara Kempinski. Throughout his tenure with the brand, he proved to be an individual with presence, and exceptional people skills having developed various General Managers and hotel executives. He is a hands-on and independent leader and an ambassador of Kempinski.