Architecture & Design
- Brian West, President, LifeStyling
- Douglas Nysse, Principal, Kahler Slater
- Mark Johnson, President, Loyalty 360 - The Loyalty Marketer’s Association
- Michael Bedner, Chairman & CEO, Hirsch Bedner Associates
- Nicole Gould, Senior Interior Designer, Hatchett Hospitality
- Roger G. Hill, Chief Executive Officer, The Gettys Group Inc.
- Scott B. Brickman, CEO, Brickman
Boutique Hotels
Concierge
- Elaine Oksner, Guest and Concierge Services Trainer, Hospitality Excellence, Inc.
- Holly Stiel, President, Thank You Very Much Inc.
- Leigh Anne Dolecki, President, The Northern California Concierge Association
- Marjorie Silverman, Honorary President, UICH, Les Clefs d'Or
- Shujaat Khan, Chief Concierge, The Capital Hilton
Conferences & Meetings
- Bruce Fears, President, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
- Greg Pesik, President and CEO, Passkey International
- John Arenas, Chief Executive Officer, Worktopia
- Lynn McCullough, Executive Director, ACOM
- Marilyn Healey, President , Association for Convention Operations Management
- Michael Boult, President & CEO, StarCite, Inc.
Cultural Tourism
Development & Construction
- Berno-H. Feuring Sr., Chairman & CEO, Feuring Visionary Hotel Development
- Donald R. Boyken, Chairman and Chief Executive, Boyken International
- Fred B. Roedel, III, Partner & Managing Member, Roedel Companies, LLC
- Howard C. Nusbaum, President & CEO, American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
- Larry K. Kimball, Director of Hotel Development, C. W. Clark, Inc.
- Rollin Bell, Founder / CEO, PCM Construction
Diversity Issues
- Agnes L. DeFranco, President, Conrad University Diversity Institute
- Cheryl Duke, President, W.C. Duke & Associates
- Darrell Schuurman, Co-Founder, Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Ellen L. Shackelford, President, Connections Access Consulting Services, LLC (CACS)
- Jane Renton, General Manager, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel
- Jeff Guaracino, Vice President, Communications, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp
- John Hogan, Director of Education & Cultural Diversity, Best Western
- Olivier Poirot, CEO, Accor North America
Executive Leadership
- Andy Dolce, Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner, Dolce International
- Clyde Guinn, Senior Vice President, Stanford Hotels
- Dawn Walzak, First Vice President, Tishman Hotel Corporation
- Jed Heller, President, The Providence Group
- Jeffrey Catrett, Dean, Kendall College Les Roches School of Hospitality Management
- Michael Goldstein, President & CEO, Packard Hospitality Group
- Morris E. Lasky, Chief Executive Officer, Lodging Unlimited, Inc.
- Nigel Lobo, Vice President of Resort Operations, Grand Pacific Resorts
- Olivier Bottois, Managing Director & COO, The Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa
- Paul R. Kremp, General Manager, Rochester Plaza Hotel & Conference Center
- Rajagopal Venkatraman, Professor, Pacific International Hotel Management School
- Robert M. O’Halloran, Ph.D, Professor & Chair, Hospitality Management , East Carolina University
- Sanjay Nijhawan, COO, Guoman Hotels (UK)
- Scott D. Hollis, Senior Vice President, Avendra, LLC
- W. Don Turner, Board Chair, California Lodging Industry Association
Family Travel
Finance & Investment
- Bill Boyar, Chairman, Boyar and Miller
- Bob Carr, Chairman & CEO, Heartland Payment Systems
- Bryan J. Clark, President & CEO, Lion CFC Inc
- Chris Bills, Chief Operating Officer, The Summit Group
- Christopher G. Hurn, President & CEO, Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC
- Donald Trump Jr., Executive Vice President Development & Acquisition, The Trump Organization
- Elie Younes, Associate, HVS International
- Gavin Davis, Director, Neptune Hospitality Advisors, Inc.
- John Tess, President & CEO, Heritage Consulting
- Jose Acosta, COO, pZi Services
- Joshua Miller, Principal, Niche Advisors
- Lori Raleigh, Executive Director, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
- Mike Handelsman, General Manager, BizBuySell.com
- Neale Redington, Partner, Deloitte
- Robert Plotka, Managing Director, CityScape Capital Group
- Thomas E. Pastore, CEO & Founder, Sanli Pastore & Hill
Food & Beverage
- Ahmed Rahim, Alchemist, Numi Tea
- Al Ferrone, Sr Director F&B Marketing, Hilton
- Ed Thompson, Vice President, Quality Assurance, Avendra, LLC
- Gerald A. Fernandez, Sr., President & Founder, Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance
- Juan Carlos Flores Mazon, Executive Sommelier, Pueblo Bonito Hotels Resorts & Spas
- Kevin Batters, Vice President Food & Beverage, Stanford Hotels Corporation
- Robert Trainor, Exec Chef, Hilton
- Stowe Shoemaker, Associate Dean of Research, Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
- Susie Ross, Founder, Waiter Training
Fractional, Mixed-Use, & Condo Hotels
Franchising
Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment
Guest Service / Customer Experience Management
- Carl Schneider, Founder, GuestRights
- David Benton, Vice President and General Manager, The Rittenhouse Hotel
- John Ely, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Signature Worldwide
- Michael Waddell, Managing Director, INTEGRITYOne Partners
- Richard D. Hanks, Chairman and President, Mindshare Technologies
- Roberta Nedry, President, Hospitality Excellence, Inc.
- Steven Ferry, Chairman, International Institute of Modern Butlers
Hospitality Law
- Al DeNapoli, Partner, Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C.
- Andrew Glincher, Office Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
- Bob Chasnow, Attorney, Holland & Knight
- Dan Brown, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Daniel Croley, Labor and Employment & Litigation, Futterman & Dupree
- Jonathan Greenbaum, Partner, Nixon Peabody
- Jonathan Gilbert, Chair, Gunster, Law Leisure & Resorts Group
- Laura K. Christa, Founding Member, Christa & Jackson
- Marjorie Obod, Partner, Dilworth Paxson LLP
- Marta Fernandez, Senior Member Global Hospitality Group, Partner Labor & Employment Group, JMBM LLP
- Michael Wildes, Partner , Wildes & Weinberg
- Michael C. Schmidt, Partner, Cozen O'Connor
- Nelson Migdal, Real Estate, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Tara K. Gorman, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Theodore C. Max, Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Victor P. Haley, Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP
- William A. Brewer III, Co-Founding & Co-Managing Partner, Bickel & Brewer
Hotel Market Reports
Hotel Operations
- Dennis M. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avendra, LLC
- Ed Offshack, Associate Director, Global Technology Development, Proctor & Gamble
- Joanna Harralson, Vice President Operations, The Insight Group International
Insurance
- Richard Dahm, Senior Risk Consultant, National Hospitality Division, Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Lodging Entertainment
- Jeff Coy, President, JLC Hospitality Consulting
Luxury Travel
Public Relations & Publicity
- Dee Dee Dochen, Founder & Owner, DDD Marketing Communications
- Didi Lutz, President, Didi Lutz PR
- Doug Luciani, Chief Associate, PRofit from PR - Public Relations & Marketing
- Georgi Bohrod, Principal, GBG & Associates
- Gini Dietrich, President & Founder, Arment Dietrich Inc.
- Jennifer Rodrigues, Visibility Specialist, ThinkInk PR
- Lanny Grossman, President, EM50 Communications
- LeJane Carson, Principal, Carson Stoga Communications
- Mary Gendron, President, Middleton & Gendron, Inc.
- Susan Stoga, Principal, 1511 Lake Shore Drive South
Recruitment & Training
- Doug Walner, President & CEO, Psychological Services, Inc.
- Erik Van Slyke, Founding Partner, Solleva Group
- Jason Ferrara, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, CareerBuilder
- Joyce Gioia, CEO, Employer of Choice, Inc
- Matt Symonds, Founder & Director, ECS Education and Career Services
- Paul Feeney, President, Sanford Rose Associates
- Tracey Holloway, Vice President of Human Resources, Stanford Hotels Corporation
Revenue Management
Sales & Marketing
- Alan Villaverde, Vice President & General Manager, Peabody Orlando
- Andrew Freeman, President, Andrew Freeman & Company
- Bob Dauner, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, BeDynamic, Inc
- Bonnie Knutson, Professor, The School of Hospitality Business/MSU
- Debbie Bermont, President, Source Communications
- Edward Donaldson, VP Marketing, Small Luxury Hotels of the World
- Erik Fisher, Clinical Psychologist, Author, Erik A. Fisher, PhD
- Gary Leopold, President & CEO, ISM
- Georges Panayotis, President, MKG Consulting
- Janine Roberts, Director of Sales and Marketing, Tradavo
- Jim Butler, Partner - Real Estate Department,, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP
- John Manderfeld, President, Marin Management, Inc.
- Johnna Freud, Qualitative Research Moderator, Saul Cohen & Associates
- Josiah MacKenzie, Founder, Gradigio Group
- Marc Portugal, Director of Marketing, Bortz Group of Companies
- Michael J. Cheatham, Director of Sales Recruitment, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- Mike Paton, Senior Vice President, Signature Worldwide
- Naseem Javed, Founder, ABC Namebank International
- Pam Streeter, Vice President Distribution and Marketing, Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- Rob Rush, CEO, LRA Worldwide
- Robert Gilbert, President & CEO, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Int. (HSMAI)
- Sandy Heydt, President, Panetiere Marketing Advisors
- Shaun Burchard, President, Meridian Hospitality Group, Inc.
- Stacy Shaw, President & Founder, m-k-t-g
- Steve McKee, President, McKee Wallwork Cleveland
- Todd D. Scholl, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Peabody Little Rock
Sales & Marketing: Hotel Branding
Security & Safety
Spas, Health & Fitness
- Bryan Green, President & CEO, Advantage Fitness Products
- Casey Olsen, Owner, Spa Sources
- Elaine Fenard, Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Europe and U.S., Spatality
- Gary Henkin, President & Founder, WTS International
- Gayle Bulls Dixon, Owner/Founder, Breathe Spa Management Company
- Jacqueline Clarke, Research Director, Diagonal Reports
- Jane Segerberg, Founder & President, Segerberg Spa Consulting, LLC
- Judy Singer, President & Co-Owner, Health Fitness Dynamics, Inc.
- Kurt A. Broadhag, President, K Allan Consulting
- Lisa Starr, Partner, Preston Wynne, Inc.
- Melinda Minton, Founder, The Spa Association / Spa Secure
- Nina Curtis, Founder & President, The Nile Institute
- Peggy Borgman, President, Preston Wynne, Inc.
- Peter Anderson, President, Anderson & Assoicates
- Todd Walter, Chief Executive Officer, Red Door Spa Holdings
Sustainable (Green) Hotels
- Arthur Weissman, President and CEO, Green Seal, Inc.
- Bill Meade, Partner, PA Consulting Group
- Jeff Slye, Senior Consultant, Five Winds International
- Jim Poad, Director of Client Solutions, Advantage IQ
- Jim Motavalli, Editor, E Magazine
- Louis D'Amore, Founder & President, International Institute of Peace through Tourism
- Mike Sawchuk, President & General Manager, Enviro-Solutions
- Rani Bhattacharyya, Hospitality & Tourism Research Director, Green Seal, Inc.
- Sam Small, Vice President - Developing Markets, Bamboo Living
- Steve Kiesner, Director of National Accounts, Edison Electric Institute
- Tyler Tatum, Marketing Strategy Consultant,
Technology: High Speed Internet Access
Technology: In-house Solutions
- Cid Jenkins, Vice President, ATG's eStara
- Connie Rheams, , Altiuspar
- David Chin, Director of Information Technology, Stanford Hotels Corp.
- Hilary Murphy, Professor of IT amd E- marketing, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland
- John Federman, CEO, eStara
- Mark Tapling, President & CEO, InfoGenesis
- Mark Holzberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Technology Solutions, Inc.
- Maurice Martin, iRise Inc., President, COO & Founder
- Michael DiLeva, Executive Vice President, The IDT Group
- Pedro Colaco, President & CEO , GuestCentric Systems
- Shirley Tafoya, President, TravelZoo
- Tina Stehle, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Agilysys Hospitality Solutions Group
Technology: Internet Marketing
- Blake Suggs, Account Director & Integration Specialist, Range Online Media
- Grazia Sorice Ochoa, Senior Category Director, Travel Category, Yahoo! Search Marketing
- Hillary S. Bressler, Founder & President, .Com Marketing
- Hugo Burge, Vice President, Cheapflights
- Jacki Kelley, Yahoo! Category Development Officer, Travel
- Jerry Tarasofsky, CEO, iPerceptions Inc.
- Kristie Willmott, Group Director of E-Business & Customer Development, Jumeirah
- Max Starkov, President & CEO, Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Inc
- Michael Kasprzyk, CEO, Thinwires, LLC
- Michael A. Gross, President & CEO, Global Travel International, Inc.
- Paolo Boni, President & Chief Executive Officer, VFM Leonardo, Inc.
- Rob Käll, President, Bookt LLC
- Robert King, General Manager, Travel & Hospitality, ClickSquared
- Steve Morse, General Manager, Travel & Hospitality, ClickSquared
- Tema Frank, President, Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc.
- Teri Utley, Senior Account Manager, Range Online Media
Technology: Online Reservations
- Brian Dass, President & Co-Founder, Open Hospitality
- Drew Rosser, VP of Business Development, Whiteboard Labs
- John Piescik, Chief Operating Officer, eStara, Inc.
- Kevin Williams, Vice President of Distribution, TravelWorm
- Kristi White, Director of Revenue Optimization, TravelCLICK, Inc.
- Mike Stacy, Cheif Executive Officer, Groople.com
- Mike Kistner, President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, Pegasus Solutions
Technology: Search Engines
Technology: Virtual 3-D