Chad Crandell
March 4, 2024

Chad Crandell

Chad Crandell is Managing Director/CEO of CHMWarnick, the leading provider of hotel asset management and owner advisory services. Chad has 30 plus years’ experience in the hospitality industry, the majority...

Ayhan Yeginsu
March 4, 2024

Ayhan Yeginsu

With over 50 years of international experience in the hospitality and leisure industry, he started his career in hotel management with Sheraton and Kempinski Hotels. He has held senior management positions with Panorama Leisure,...

John McCarthy
March 4, 2024

John McCarthy

Born and raised in Mexico. 35 plus years of experience in tourism development, including master-planned communities, hotels, resorts, golf, marinas, timeshares, etc. Head of Bancomer’s Tourism Division and Head of...

Trevor Ward
March 4, 2024

Trevor Ward

Trevor is a specialist consultant in the hospitality and real estate industries. From the late 1980s he has specialised in the provision of advisory services to clients in developing countries,...

Benjamin Hirasawa
March 4, 2024

Benjamin Hirasawa

Benjamin (Ben) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Benjamin Hirasawa Hospitality International. He previously was a Partner at DLA Piper and Clyde & Co. During this time he led...

Ivar Yuste
March 4, 2024

Ivar Yuste

Ivar Yuste is the founder of hospitality consulting firm PHG Hotels & Resorts, the leading boutique hotel advisory firm in Spain. Ivar joined The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC)...

Vijay Thacker
March 4, 2024

Vijay Thacker

Practicing as a hotel consultant since 1986, and contributed to evolution of Indian hospitality industry – consulted for the largest hotel; award winning luxury hotels; the first convention center; planning...

Herbert Mascha, Emeritus

I live in Vienna, Austria, and received engineering degrees from the University of Vienna and the University of Florida. Since the late nineties, I have worked for hotel owners and...

Ron de Wit
March 4, 2024

Ron de Wit

Ron is a Managing Director in Horwath HTL in Australia and has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry in Australia and the South Pacific from initially working...