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 founded PHG Hotels & Resorts in 2009 in order to address a niche of the hotel market that was not being fulfilled: providing professional hospitality consulting, based on...

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...

Taha Hegazy
March 4, 2024

Taha Hegazy

Taha Hegazy possesses extensive international experience spanning Europe, MENA, and North America, with a focus on audit and advisory services. His expertise includes valuations, feasibility studies, asset management, investments, and...

Joseph Champ
March 4, 2024

Joseph Champ

<span>Joe Champ has over 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry. This experience includes extensive practical applications in the areas of hotel franchising, management contracts, hotel branding, acquisitions, dispositions,...