Leora Halpern Lanz
March 4, 2024

Leora Halpern Lanz

Leora Halpern Lanz is the principal of LHL Communications, a hospitality content marketing, branding and media relations advisory. She is also full-time faculty teaching various marketing classes at Boston University’s...

Mark VanStekelenburg

I grew up in the Netherlands and various states as our family moved around quite a bit. After living in 8 states and abroad, I moved to Ithaca in 2000...

Alan Tantleff
March 4, 2024

Alan Tantleff

Alan Tantleff is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in New York. He leads the Hospitality, Gaming and Leisure practice within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring...

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,...

Alexi Khajavi, Honorary

Alexi Khajavi is President of Hospitality & Travel for Questex LLC, a global business intelligence company that informs and connects buyers and sellers across five key sectors; hospitality, travel, healthcare,...

Tea Ros
March 4, 2024

Tea Ros

Tea Ros is the Founder and Managing Director of Strategic Hotel Consulting, an international management consulting firm specialising in hotel investments. Tea is based in Switzerland and has 20 years...

Ivar Yuste
March 4, 2024

Ivar Yuste

Ivar Yuste is the founder and sole partner of PHG Hotels & Resorts, the leading independent boutique hotel advisory firm in Spain, established in 2009. He has been a member...

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...

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,...

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...