Dermot Ryan
March 4, 2024

Dermot Ryan

As the Managing Director of Hospitality at MGAC with overall responsibility for the success of our client’s ground-up and renovation hotel projects. Over the past 30 years, I have successfully...

John Fareed
March 4, 2024

John Fareed

John Fareed, MSc CHME ISHC, is the Global Chairman for Horwath HTL. He leads the global brand and oversees the firm’s US offices. Over the past twenty-five years, Fareed’s consulting...

James Lehouiller
March 4, 2024

James Lehouiller

"What can we do better?" is James Lehouiller's battle cry as he travels the globe overseeing the DiLeonardo team's work on six continents. During a career that has taken him...

Rachel Roginsky
March 4, 2024

Rachel Roginsky

I am the Owner and Founder of Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc., one of the nation’s leading, full-service hospitality consulting firms. I have extensive experience providing hotel owners, lenders, investors and...

Marlo Fogelman
March 4, 2024

Marlo Fogelman

Marlo is the founder of Marlo Marketing, a full-service marketing agency with offices in Boston and NYC. Marlo began the agency in 2004 with one staff member and four core...

Glenn Carroll
March 4, 2024

Glenn Carroll

Glenn Carroll Consulting specializes in the commercial performance of hotels. With over 30 years of experience across several hotel companies, both small and large, and career experience that has taken...

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,...

Scott Antel
March 4, 2024

Scott Antel

Scott Antel is an internationally regarded emerging markets hotels & hospitality lawyer. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising both owners/developers and international operators in the Middle East, Russia/CIS,...

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...