PROGRAM

REGISTRATIONS

WELCOME ADDRESSES

"FIRST PANEL DISCUSSION"

“From digital to artificial intelligence: Hotels in the era of new technological revolution”

Moderator

Elina Litsa,, Director, Transactional Advisory Services, Grant Thornton

Speakers

Andriew Lim, Professor of Technopreneurship and Innovation – Hotelschool The Hague, Hospitality Business School, the Netherlands Steve Lowy, Head of Toposophy UK & Chairman of the Hotel Marketing Association

Katerina Santikou, CEO, Workathlon & Business Development Director, Santikos Collection

Moritz von Petersdorff-Campen, CEO, SuitePad

"SECOND PANEL DISCUSSION"

“Hotels Refreshed: Adapting the hotel product to the needs of today”

Moderator

Elias Bellos, Journalist, “Kathimerini”

Speakers

Kash Bhattacharya, Travel blogger and Marketeer

Renzo Iorio, COO AccorHotels Italy, Greece, Israel & Malta

Michael Mavropoulos, Regional Director East Mediterranean, TUI Destination Services

Charalambos Voulgaris, CEO, Kontokali Bay Resort & Spa and Aeolos Beach – Vice President, Hotel Association of Corfu – Member of the BoD, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels

"THIRD PANEL DISCUSSION"

“Changing consumer behavior: a brand new marketplace”

Moderator

Marina Protonotariou, Journalist, “Parapolitika” & “Eleftheria tou Typou”

Speakers

Alexandros Angelopoulos, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Environmental Policy Committee of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels – CEO of Aldemar Resorts

Chara Georgiadou, Ιndustry Manager at trivago for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey

Olivier Henry Biabaud, CEO, TCI Research

Tjeerd Zandberg, Researcher at European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI) & Academy of International Hospitality Research (AIHR)

"FOURTH PANEL DISCUSSION"

“Hotel Sales and Marketing in the Tech Era”

Moderator

Maria Theofanopoulou, CEO, Greek Travel Pages

Speakers

Jean-Claude Balanos, Vice President Leisure Sales, AccorHotels

Pavlos Foskolakis, Senior Manager – Digital Field Marketing, Southern Europe, Marriott International

Neville Graham, Managing Director International Member Services, Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Agapi Sbokou, co-CEO SHG, Member of the board of directors of SETE (Confederation of Greek Tourism Enterprises), Member of the board of directors of Marketing Greece