Hotel Yearbook | Authors

Hotel Yearbook Authors

GREG ABBOTT
SVP DataArt
COLIN ABERCROMBIE
Managing Director at Abercrombie Training and Management Consultancy
DR. PETER AGEL
Global Segment Leader Hotels at Oracle
PHILIP ALFORD
Project Lead, Digital Transformation, Bournemouth University
NIGEL ALLPORT
Vice President - EMEA at Digital Alchemy CRM
GIOVANNI ANGELINI
Advisor & Consultant at Angelini Hospitality
ANGELA ANTHONISZ
Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
CHRIS ATKIN
Chief Commercial Officer at iRiS Software Systems Ltd
ANNE-MARIE AURIAULT
Senior Adviser – Head of Asset Management for Eurofin
ZORAN BAČIĆ
Senior Partner and Managing Director of Horwath HTL, Italy
PHILIP BACON
Director, Planning & Development at Horwath HTL
STEVE BAEK
Director at Horwath HTL Singapore
ROBERT BARTELDS
Head of Hospitality Product and Strategy, TP Vision Netherlands B.V.
ALEX BATCHELOR
Chief Operating Officer at BrainJuicer
JOBY BERETTA
Founder and Executive Director at The Bench
JÖRG P. BERGER
CEO at SIHOT (GUBSE AG)
DAVE BERKUS
Author of 14 business books and of the popular blog, BERKONOMICS
CHRISTINE BEUCHERT
Senior Director, Marketing and Ecommerce Strategy at Marcus Hotels & Resorts
RAVNEET BHANDARI
Chief Executive Officer at LodgIQ
MICHAEL BLAKE
Executive Vice President & CEO at Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
FLOOR BLEEKER
Chief Information Officer at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
MARKUS BOBERG
Vice President Business Development at ASSA ABLOY Hospitality
PIERRE BOETTNER
founder and CEO, hospitality pulse
BRANKO BOGUNOVIĆ
Project Manager / Partner at Horwath HTL
BERNHARD BOHNENBERGER
President of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
CARSON BOOTH
C-Suite Technology Strategist
PATRICK BOSWORTH
Co-Founder and CEO at Duetto
JOHN BOWEN
Founder and CEO at MediaConcepts
OLIVIER BRACARD
Co Founder & CEO at HOSCO
FRAN BRASSEUX
Executive Vice President of HSMAI
EMILE BREURE
Olery BV
JASON BRYANT
Founder and co-CEO at Nor1
BONNIE BUCKHIESTER
President & CEO at Buckhiester Management
JOHN BURNS
Hospitality Technology Consultant
EILIDH CALLUM
Consultant with Horwath HTL Singapore
MARIANO CARRIZO
Formerly with Horwath HTL
MARIANO CARRIZO
Formerly with Horwath HTL
ASHLEIGH CARROLL
Student at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai
JEFFREY CATRETT
Academic Director at Institut Paul Bocuse
RAJ CHANDNANI
Vice President, Strategy for WATG and Wimberly Interiors
SANJAY CHIB
Program Manager Global BBA and academic faculty at Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
SANJA CIZMAR
Formerly with Horwath HTL
KATE CLARK
Global VP of Product Management for Managed Services at Oracle | MICROS
ROBERT COLE
Founder of RockCheetah
GALEN COLLINS
Professor, School of Hotel and Restaurant Managment, W.A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University
CHRISTOPHER H. CORDEY
CEO | Strategic Foresight Advisor at Futuratinow
RACHEL CRAWFORD
Head of Events and Special Initiatives for Generator
CIARA CROSSAN
Founder & CEO at WeddingDates
ALEXANDER DÖRSAM
Head of Security Services at Antago GmbH
LENNERT DE JONG
Commercial Director at citizenM
MICHELE DE WITT
Director at Horwath HTL South Africa
DAPHNE DEKKER
Lector Hospitality, Personality and Behaviour at Hotelschool The Hague
JAVIER DELGADO MUERZA
Head of Vertical Search for Southern Europe at Google
DR. BASAK DENIZCI GUILLET
Associate Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
RALF DENKE
Vice President E-Business at Deutsche Hospitality
THOMAS DI GIACOMO
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Swisscom Hospitality Services
PHILIPPE DOIZELET
Managing Partner, Horwath HTL
DANIEL E. CRAIG
Founder, Reknown
ERIC EDEN
Vice President of Marketing at Cvent
ROGER EL KHOURY
Managing Partner at NEORCHA sarl
SUSIE ELLIS
President of SpaFinder
BERNARD ELLIS
VP Industry Strategy - Hospitality at Infor
CINDY ESTIS GREEN
Co-founder and CEO, Kalibri Labs, LLC
TAMMY FARLEY
President & Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Group
STEPHEN FARRANT
Head of the International Tourism Partnership
GENE FERENCE
President at Ference Leadership & Strategy
JOHN FONG
Director of Marketing & International Relations and an Associate Professor at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM)
RICHARD GARLAND
RGA Hotel and Leisure Consultants
PETER GAUDET
Senior Associate at HorwathHTL Canada
PASCAL GAUTHIER
Chief Human Resources Officer at EHL Group - Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
MATT GEBBIE
Director, Pacific Asia at Horwath HTL
ALEX GIBSON
Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, Dublin Institute of Technology
ROBERT A. GILBERT
President and CEO of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
SERGIO GIORGETTI
Fieldwork Director at Horwath HTL
TOM GOLDSCHEIDER
Formerly with Horwath HTL
MARIUS GOMOLA
Horwath HTL
NICOLAS GRAF
Professor and Academic Director of the MBA at ESSEC Business School
LOREN GRAY
VP digital strategy for Standing Dog Interactive
PAUL GREENEP
Managing Director at iris Amsterdam
KEITH GRUEN
CEO / Geschäftsführer at Ysura GmbH
MARIA JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ
Managing Director at Horwath HTL LatAm North
ESTELLA HALE
Product Manager - Windsurfer CRS at Sceptre Hospitality Resources
MARK G. HALEY
The Prism Partnership, LLC
SUSAN HARMSWORTH
Founder & CEO of ESPA International
CLAIRE HARVEY
Director of Development, Planning at Jumeirah Group
RICHARD HATTER
General Manager at Hotel ICON Hong Kong
ANDREW HAZELTON
Managing Director at AETHOS Consulting Group
ERLEND HEIBERG
Managing Director at Horwath HTL UK
RUŽICA HERCEG
Project Manager / Partner at Horwath HTL
FRASER HICKOX
Managing Director at The Conceptual Group
DEMIAN HODARI
Professor of Strategic Management at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, HES-SO // University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
KEVIN HOLT
Owner at Co.Innovation Consulting
SONJA HOLVERSON
Professor of Marketing at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)
GREGG HOPKINS
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Intelity
TED HORNER
Information Technology and Services Consultant
JAMES HOURAN
Managing Director at AETHOS Consulting Group
ALISON HOWLAND
Hotel Yearbook
KAM HUNG
Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
LAURENT IDRAC
Chief Information Officer at Accor
SILVIJA ILIŠKOVIĆ BALAGOVIĆ
Formerly with Horwath HTL
SORIN IONESCU
Formerly with Horwath HTL
HEATHER JACOBS
Global HR Leader at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
REHAN JADDI
SVP of Customer Support & Service Solutions at Agilysys
MICHAEL JANSEN
Student at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai
VICKI JIAN
Consulting Horwath China
ALICE JONG
Research Analyst at Phocuswright, Inc.
BENJAMIN JOST
CEO of TrustYou
STEPHEN JOYCE
President & CEO at Choice Hotels International, Inc.
STEPHEN KAUFER
President and CEO at TripAdvisor LLC
KEITH KEFGEN
Managing Director & CEO at AETHOS Consulting Group
JOHN KENNEDY
CEO & Co-Founder of Kennedy Andersson AB
MIKE KISTNER
CEO of RezNext
HANS E. KOCH
President of the European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA)
OLAF KOCH
CEO of METRO AG
GERALD KROELL
Formerly with Horwath HTL
JENS LAPINSKI
Managing Director at Techstars
ENDA LARKIN
Owner/Director at HTC Consulting
JAMES LAW
Founder & CEO at Cybertecture International
STEVE LAWLER
Managing Partner of St. Louis-based Opinions Incorporated
KENNY LEE
VP of Marketing at Revinate
MICHAEL LEVIE
Founding Partner at citizenM
RITA LEVY
Owner at Work4Stars
MINA LI
Senior Consultant at Horwath HTL
LINDA LI
Project director, Horwath HTL Beijing Office
DAMIEN LITTLE
Director of Horwath HTL, Asia
SILVIJA LOVRETA
Managing Partner at Horwath HTL Belgrade
DAVID MAAYANI
CTO & Founder at GrayMatter Networks
EKATERINA MARCHENKO
Formerly with Horwath HTL
SHERRY MAREK
Co Founder, Vice President at Datavision Technologies
MACY MARVEL
Consultant at Opus Hospitality
MARGARET MASTROGIACOMO
Vice President, Strategy at HeBS Digital
LEE MCCABE
Head of Travel at Facebook
MICHAEL W. MCCORMICK
Executive Director at the GBTA
BRIAN MCGUINNESS
SVP Specialty Select Brands at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
KELLY MCGUIRE
Vice President, Advanced Analytics, Wyndham Destination Network
MARIANA MECHOSO SAFER
Senior VP, Marketing at HeBS Digital
REMY MERCKX
Vice-President of Marketing for Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
CHRISTOS MICHAELIDES
Executive Chairman at Cypronetwork
NATHAN MIDGLEY
Chief editor at Melt Content Marketing
THOMAS MIELKE
Managing Director at AETHOS Consulting Group
KRISTINA MILIN
Senior Consultant at Horwath HTL Croatia
IAN MILLAR
Professor at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
JANUSZ MITULSKI
Formerly with Horwath HTL
RAM MOHAN
Senior Vice President at GroupRevMax
BÉATRICE MONTAGNIER
Senior Consultant at Horwath HTL
JOHN MONTGOMERY
Managing Director, Horwath HTL
ANA MORILLO
Global Commercial Strategy & Pricing Director at NH Hotel Group
DENIS MORISSET
Executive Director - ESSEC MBA in International Luxury Brand Management
PAUL MULCAHY
Senior Vice President Commercial and member of the Executive Committee at Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts
HILARY MURPHY
Professor of Digital Marketing, Customer Information Management and Strategic IT at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
SANJAY NADKARNI
Director of Research & Innovation at Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
SANJAY NAGALIA
Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of IDeaS Revenue Solutions
MONIKA NERGER
Global Chief Information Officer at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
RALPH NEWMAN
Senior VP Spa Division at WTS International
TERRY NGAN
Formerly with Horwath HTL
CHRISTINA NORTON
Executive Administrator of Business Development at Revenue Management Solutions
JIM NOVACK
BRENDA O'NEIL
Managing Director at Right
PETER O’CONNOR
Director of the MBA in Hospitality Management at ESSEC Business School
MICHAEL O’HARE
Managing Director, co-founder and partner of Horwath HTL Hungary & Russia
JEROEN OSKAM
Programme Manager European Tourism Futures Institute at Stenden University
MANFRED OSTHUES
Managing Partner at protel
DARREN PANTO
Business Development Director at iRiS Software
MICHAELA PAPENHOFF
Managing Director at h2c GmbH
SOTERO PERALTA
Executive Director of Horwath HTL, Dominican Republic
SOPHIE PERRET
Director at the HVS London office.
DAN PHILLIPS
Owner of Dare to Imagine
CASIMIR PLATZER
President at the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)
STEPHANIE POUGNET, PHD
Professor of Management at Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)
NICK PRICE
CIO at citizenM
JOEL PYSER
Chief Operating Officer at Passkey International
DOUGLAS QUINBY
Vice President of Research at Phocuswright, Inc.
NABIL M. RAMADHAN
Group Chief Human Capital Officer for the Jumeirah Group
DOUGLAS RICE
CEO, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
MARION ROGER
General Manager N America at Dayuse.com
ERIC ROGERS
Regional Head EMEA at FCS Computer Systems
ANDREAS ROMAN
Senior Consultant - Real Estate Advisory at KPMG Switzerland
TERENCE RONSON
Hospitality Professional, Technology Consultant, Public Speaker and Inventor
ADRIAN RUCH
Analyst at HVS Hodges Ward Elliott
BRIAN SAAB
Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at buuteeq
GISLE SARHEIM
GISLE SARHEIM
VP Development - Hilton Grand Vacations, Asia Pacific
YOURI SAWERSCHEL
Strategy & Branding Consultant at Bridge.over
JOS SCHAAP
Founder and CEO of StayNTouch
BRUNO H. SCHÖPFER
Managing Director of Katara Hospitality Switzerland AG
HANNES SCHIED
Formerly with Horwath HTL
INGO SCHWEDER
CEO and founder of GOCO Hospitality and Horwath HTL Health & Wellness
ASHIL SANDEEP SHAH
Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
TIM SHEA
President of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality
SAM SHELDON
Consultant at Horwath HTL Singapore
CHRIS SHEPPARDSON
Founder of the Chess Group of Companies
PRAKASH SHUKLA
Managing Partner with seed firm Solarex LLC
DAVID SJOLANDER
Chief Operating Officer at Hotel Technology Next Generation
KRYSTAL SOLARZANO
Associate, WATG
SARAH SONNE LARSEN
Senior Hotel & Spa Consultant at Nordic Hotel Consulting
SEN SOON-MUN
Director - Kuala Lumpur / Pacific Asia at Horwath HTL
CHARLOTTE SPECHT
Hospitality Consultant - Horwath HTL
DILEEP SREEDHARAN
Information Security Director of the Jumeirah Group
NAOMI STARK
President & CEO at Stark Service Solutions, LLC
MAX STARKOV
President & CEO at HEBS Digital
PETER STARKS
President - REDglobal, Former Dean of Faculty The Hague Hotel School
DAVID-LEONHARD STEINBAUER
Director Hospitality Services at Unify GmbH & Co. KG
SARA STEWART
Hotel Yearbook
TREVOR STUART-HILL
Founder and president of Revenue Matters
SUNDAR SWAMINATHAN
Director, Marketing - Oracle Hospitality Global Business Unit
KOJI TAKABAYASHI
Managing Director at Horwath HTL, Japan
ROHIT TALWAR
Futurist, Speaker at Fast Future
CHRISTOPHE TAYON
Marketing Director at Cendyn
SUZIE THOMPSON
Vice President of Marketing at Red Carnation Hotels
JENS THRAENHART
Founder of Digital Innovation Asia
TIM TOBIN
Dean of Choice University
MICHAEL TOEDT
Managing Partner and CEO at TS&C GmbH
SINISA TOPALOVIĆ
Project Manager at Horwath HTL
ROB TORRES
Managing Director, Travel, at Google
GUY-GEORGES TRIGALLEZ
Co Founder/Owner No Dutch No Glory
TONY TSE
Assistant Professor and Program Director (Industry Partnerships) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management
DAVID TURNBULL
Founder of SnapShot GmbH
KRISTIAN VALK
CEO & Founder Hotelchamp
MARCO VAN BRUGGEN
Senior consultant, Horwath HTL
PAUL VAN MEERENDONK
Director - Advisory Services at IDeaS Revenue Optimization
RIKO VAN SANTEN
Vice President Digital Strategy, Loyalty & Distribution at Kempinski Hotels
ROHIT VERMA
Professor at Cornell School of Hotel Administration
FERNANDO VIVES
Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Management Committee at NH Hotel Group
WOODY WADE
Scenario planning expert
BILL WALSHE
CEO at Viceroy Hotel Group
RUTH WALTERS
Garvey Schubert Barer; Hospitality Law and Intellectual Property
TREVOR WARD
Director, Head of Consultancy Services at Hotel Partners Africa
MICHAELA WEHRLE
Partner & Project Manager, Horwath HTL’s Swiss office
ERIK WELLER
Paradigm Executive at iTesso
BRENNON WILLIAMS
CEO & Founder at Iridium Systems and Robotics Corporation
PER-ERIK WINTHER
Formerly with Horwath HTL
GLENN WITHIAM
Director of publications for the Center for Hospitality Research
FRANK WOLFE
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at HFTP
LYLE WORTHINGTON
Technology Executive and Consultant & Vice President of HFTP Global
ALAN YOUNG
President of Puzzle Partner Ltd.