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Our conference is built around a central theme: The sole think tank exclusively dedicated to pioneering investment in hospitality real estate development.
Our goal is to enrich your professional journey by instilling a sense of inspiration that extends beyond the event itself. This inspiration isn’t just an added value; it’s the core product we deliver, designed to invigorate your projects and partnerships.
from individuals to institutional players, attendees will gain access to pivotal knowledge and network with key influencers that can enhance their investment strategies.
developers, management agencies, and other specialists will find invaluable insights and opportunities to advance their operations and client relationships.
from budding entrepreneurs to seasoned executives, hoteliers will discover innovative ways to enhance their properties and guest experiences.
Banks, investment funds, trusts, family businesses investing (or interested to invest) in hospitality real estate
We expect the INVEST Think Tank to become a vibrant community hub. This event will facilitate meaningful interactions among participants, allowing them to connect, share insights, and collaborate in both plenary and specialized sessions. We aim to give you the opportunity to connect with the ideal International Financial Institution (IFI), property owners and developers, the most suitable hotel brand.
Additionally, a bespoke digital platform will be launched for this event, ensuring continuous engagement, and learning beyond the physical confines of the summit. This community-focused approach promises to forge lasting relationships and foster a collaborative environment for all attendees.
Engage in a series of plenary and breakout sessions that cover everything from economic forecasts and investment strategies to detailed discussions on operational and design innovations in hospitality.
Our conference will feature a distinguished lineup of keynote speakers and panelists from Romania, Switzerland, and the USA. The roster includes prestigious economists, private investors, and developers deeply entrenched in the real estate sector, alongside representatives from international financing structures, major Romanian banks, and active investment funds within the CEE region. Our experts, ranging from project managers and architects to construction engineers and building science specialists, bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise in real estate project development
Managing Director, West Ridge Asset Management
Managing Director, West Ridge Asset Management
Saar is the Managing Director of West Ridge Asset Management, a boutique asset management advisory. Saar is a hotel and real estate transactions specialist with over 32 years of commercial experience, advising on disposals, acquisitions, asset management, funding, development, office conversions, leasing and management and franchise agreement across all hotel asset classes in UK and Europe. Over the years Saar has held senior positions with Colliers, Leonardo Hotels, PPHE and JLL. Since 2005 Saar has helped investors, operators, hotel brands, and lenders generate returns through hotel disposals, acquisitions, funding and asset management. To date, Saar has been involved with hotel property worth more than £12bn in the UK, Western and Eastern Europe, working for public and private companies. Since the inception West Ridge Asset Management In 2016 Saar advised on deals worth over £5bn of hotel real estate deals including the successful acquisition of 102 hotels comprised of 20,000 bedrooms valued over £2bn.
Chairman, Horwath HTL, Switzerland
Chairman, Horwath HTL, Switzerland
Heinz Wehrle is a highly experienced Dipl. Hotelier and MRICS, serving as the Chairman of Horwath HTL AG, Switzerland. With expertise in various areas such as Project Development, Operator Selection & Contract Negotiation, Hotel Asset Management, Transaction Advisory, and Valuations, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the industry.
He began his journey in luxury hotels, honing his skills through education and internships in Switzerland and Bermuda. Progressing to head various departments including F&B, HR, and Rooms Divisions, he eventually became CEO and led the successful management buyout of the internationally acclaimed Boutique Hotel Guarda Val in Lenzerheide.
After selling the property, Heinz pursued his passion for the commercial real estate sector in the USA. His expertise in this field became instrumental in pre-openings and restructurings of golf, spa & wellness, and conference hotels and resorts across Germany, Spain, and Austria. Additionally, his involvement in aviation led him to hold positions as Director of Operations for UN Missions in Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast.
From 2008 to 2022, as the Managing Partner of Horwath HTL Switzerland, Heinz immersed himself in hotel developments, restructuring, asset management, operator selection & contract negotiation, and hotel valuation based on RICS Standards. In recognition of his expertise, he became a Registered Valuer by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in 2017.
Throughout his career, Heinz has undertaken numerous projects in countries such as Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Georgia, Senegal, Montenegro, and more. Furthermore, he strongly believes in the importance of professional education for young professionals and has taken up teaching Hotel Asset Management as part of the Masters in Hotel Management program at the prestigious EHL starting in autumn 2019.
In 2022, he assumes the role of coordinating Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as a board member of the newly established Horwath HTL AG. With his vast experience and passion for the industry, Heinz continues to make significant contributions to the field of hotel management and development.
Chairman, HVS London
Chairman, HVS London
Russell Kett is Chairman of the London office of HVS, the leading global specialist hotel valuation, consulting, asset management and brokerage firm, which he joined in 1995. Russell has 40+ years' specialist hotel consultancy, investment and real estate experience, focused on providing valuation, feasibility, property, brokerage, investment, asset management, strategy and related consultancy services, advising hotel, serviced apartments and hostel companies, banks, developers and investors on all aspects of their hospitality industry related interests, throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is a frequent writer, moderator and speaker on the international hotel industry, especially on topics relating to hotel valuation, investment, marketing and finance. Russell received a Lifetime Achievement Award from HOSPA in 2011 and the ‘Hall of Fame’ Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hot.E hotel investment conference in London in 2017. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the International Hotel Investment Council. He and his wife are blessed with two children and three grandchildren.
Professor, San Francisco State University
Professor, San Francisco State University
Colin Johnson, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in economic and social sciences from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He also has an M.B.A. from Manchester Business School and a B.A. from the Open University in the UK.
He has worked in many sectors of the hospitality industry including contract catering, airline catering, two-, four- and five-star hotels, private members clubs, retail restaurants and was assistant catering manager at Manchester United Football Club.
He has held faculty and management positions in seven colleges and Universities in the UK, Switzerland and the US. He was the dean at the Domino Carlton Tivoli Hotel Management School in Lucerne, Switzerland and dean and then founding director of research at the Lausanne Institute for Hospitality Research at the ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.
Before joining San Francisco State University, he served as professor and chair at San Jose State University. He has published in a number of leading hospitality and tourism journals including The Annals of Tourism Research, The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Quarterly, and The International Journal of Hospitality Management and Managing Service Quality.
His research interests include services internationalization, small and medium size enterprises sustainability and social entrepreneurship.
President FIHR, CEO Ana Hotels
President FIHR, CEO Ana Hotels
As the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at FIHR, the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation, and the CEO of Ana Hotels, one of the largest hotel chains in Romania, Simona has over 20 years of experience in leading and transforming businesses in the hospitality and finance sectors. She has a Master of Arts in Board Practice and Directorship from Henley Business School, and an Executive MBA from ASEBUSS and the University of Washington.
Her core competencies include corporate governance, hospitality management, change/transition management, wealth management and management of family-office, strategy formulation, crisis management, advocacy, corporate finance, financial risk management, and capital markets. She is passionate about pursuing the interests and standards of the hotel industry in Romania, and promoting its potential and opportunities to the global market. She has successfully navigated the challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, implementing innovative and sustainable solutions to ensure the recovery and growth of the hospitality business. She has also contributed to the development and implementation of the national tourism strategy, and established strong partnerships with key stakeholders in the public and private sectors.
Vice President Business Development, Radisson
Vice President Business Development, Radisson
Adela has extensive experience in both consulting and hotel operations. She worked for six years as managing consultant at Humberts Leisure and consultant at TRI Hospitality in London, where she contributed to the foundation of the hotel benchmarking database, Hotstats. She has also participated in producing various publications on the hotel industry across the UK, while achieving an MBA from Hult International Business School, London. She has also studied Corporate Finance at London Business School.
Head of Hospitality, Caliber Hospitality Trust Arizona
Head of Hospitality, Caliber Hospitality Trust Arizona
Yaron was previously CEO of GCH Hotel Group, Germany’s second-largest hotel management group based in Berlin. A native-born Israeli, Yaron was Area Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011 and then CEO of the GCH Hotel Group from 2013. Under Yaron’s leadership, the GCH Hotel Group developed rapidly into one of the leading and largest hotel management companies in Europe, with over 120 hotels with approximately 15,000 rooms in Germany, Belgium, and Austria, welcoming over three million guests annually and employing around 3,300 people. In addition, the group was year after year listed as “AAA” in the Treugast Investment Ranking. Numerous projects, innovative ideas, and the implementation of advanced technology can all be attributed to Yaron. He positioned the GCH Hotel Group in the market as a professional, independent service provider (B2B) of management services and introduced a leadership program for young talent, the Junior Sales & Revenue Academy. He also caused a sensation in 2016, when GCH became the first hotel management company worldwide to have a virtual reality website. Yaron graduated from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Hotel Management and Middle East History from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Moldova in Cluj, CEO Winners First
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Moldova in Cluj, CEO Winners First
With a wealth of experience in business development, Nina Moldovan has dedicated her career to enhancing the hospitality sector through strategic leadership and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Her extensive background in new business development gives her a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by startups, thanks to her involvement in projects from their earliest stages.
With over 23 years of experience across various roles and domains, including tourism, hospitality, real estate development, and startup programs, she remains committed to elevating service standards, optimizing operational efficiency, and giving back to the community.
Her mission is to foster innovation within the hospitality and real estate industries, seamlessly blending tradition with technology and always striving for excellence.
As the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Moldova, Nina Moldovan serves as a catalyst for synergy between the two countries, fostering educational, cultural, and business exchanges. This unique role at the intersection of diplomacy and hospitality has further refined her expertise in new business development within the hospitality sector.
CEO BT Asset Management SAI
CEO BT Asset Management SAI
His first contact with the Romanian Stock Market was in 1997 when he started as a Stock Broker. In 2002, Dan joined BT Securities (currently BT Capital Partners), a brokerage service company part of BT Group, where he was Head of Operations. Dan joined BT Asset Management SAI in 2017, where he held the position of Deputy General Manager - Investment Director until 2023, after which he was appointed General Manager.
Dan has a solid knowledge of the capital market, gained in over 25 years of activity in this field, and throughout his career he has led key departments in leading companies operating in the Romanian capital market.
Dan is a graduate of the Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science
Regional Vice President, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Regional Vice President, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Charles Guyonnaud joined Hyatt in 2013 as Director of Operations, from which he worked his way up to his current role, Regional Vice President for Franchise Operations. Charles has brought with him an extensive background in the hotels industry, having previously worked at IHG Hotels, Expedia, and Concorde Hotels, to name a few, and has developed a passion for the industry along the way. Charles’ strong operational background, particularly due to his roles in data and revenue management, combined with this comprehensive sector knowledge, has perfectly placed him to oversee Hyatt’s franchise business and support its future growth.
Managing Partner, Trend Hospitality
Managing Partner, Trend Hospitality
With more than three decades of experience in the hospitality industry, Tinu has put his mark in the concept, development and management of various landmark projects in the region, positively impacting their implementation and success.
He attended the courses of the Bucharest Institute of Technology followed by an MBA Program. Pursuing in a continuing education credo, he got specializations in Strategic, Financial and Asset Management at Cornell and Boston Universities and received the Postgraduate Certificate of Board Practice and Directorship at Henley Business School.
In 2005 he founded Trend Hospitality Consulting & Management, which has become one of the leading companies in the South Eastern region with over 300 projects completed to date. The company offers consulting and management services as market research, feasibility studies, valuations, financing, brokerage and asset management. Also, Tinu is a founding member of HORA (the Hotels and Restaurants Organization in Romania).
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