EVENT HOST & MASTER OF CEREMONY

Shivani Wazir Pasrich

Content Curator, Presenter,
Entrepreneur and Educationist

OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

AD Singh

AD Singh

Founder & Managing Director Olive Bar and Kitchen

Aindrila Mitra

Editor in Chief
Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

Ajay Mehtani

Senior Vice President
Asset Management
HVS ANAROCK
Ajaya Sharma

Ajaya Sharma

Senior Editor
Markets, Anchor
Times Network (ET NOW)

Akash Datta

Senior Vice President
Consulting & Valuation
HVS ANAROCK

Amanpreet Bajaj

General Manager India,
SE Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan
Airbnb

Andrew Langdon

Senior Vice President Development Asia
Accor

Anil Chadha

Divisional Chief Executive
ITC HOTELS

Ankur Gupta

Managing Partner
Brookfield Asset Management

Anoop Bali

Whole Time Director & CFO
Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited

Anuj Puri

Chairman & Founder
ANAROCK Group

Anuraag Bhatnagar

Chief Operating Officer
The Leela Palaces
Hotels & Resorts

Ashutosh (Ash) Khanna

Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
B. SANTHANAM

B. Santhanam

CEO – Asia Pacific &
India Region
Chairman - Saint-Gobain India

Bobby Mukherji

Architect

Brijesh Paleri

Founder
GigsNearMe

Campbell Wilson

CEO & MD
Air India

Chris Hartley

CEO
Global Hotel Alliance
Christopher J

Christopher J. Nassetta *

President & CEO
Hilton
David Roberts

David Roberts

Global Head
Business Development
Dusit International

Deepak Bagla

Managing Director & CEO
Invest India

Devendra Parulekar

Founder
SaffronStays

Dilip Puri

Founder & CEO
Indian School of Hospitality

Dimitris Manikis

President for Europe, Middle East,
Eurasia & Africa
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Diwan Gautam Anand

Diwan Gautam Anand

Industry Stalwart
Former Executive Vice President
ITC Hotels

Gaurav Pokhariyal

Executive Vice President
Human Resources
IHCL
Gaurav Singh

Gaurav Singh

Market Vice President
South & East India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Marriott International

Hari Krishna V

Managing Director, Real Estate,
CPP Investments
Harshavardhan Neotia

Harshavardhan Neotia

Chairman
Ambuja Neotia Group
Hemant Khurana

Hemant Khurana

Executive Director
Saint-Gobain India
Ipshita Kumar

Ipshita Kumar

VP, Brand Innovations
Hype Partners

Jabeen L Zacharias

Architect & Interior Designer

Jatin Khanna

Chief Executive Officer
Sarovar Hotels
Joy Ghosh

Joy Ghosh

Head of Commercial
Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Amadeus
Kapil Kaul

Kapil Kaul

CEO & Director
CAPA India

K.B. Kachru

Chairman Emeritus & Principal
Advisor South Asia
Radisson Hotel Group

Laure Morvan

Chief Development Officer
India, Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Accor

Mandeep Singh Lamba

President (South Asia)
HVS ANAROCK

Mary Gostelow *

Global Ambassador,
Travel Writer & Influencer

Natwar Nagar

Founder & CEO
The People Network &
The Job Plus

Navjit Ahluwalia

SVP & Country Head-India
Hilton

Nibhrant Shah

Founder & CEO
Isprava & Lohono Stays
Nikhil Manchharam

Nikhil Manchharam

Managing Director
Development Asia
YOTEL

Nikhil Sharma

Market Managing Director
Eurasia Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Nirupa Shankar

Joint Managing Director
Brigade Enterprises

Nuno Guerreiro

Regional Director,
South APAC & Chains
Booking.com

Patanjali (Patu) G. Keswani

Chairman & Managing Director
Lemon Tree Hotels
Patrick O’Meara

Patrick O’Meara

Head of Business Development Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Prabhat Verma

EVP – Operations (South India, International Hotels & Expressions)
IHCL

Prahlad Puri

Co-Founder & Executive Director
Indian School of Hospitality

Puneet Chhatwal

Managing Director & CEO
IHCL

Puneet Dhawan

SVP Operations
Accor India & South Asia
Raghu Sapra

Raghu Sapra

Head Hospitality
Embassy REIT

Rajesh Magow

Co-Founder & Group CEO
MakeMyTrip
Ranjit Batra

Ranjit Batra

President Hospitality
Panchshil Realty

Ranju Alex

Area Vice President
South Asia
Marriott International
Ratan Keswani

Rattan Keswani

Industry Stalwart & Former Deputy Managing Director Lemon Tree Hotels
Ravi Sarangan

Ravi Sarangan

Director
Edifice
Reza Kabul

Reza Kabul

President
ARK Reza Kabul Architects

Rohit Khattar

Founder & Chairman
Old World Hospitality
Rohit Khosla

Rohit Khosla

Executive Vice President
Operations, North & West India
IHCL
Salil Deshpande

Salil Deshpande

Head of Editorial Content
Condé Nast Traveller India

Sameer Nayar

Executive Vice President
Strategic Development
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts

Sanjay Bose

EVP & Head HR
ITC’s Hotel Group

Sanjay Sethi

MD & CEO
Chalet Hotels

Santosh Kumar

Country Manager
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia,
Booking.com
Santosh Verma

Santosh Verma

Executive Vice President
Investment Banking
ICICI Securities

Shawn Hill

Chief Development Officer
Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China)
Marriott International
Shalaka Pawar

Shalaka Pawar

Client Partner
Travel & Professional Services Meta

Shobhit Agarwal

Managing Director & CEO
ANAROCK Capital Advisors

Shweta Bajpai

India Head – Financial Services, Media, Travel & Professional Services
Meta

Sonu Shivdasani *

OBE | Guardian of the Culture
CEO & Joint Creative Director
Soneva

Stephen Rushmore, Jr.

President & CEO
HVS

Sudeep Jain

Managing Director
South West Asia
IHG

Suma Venkatesh

EVP Real Estate & Development
IHCL
Swati Sud

Swati Sud

Client Solution Manager
Travel & Professional Services Meta

Tommy Lai

Chief Executive Officer
General Hotel Management Pte Ltd

Vaibhav Singh

SVP & Head Alternate Accommodations & International Hotel Supply & Strategic Alliances
MakeMyTrip

Vijay Dewan

Managing Director
Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Limited

Vijay Thacker

Managing Director
Horwath HTL - India

Vikramjit Singh

President
Lemon Tree Hotels

Sunjae Sharma

Managing Director
India & Southwest Asia
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

More speakers to be added shortly