Skift Forum and Summit Past Speakers in 2021 and 2020

Past Speakers

CEO and Co-Founder

Walton Isaacson

VP of Network Planning

Southwest Airlines

Founder and President of Tourism Economics

Oxford Economics

Executive Chairman

Sandals Resorts International

Moroccan National Tourism Office

Aditi Mohapatra

Vice President, Global Social Impact & Sustainability

Chief Commercial Officer

Emirates Airline

AirAsia Digital

Aisha Al Mansoori

President and CEO

Visit Baltimore

Founder & Editor

The Daily Lodging Report

Alastair Thomann

Generator and Freehand Hotels

Alex Chatzieleftheriou

CEO & Co-Founder

WestJet Airlines

Chief Commercial Officer

President and CEO

COO and Co-Founder

Rent Responsibly

Alexander Schellenberger

Chief Luxury & Premium Brands Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Alisha Valentine

Director of Research and Analytics

Discover Puerto Rico

Vice President of Design

Lifestyle Brands at Marriott International

Managing Partner

Allison Ausband

EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer

Delta Air Lines

Commercial Director

GM, UK & Northern Europe

Standard International

Vice President, Sustainability

Delta Air Lines

CEO and Founder

JetBlue Technology Ventures

Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Founder & Chair

The Subscribed Institute

Amy Martin Ziegenfuss

Chief Marketing Officer

Carnival Cruise Line

SVP of Global Brands, Loyalty & Insights

Anders Tylman-Mikiewicz

Chief Product Officer

Executive Editor

JetBlue Travel Products

SVP, Sales and Strategy

Andrew McConnell

EVP and Chief Commercial Officer

United Airlines

Andrew Watterson

EVP & Chief Commercial Officer

Southwest Airlines

Andy Washington

General Manager, EMEA

Branded Content Editor

Angelique Lewis

Short-Term Rental Host

Chief Operating Officer

SVP, Domestic Planning and United Express

United Airlines

Principal & Chief Commercial Officer

Ankush Nijhawan

Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director

Chief Commercial Officer

CEO *Speaking via Video*

Annette Gibbons-Warren

Art in the Landscape Projects Director

Royal Commission for AlUla

Executive Creative Director

Anthony Capuano

Marriott International

Event Experience Strategy Director

Antonoaldo Neves

Etihad Aviation Group

Anuraag Bhatnagar Leela

Anuraag Bhatnagar

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts

Anush Alexander

Chief Marketing Officer

Arash Azarbarzin

President, Expedia for Business

CEO & Co-Founder

President and CEO

Marriott International

Vice President and Co-Owner

Achieve Incentives & Meetings

Ashley Robinson

SVP Customer Success

Senior Brand Director, Middle East, Africa & Southeast Asia

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Chief Marketing Officer

Saudi Tourism Authority

President of Commercial & Growth

MGM Resorts International

American Express Travel

Managing Director & CEO

Ayesha Durgahee

Journalist, Broadcaster, & Editorial Host

Chairman and Senior Executive

IAC and Expedia Group

Barry Padgett

Chief Executive Officer

African Bush Camps

Viator, A Tripadvisor Company

Senior Partner, Stamford

McKinsey & Company

Trail Developer and Co-Founder

Berthold Trenkel

Chief Operating Officer

National Sales Director

Discover Puerto Rico

Betsy O’Rourke

Chief Marketing Officer

City of Fort Worth

Managing Director

Blue Cube Travel

Founder & Group CEO

Head of Asset Management

President and CEO

Southwest Airlines

Boon Sian Chai Managing Director and Vice President of International Markets at Trip.com Group. Boon will be speaking at Skift Global Forum East 2023 in Dubai.

Managing Director and Vice President, International Markets

Discover Puerto Rico

Founder and CEO

VP, Marketing and Business Development, GM DTC

Vice President, Content/Learning/Technology

Nth Degree Events

Co-Founder & CEO

Co-Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO

Chief Technology Officer

Choice Hotels International

Managing Director, EMEA

Vice President of Network Planning

American Airlines

Chief Sustainability Officer

Managing Director and Global Aviation Leader

Campbell Wilson - Air India

Campbell Wilson

CEO and Managing Director

Capt. Joe DePete

Air Line Pilots Association

Thayer Ventures

Investor and Co-Founder

Carleigh Jaques

SVP & General Manager

Cybersource, a Visa solution

Carlo Olejniczak, VP and Managing Director of Europe and EMEA at Booking.com. Speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2022 and 2023

Carlo Olejniczak

VP and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

Director of Global Travel, Events and Ground Transportation

Fidelity International

Caroline Beteta

President & CEO

Visit California

Caroline Leboucher

Caryn Seidman Becker

Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO

President and CEO

Casper Overbeek

Director of Customer Experience

Casper Urhammer

CEO, Tour Operating

Catherine Dolton

Chief Sustainability Officer

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Catherine Powell

Global Head of Hosting

Chantal Sturk-Nadeau

Executive Director

Destination Canada Business Events

Charaf El Mansouri

CEO & Co-Founder

Norse Atlantic Airways

Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Innovation

Alaska Airlines

Deputy Chief Executive

Singapore Tourism Board

Choon Yang Quek

Chief Technology Officer

Saudi Tourism Authority

Cornell University

FlightHub Group

Global Hotel Alliance

Managing Director

Thayer Ventures

Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer

Christal Bemont

Chief Operating Officer

Kerten Hospitality

Christian Selchau-Hansen

Co-Founder and CEO

Christian Smart

General Manager, Germany

Christian Spannbauer

Chief Technology Officer

Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar

Christian Suwarna

CEO, Traveloka Experience and CMO

Christine Ourmières-Widener

TAP Air Portugal

Christopher Evans

Collinson Group

Christopher Hook

Global Head of Sustainability

Christopher Nassetta

President & CEO

Meetingsbooker.com

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Vancouver Convention Centre

Rwanda Development Board

Worldwide Technical Leader, Travel & Hospitality Solutions

Claudio Bellinzona is Chief Supply Officer for TUI Musement, the Tours & Activities division of TUI Group, one of the world’s leading tourism businesses. Speaker of Skift Global Forum East 2023.

Claudio Bellinzona

Growth Strategy Consultant

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Vice President & General Manager, Travel

Chief Operating Officer

Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Transformational Chief Digital Officer

Curtis Robinhold

Executive Director

Port of Portland

President and Co-Founder

Director of Corporate Wellness

Body and Brain Wellness

Founder and Editor in Chief

The New Consumer

Co-Founder and CEO

Research Editor

Rho Capital Partners

Senior Vice President & Head of Middle Market Bankcard Product

Dana DiGregorio

Global Managing Director

MESH Experience

President & CEO

Director of External Communications

Allianz Partners

Managing Director & Partner

Travel in Motion

Daniel Rickenmann

Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Daniel Rudasevski

Chief Growth Officer & Co-Founder

Danielle Bozarth

McKinsey & Company

Chief Marketing Officer

Daphne Hoppenot

Founder and CEO

Dara Khosrowshahi

Co-Founder & Chairman

Intrepid Travel

LGBT Meeting Professionals Association

David Neeleman

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Breeze Airways; Founder of JetBlue and Azul

David Peckinpaugh

President and CEO

Managing Director, AWS Travel & Hospitality

Amazon Web Services

Global Head of Travel Partnerships EMEA

David T. Stevens

Olympian Meeting

David Whiteside, Chief Operating Officer – Europe & Emerging Markets, onefinestay

David Whiteside

Chief Operating Officer – Europe & Emerging Markets

Dawit Habtemariam

Global Tourism Reporter

Managing Partner, Global Practice Leader

Deborah Pevenstein

Chief Revenue Officer

Optii Solutions

Decius Valmorbida

President, Travel Unit

Amadeus IT Group

Executive Editor, Founding Editor

DeShaun N. Wise Porter

Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Recognition

Devon Montgomery Pasha, CMP, CED

Director of North America

Event Design Collective

Co-Founder & CEO

Director of External Communications

CEO & Co-founder

Dorothy Dowling

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Best Western Hotels & Resorts

American Airlines

Dr. Amaryllis Verhoeven

Head of Unit for Digital Transformation of Industry – Ecosystems II: Tourism & Proximity

European Commission

Dr. Lynn Minnaert

Academic Director & Clinical Associate Professor

Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality at New York University

Dr. Mordecai Ogada

Conservation Ecologist and Co-Author of “The Big Conservation Lie”

Dr. Saleh Shoaib

Public Policy Lead, Gulf Region & Egypt

Co-founder & Executive Chairman

Transparent Intelligence

Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue & Technology Officer

Marriott International

Co-Founder and CEO

Duncan O'Rourke

Duncan O’Rourke

CEO Northern Europe

Head of Global Innovation

Chief Sales Officer

Discover Puerto Rico

Edward Chandler

Global Head of B2B Travel

Ekrem Dimbiloglu

Managing Director – In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity Design

Delta Air Lines

Event Strategy Consultant

Global Director of Programmes

The Travel Foundation

Ellen Dubois du Bellay

Chief Human Resources Officer

Elliott Ferguson

President and CEO

Director, Marketing

Alaska Airlines

Global Director of Travel

Senior Director – Global Head of Homes & Apartments

Meeting Designer and Managing Partner

United States Ambassador

Republic of India

Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships

JCB International Credit Card

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

Delta Air Lines

Member of the Group Executive Committee; Group Chief Marketing Officer; and Managing Director, Hotels & Resorts

Chief Growth Officer

Director of Product

Federico J. González Tejera

Radisson Hotel Group

President and CEO

Finnbar Cornwall

Industry Sector Leader for Travel

Founder, SVP & GM

Medallia Zingle

Francis Davidson

Co-Founder & CEO

Frank Rosenberger

Executive Board Member of IT and Future Markets

President & CEO

New York City Tourism + Conventions

Surf Air Mobility

OCTAVE Institute

Frédéric Kahane

SVP Customer Loyalty and Flying Blue Director

Frederic Lalonde

CEO & Co-Founder

Internova Travel Group

CEO and Executive Director

Hostelworld Group

Vice President of Sales & Industry Relations

Teneo Hospitality Group

President and CEO

Consumer Technology Association (CTA)

Gaurav Bhatnagar

Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director

Executive Vice President / Director, The Americas

amsterdam&partners

Geetika Agrawal

Founder and CEO

Vacation with An Artist (VAWAA)

President and CEO

U.S. Travel Association

Geoffrey Ballotti

President & CEO

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Geoffrey Ryskamp

Global Head of Hospitality, Travel & Leisure

George Turner

Chief Commercial & Technology Officer

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Gertjan Dewaele

Product Innovation Lead

Ingenico ePayments

Gilad Berenstein

Brook Bay Capital

Gilda Perez-Alvarado

JLL Hotels & Hospitality

CEO & President

Booking Holdings

Bermuda Tourism Authority

Vice President, Global B2B Events and Programs

Marriott International

Senior Vice President of Sales

Senior Director, Product Marketing

Founder and Senior Managing Director

SVP, Innovation

MMGY NextFactor

General Manager Europe and Middle East international Business

Gustavo Segura Sancho

Minister of Tourism

Costa Rica Tourism Board

Managing Director & Chief Changemaker

Global Destinations Sustainability Movement

Managing Partner, Customer Loyalty

H.E. Ali Al Shaiba

Executive Director, Tourism & Marketing Sector

Department of Culture & Tourism – Abu Dhabi

H.E. Helal Saeed Almarri

Director General

Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism

Senior Director of Marketing

Chief Operating Officer

Pillar Well-Being

Head of Travel Sales

Founder and CEO

Pillar Well-Being

Harsha L’Acqua

Founder and CEO

Saira Hospitality

Heather Balsley

SVP, Global Loyalty & Partnerships

Senior Vice President of Global Rental Operations

Travel + Leisure Co.

Managing Director

Cowen and Company

Managing Director Environmental Sustainability

Southwest Airlines

Henrik Kjellberg

Her Excellency Gloria Guevara

Head of the Sustainable Tourism Global Center and Chief Special Advisor

Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia

Hjörtur Smárason

Visit Greenland

Inge Huijbrechts

Global Senior Vice President Sustainability, Security and Corporate Communications

Radisson Hotel Group

Multi-Instrumentalist

Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM). Speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2023.

Issam Abdul Rahim Kazim

Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing

Iván X. Eskildsen

Minister of Tourism

Government of Panama

Chief Advocacy Officer

Destinations International

Jackie Franklin

Senior Strategic Business Consultant

Jacqueline Gifford

Editor in Chief

Travel + Leisure

Vice President & General Manager

The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences

Jalak Jobanputra

Founder and General Partner

FuturePerfect Ventures

Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board

Intrepid Travel

World Experience Organization

James Wheatcroft

Senior Vice President, Marketing, Northern Europe

Chief Financial Officer

SVP of Analytics and Chief Economist

Sustainability Director

Senior Vice President, Global Marketing-Luxury and Upscale Brands

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Janice Lachance, Esq., FASAE

Interim Executive Director and CEO; Executive Vice President, Strategic Leadership and Global Outreach

American Geophysical Union

Chief Information Officer

United Airlines

Vice President, Nor1

Oracle Hospitality

Jason Calacanis

Technology Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

CEO + Co-Founder

Head of Travel, US

Chief Operating Officer

FLYR for Hospitality

Jason Reisinger

Managing Director of Global Network Planning

American Airlines

Head of Sustainable Tourism

Visit València Foundation

Global Head of Policy and Communications

Jean-Jacques Morin

Group Deputy CEO, Group CFO and Premium, Midscale & Economy Division CEO

VP, Community and Customer Marketing

President and CEO

Furnished Finder

Chairman and CEO

Airbus Americas, Inc.

President and CEO

Travel Portland

Senior Vice President, Operations Initiatives

Hertz Corporation

Dubai College of Tourism (DCT)

Global Head, Merchant Sales & Acquiring

Vice President and Global Head of Hilton Honors

Vice President, Business Development

Expedia Group Media Solutions

Vice President, Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy

Marriott International

Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg

Co-Owner and Co-President

Valerie Wilson Travel

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

FLYR for Hospitality

Beautiful Destinations

Head of Product, Machine Learning

Jeremy Kressmann

Research Editor, SkiftX

The Travel Foundation

Global Head of Real Estate

Jessica Gillingham

Founder and CEO

Abode Worldwide

Co-Founder & Business Development Director

VP of Global Talent Acquisition

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Joanna Geraghty

President & Chief Operating Officer

Chief Marketing Officer, Travel Line of Business

Allianz Partners

Chief Commercial Officer, Hotel Asset Management

Starwood Capital Group

dnata Travel Group

President & CEO

Hawai’i Tourism Authority

President and CEO

Frontiers North Adventures

VP of Network Planning

Spirit Airlines

John Mangelaars

Executive Creative Director

The Red Sea Development Company and AMAALA

Azul Brazilian Airlines

Waltzing Matilda Aviation/Connect Airlines

Chief Product Officer/Chief Marketing Officer

Hostelworld PLC Group

Chief Brand Officer

NeueHouse and Fotografiska

CEO and Founder

Head of Publishing, U.S.

Jonathan Olsberg, Executive Chair at Olsberg/SPI Limited. Speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2023 in Dubai.

Jonathan Olsberg

Executive Chair

Olsberg/SPI Limited

Senior Vice President, Airlines – Southeast Asia, India Subcontinent and Greater China

Yanolja and Yanolja Cloud

Jordan Lacey, CMP

Senior Events Associate

Light The Candle

Vice President – International Operations

American Airlines

Joseph Rajadurai

VP & General Manager, Travel & Hospitality

Managing Director, Global Strategic Accounts & Partnerships

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products

Co-Founder and President

Juan Carlos Zuazua

Sun Country Airlines

Senior Manager, Global Travel

Judy Kepher-Gona

Founder and Principal Consultant

Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda

McKinsey & Company

Director of Sales, APAC & General Manager, Dubai

Juliana Kua, Assistant Chief Executive, International Group, Singapore Tourism Board. Speaker at SGFE 2023.

Assistant Chief Executive, International Group

Singapore Tourism Board

President and CEO

San Diego Tourism Authority

Vice President, Global Air Partnerships

K. Denaye Hinds

Managing Director

Kartik Yellepeddi

VP of Product, Offer & Order

Katalina Mayorga

El Camino Travel

Creative Content Strategist

Vice President of Engagement

Terramar, A DMC Network Company

Katerina Giannouka

Vice President Creative Strategy

VP of Global Innovation

Chief Executive

Singapore Tourism Board

Founder & Executive Director

Impact Travel Alliance

Executive Vice President Membership & Destination Services

New York City Tourism + Conventions

Senior Vice President Strategy

Chief Commercial Officer, Premium, Midscale & Economy Division in Middle East, Africa, Turkey & Asia Pacific

Executive Director

The LaliT Suri Hospitality Group

McKinsey & Company

Khalifa Al Qubaisi

Chief Commercial Officer

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC)

Hospitality Strategist & Client Partner

Chief Operating Officer

Klaas van Lookeren Campagne

President and CEO

Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau

Kristen Hubbard

Senior Manager, Content & Learning

Nth Degree Events

Highgate Technology Ventures

Lakshman Rathnam

Lana Van Marter

Manager, Renewable Aviation

Larry O’Reilly

CEO and Director

Laura Houldsworth

Managing Director & Vice President, Asia Pacific

Made Music Studio

Executive Director

Managing Partner & Founder

Laurie Gablehouse

Head of Travel Solutions

Ingenico ePayments

Award-winning Science Writer

Lawrence Goldstone

Partner & Future of Work Lead

Chief Marketing Officer

Discover Puerto Rico

Lebawit Lily Girma

Travel and Tourism News Reporter

Bloomberg Pursuits

Liesl Perez-Leary

Axis Integrated Mental Health

EVP, Chief Customer Officer

United Airlines

Global Vice President of Strategic Meetings and Travel for Meetings (T4M)

American Express GBT Meetings & Events

Chief Experience Officer & Chief Brand Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Chief Sales Officer

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

The Community Factory

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Visual Storyteller and Bestselling Author

Chief Sales Officer

Executive Director of Global Partnerships and AWNewYork

Advertising Week

Chief Commercial Officer

General Manager

Vice President of Corporate Travel

Lyn Lewis-Smith

Director, Wellness

Atlantis The Royal AWAKEN Wellness

Vice President of Marketing

Visit California

Mahmoud Abdulhadi

Deputy Minister, Destination Enablement

Ministry of Tourism Saudi Arabia

Malcolm Roughead

Chief Executive

Vice President, Hospitality Payments Solutions

Vice President, Global Airline and Car Partnerships and Programs

American Express Travel

Business Unit Head, Travel and Leisure

WNS Global Services

EVP and Chief Commercial Officer

VP, The Knowledge Lab

CEO & Co-Founder

Margaret Bailey

Senior Vice President

CHM Government Services

Margaux Constantin

McKinsey & Company

Mariana Oleskiv

State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine

Maricarmen Herrerías

Co-founder & COO

MENA Sales Lead, Travel, Automotive, Tech and FMCG

Mariela Vallines Fernández, Esq.

Executive Director

Puerto Rico Convention District Authority

Marilyn Markham

VP, Engineering & AI Strategy

Marion Chivot-Legris

Head of Sustainability North America

Marion Geoffroy

Managing Director

Marjan Faraidooni

Chief of Education and Culture and Chief Human Resources Officer

Expo City Dubai

Mark Goldberger

Head of Strategic Accounts

Mark Hoplamazian

President and CEO

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Head of Hospitality

Emaar Hospitality Group

Senior Vice President, Products, Marketing and eCommerce

Chief Commercial Officer

President & Chief Executive Officer

Hilton Grand Vacations

Sound Therapy Master

Sonic Temple, UAE

Deafinitely Wanderlust

Marloes Knippenberg

Kerten Hospitality

Experience Designer

Chief Marketing Officer

Global Head of Travel

Amazon Web Services

President & CEO

Managing Vice President of U.S. Card

Senior Director, Enterprise Partnerships – Travel Insurance

Marriott International

Matthew Biboud-Lubeck

VP, Head of Product Marketing

Matthew D. Upchurch

Matthias Keller

Chief Scientist & SVP, Technology

City of Fort Worth

Maud Bailly

CEO Southern Europe

National Hammered Dulcimer Champion

Max ZT & Priya Darshini

National Hammered Dulcimer Champion & Grammy-Nominated Vocalist

EVP and Chief Information Officer

American Airlines

Head of Travel Industry Advertising

Global Events Strategic Solutions Lead

Melanie de Souza

Executive Director, Destination Marketing

Royal Commission for AlUla

South African Changemaker & Head of Communications

Global Destinations Sustainability Movement

Melissa Dalrymple

McKinsey & Company

Senior Vice President, Marketing and Industry Engagement

Melissa Van Dyke

Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing and Innovation

Founder and CEO

UnderTheDoormat Group

President & Chief Love Officer

Kyricos & Associates

President and Chief Executive Officer

Travel + Leisure Co.

Michael D. Brown

President & Chief Executive Officer

Travel + Leisure Co.

Michael Dominguez

President and CEO

Associated Luxury Hotels International

Michael Friedman

Chief Operating Officer – Americas

Michael P. Zeisser, Managing Partner at FMZ Ventures. Speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2023 in Dubai.

Michael P. Zeisser

Managing Partner

Michael Trauttmansdorff

Director, Product Management, Travel

Michel Gelobter

Michelle McKinney Frymire

Managing Director & European Lead

Accenture Travel

Editor-in-Chief

Miguel Sanz Castedo

Director General

Senior Vice President & Head of Customer Experience

Principal Architect

Senior Vice President – Platform Product Management

Mikki Reitano Walls

National Sales Director

Discover Puerto Rico

Executive Vice President for the Traveler Centric Platform

Executive Vice President for Marketing & Strategy

Visit Fort Worth

Managing Director

HSMAI Middle East

Special Projects and Events

SongDivision Australia

Monique Ruff-Bell

TED Conferences

Vice President, Marketing

Expedia Group Media Solutions

Founder and Managing Director

Muzzammil Ahussain

Chief Executive Officer

Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali

Executive Director

Naledi K. Khabo

Africa Tourism Association

Naomi Clare Crellin

CEO and Founder

Natalie Fulgencio-Turner

Director, Creative Strategy

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas

Managing Director, Travel

Group Chief Development Officer

Sr. Director, National Event Sales Programs

The Event Strategist

Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer

San Francisco Travel Association

Nikhil Raghavan

Senior Executive

Chief Product & Operations Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Revenue Officer

Senior Director

General Manager

Heckfield Place

CEO, Raffles & Orient Express

Omri Morgenshtern

Founder & Managing Partner

Parker Stanberry

Founder and CEO

American Express Global Business Travel

Chief Operating Officer

Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports. Speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2023 in Dubai.

Co-Founder and CEO

The Commons Project

Destination Greater Victoria

Principal Designer

Paul Tramonte Events

Paul Van Deventer

President and CEO

Senior Manager, Meetings & Events

Pauline Rigaudy

Client Partner, Travel, EMEA

Global Officer, Customer Experience, Loyalty & New Ventures

Marriott International

Managing Partner

Regional Vice President, The Americas

International Air Transport Association

Group Head of Travel Products

Vice Chairman and CEO

Managing Director – UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa

Grenada Tourism Authority

Managing Director

Ljubljana Tourism

Co-Founder & CEO

Philippe Zuber Kerzner

Kerzner International

Advisory Board Member

The Red Sea Development Company

VP, Marketing Technology

MGM Resorts Inc.

Pranavi Agarwal

Senior Research Analyst

Prasad Gundumogula

CEO and Founder

Prashant Sharma

V.P. – Loyalty

Priyanka Lakhani

Senior Vice President Commercial

Prof. Ahmet Bolat

Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee

Turkish Airlines

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, CEO of China Outbound Tourism Research Institute. Speaker at Skift Global Forum East in Dubai.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt

China Outbound Tourism Research Institute

Rachelle Snyder

Co-Founder & CEO

Arrive Outdoors

CEO & Co-Founder

Family Travel Association

Joint Managing Director

Creative Travel India

President, Asia Pacific excluding China

Marriott International

Co-Founder & Group CEO

Senior Vice President, Chief Architect

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority

Co-Founder & CEO

Deloitte Consulting LLP

SVP, Head of Brand HQ

Banyan Tree Group

Rena Pachecho-Theard

Global Head of Brand & Content

Richard, Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering the Global Hotels and OTAs sector: Booking, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Accor, Whitbread and TUI. Richard is a speaker at Skift Global Forum East 2023.

Managing Director

Richard Collins

Marriott International

VP & GM, Travel

Interagency Program Manager

Vice President of Loyalty

American Airlines

Senior Vice President of Experience Engineering

Chief Sales Officer, Global Travel

Allianz Partners

Founder and Group CEO

SVP & Chief Technology Officer

Rob McDonald, Chief Commercial Officer, IAG Loyalty

Chief Commercial Officer

Senior Vice President

Expedia Group Media Solutions

American Airlines

Nth Degree Events

Director Digital Sales & Experience

Robert Tanenbaum

Managing Director

Starwood Capital

Chief Marketing Officer

Rodrigo Esponda

Managing Director

Los Cabos Tourism Board

Chief Growth Officer

Newshore by FLYR

Vice President Growth

Rolando Espinoza

Creative Director

Champagne Creative Group

Group President, Lodging Division

CLC Lodging, FLEETCOR

Potato Head Family

Chief Marketing Officer

Executive Director – Destination Development

Chief Commercial Officer

Sabre Travel Solutions

Ross Borden, CEO & Founder at Matador Network & GuideGeek. He will be speaking at Skift Global Forum 2023 in Dubai.

Matador Network, GuideGeek

CEO & Co-Founder

Founder and CEO

Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Development

Multi-Instrumentalist

International President

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

General Manager Americas & Europe

Tourism New Zealand

Editor-in-Chief

Chief Operating Officer

President & CEO

Destination Toronto

Head of Third Party Advertising

Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

United Airlines

Head of Revenue and Planning

Scott Mayerowitz

Executive Editor

Southern Vacation Rentals

Founder, Board Director

Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport

Account Director

Nth Degree Events

Senior Hospitality Editor

Sébastien Bazin

Group Chairman & CEO and Luxury & Lifestyle Division CEO

Head of Travel Sustainability & Transport, Global Partnerships

Secretary Jen Paul Schroer

Secretary of Tourism

New Mexico Tourism Department

Head of Research

Shane O’Flaherty

Global Director, Travel, Transportation and Hospitality

Chief Sustainability Officer

The Travel Corporation (TTC)

Sharan Pasricha, M.B.E., Founder & Co-CEO of Ennismore. Global Forum East 2023 Speaker

Sharan Pasricha

Founder & Co-CEO

Salamander Collection

Vice President Environmental Sustainability

Sherrif Karamat, CAE

President and CEO

Shirley Lesmana

Founder Partner

Senior Vice President of Revenue

Signe Jungersted

CEO & Founding Partner

Sigríður Dögg Guðmundsdóttir

Head of Tourism

Sofia Rovnova-Nixon

Director, Media Strategy & MarTech

Marriott International

EVP, Global Head of Travel & Hospitality

Publicis Sapient

Spencer Rascoff

Co-Founder and CEO

75 & Sunny Ventures

Chief Marketing Officer

Stephanie Daniel

Co-Founder and CEO

Stephanie Turner

Senior Vice President Convention Sales & Strategies

New Orleans & Company

Stephen Cluskey

Co-founder and CEO

Founder and Coach

The FITT Princple

President and CEO

CEO & President

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA)

CEO and Founder

Steven M. Elinson

Director of Travel and Hospitality

Chief Marketing Officer

Steven Udvar-Házy

Executive Chairman of the Board

Air Lease Corporation

Sudhir Ghildiyal

Director of Sales – India

Advisory Board Member

The Red Sea Development Company

Regional Vice President

Global Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring

Suzanne Neufang

GBTA | Global Business Travel Association

Sven-Olof Lindblad

Lindblad Expeditions

Tamur Goudarzi Pour

SVP Channel Management, and Chief Commercial Officer

Lufthansa Group Airlines and SWISS Air Lines

Disability Rights Activist

Co-Founder and COO

Thomas B. Meier

Chief Operating Officer

Thomas Carreras

General Manager

Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown

Tiffany Edwards

Coletta Consulting LLC

Founder and CEO

RedAwning.com, Inc

Chief Commercial Officer

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Vice President of Vacation Rental Partner Success

President, Asia Pacific

Hospitality Leader, Principal

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Vice President, Sales & Partnerships – USA

Allianz Partners

Capital A (AirAsia)

Group Head of Global Brand Development

Tracy Stuckrath

Founder and CEO

thrive! meetings & events

Research & Market Intelligence Analyst

Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Co-Founder and CEO

Trixie LohMirmand

Executive Vice President

Dubai World Trade Centre

Director, BD EMEA Search + Travel Sustainability

Customer Success Manager

Webex Events (formerly Socio)

Ulla Hefel Böhler

Chief Operating Officer

The Travel Corporation

Uma Subramanian

CEO and Aerospace Engineer

Senior Vice President – Revenue, Retail & Cargo

Senior Research Analyst

Chief Commercial Officer

American Airlines

Veemal Gungadin

Vered Raviv Schwarz

President & COO

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Chairman, MD & CEO

Vikram Bhaskaran

Global Head of Vertical Strategy and Marketing

CEO and Managing Director

The Oberoi Group

Founder and Director

Virginie De Visscher

Senior Director of Business Development, Economic Sectors

Destination Canada Business Events

Vivek Bhogaraju

Walt J. Leger III

President and CEO

New Orleans & Company

Wendy Olson Killion

Senior Vice President

Expedia Group Media Solutions

Founder and CEO

William Hornbuckle

CEO and President

MGM Resorts International

Director of Research, Data Product

Director of Energy and Sustainability

Yolanda Gonzalez, DMCP

National Sales Director

Discover Puerto Rico

Yvonne deFuria, CMP

Event Production Manager

Webex Events (formerly Socio)

Managing Director, EMEA

Intrepid Travel