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Jason Birnbaum
Chief Information Officer
United Airlines
Dan Holowack
Co-Founder and CEO
CrowdRiff
Jaume Mata
Head of Sustainable Tourism
Visit València Foundation
Jeanne Jones
VP, Community and Customer Marketing
Amperity
Richard Clarke
Managing Director
AB Bernstein
Melissa Baird
South African Changemaker & Head of Communications
Global Destinations Sustainability Movement
Adnan Kazim
Chief Commercial Officer
Emirates Airline
Liesl Perez-Leary
Fractional CMO
Axis Integrated Mental Health
Caroline Leboucher
CEO
Atout France
K. Denaye Hinds
Managing Director
JustaTAAD
Jon Goss
Chief Brand Officer
NeueHouse and Fotografiska
Jamie Cohen
Chief Financial Officer
Vacasa
Steven Taylor
Chief Marketing Officer
Accor
John Thomas
CEO
Waltzing Matilda Aviation/Connect Airlines
Handley Amos
Chief Operating Officer
Pillar Well-Being
Fred Tsao
Founder
OCTAVE Institute
Keith Tan
Chief Executive
Singapore Tourism Board
Rob Torres
Senior Vice President
Expedia Group Media Solutions
Melanie de Souza
Executive Director, Destination Marketing
Royal Commission for AlUla
Chin Siang Yap
Deputy Chief Executive
Singapore Tourism Board
Samir LanGus
Multi-Instrumentalist
Jenn Chick
Vice President and Global Head of Hilton Honors
Hilton
Jason Bryant
Vice President, Nor1
Oracle Hospitality
Judy Kepher-Gona
Founder and Principal Consultant
Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda
Ellen Dubois du Bellay
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jumeirah Group
Geoffrey Ryskamp
Global Head of Hospitality, Travel & Leisure
Medallia
Darren Murph
Head of Remote
GitLab
Helane Becker
Managing Director
Cowen and Company
Jens Munch
Co-founder and CEO
Pace Revenue
Alastair Thomann
CEO
Generator and Freehand Hotels
Travis Pittman
Co-Founder and CEO
TourRadar
Sigríður Dögg Guðmundsdóttir
Head of Tourism
Visit Iceland
Marc Speichert
EVP and Chief Commercial Officer
Four Seasons
Allen Mask
Managing Partner
CōLab
Tran Dieu Ly
Research & Market Intelligence Analyst
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Demi Horvat
CEO
AirDNA
Jennifer Andre
Vice President, Business Development
Expedia Group Media Solutions
Caroline Beteta
President & CEO
Visit California
Sofia Rovnova-Nixon
Director, Media Strategy & MarTech
Marriott International
Paul Griffiths
CEO
Dubai Airports
Maricarmen Herrerías
Co-founder & COO
Casai
Graeme Hughes
Senior Vice President of Sales
Visit Tucson
Kayee Cheung
VP of Global Innovation
Skyscanner
Glenn Fogel
CEO & President
Booking Holdings
Carol Fergus
Director of Global Travel, Events and Ground Transportation
Fidelity International
Isaac Alderson
Multi-Instrumentalist
James Wheatcroft
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Northern Europe
Accor
Jason Calacanis
Technology Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Axel Hefer
Managing Director & CEO
Trivago
Parker Stanberry
Founder and CEO
Oasis
Heena Patel
Senior Vice President of Global Rental Operations
Travel + Leisure Co.
Inge Huijbrechts
Global Senior Vice President Sustainability, Security and Corporate Communications
Radisson Hotel Group
Alex Cruz
Board Member
WestJet Airlines
Lauren McGuire
President
Made Music Studio
Gary Morrison
CEO and Executive Director
Hostelworld Group
Christian Selchau-Hansen
Co-Founder and CEO
Formation
Brian Kelly
Founder and CEO
The Points Guy
Amy Burr
President
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Max ZT
National Hammered Dulcimer Champion
Marlene Valle
Founder
Deafinitely Wanderlust
Joseph Rajadurai
VP & General Manager, Travel & Hospitality
Cognizant
Carl Shepherd
Investor and Co-Founder
HomeAway
Rami Zeidan
Co-Founder & CEO
Life House
Mark Goldberger
Head of Strategic Accounts
TripActions
Michael D. Brown
President & Chief Executive Officer
Travel + Leisure Co.
Geerte Udo
CEO & Director
amsterdam&partners
Iván X. Eskildsen
Minister of Tourism
Government of Panama
Tony Douglas
Group Chief Executive Officer
Etihad Aviation Group
Schubert Lou
Chief Operating Officer
Trip.com
Barry Padgett
Chief Executive Officer
Amperity
Varsha Arora
Senior Research Analyst
Skift
Laurie Gablehouse
Head of Travel Solutions
Ingenico ePayments
Danielle Brown
Chief Marketing Officer
Points
Peter Shanks
Managing Director – UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa
Silversea
Shruti Challa
Senior Vice President of Revenue
Sonder
Clayton Nelson
Head of Strategy and Business Development
Egencia
Aaron Walton
CEO & Founder
Walton Isaacson
Ankur Randev
Principal & Chief Commercial Officer
Highgate
Sébastien Bazin
Chairman and CEO
Accor
Aliya Khan
Vice President of Design
Lifestyle Brands at Marriott International
Michael Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
Travel + Leisure Co.
Yvonne deFuria, CMP
Event Production Manager
Webex Events (formerly Socio)
Amy Konary
Founder & Chair
The Subscribed Institute
Marloes Knippenberg
CEO
Kerten Hospitality
Peter Gerstle
Group Head of Travel Products
Collinson
Jong Yoon Kim
CEO
Yanolja and Yanolja Cloud
Jeremy Jauncey
Founder & CEO
Beautiful Destinations
Miguel Neves
Editor-in-Chief
Skift Meetings
Philip Kennard
Co-Founder & CEO
Futurestay
Roi Kaufman
Vice President Growth
Kaltura
Mark Vondrasek
Chief Commercial Officer
Hyatt
Dupsy Abiola
Head of Global Innovation
IAG
Will Lucas
Founder and CEO
Mint House
Tamara Lohan
CEO & Founder
Mr & Mrs Smith
Olivia Richli
General Manager
Heckfield Place
Jason Clampet
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
Skift
Amy Hinote
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
VRM Intel
Jason Sprenkle
CEO
Key Data
Gonçalo Hall
CEO
NomadX
Lisa Checchio
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
John Pagano
CEO
The Red Sea Development Company and AMAALA
Johnny Quach
Chief Product Officer/Chief Marketing Officer
Hostelworld PLC Group
Julia Randow
Director of Sales, APAC & General Manager, Dubai
GetYourGuide
Amy Weinberg
SVP of Global Brands, Loyalty & Insights
Hyatt
Ernest Lee
Chief Growth Officer
citizenM
Sean O’Neill
Senior Hospitality Editor
Skift
Sean Donohue
CEO
Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport
Geetika Agrawal
Founder and CEO
Vacation with An Artist (VAWAA)
Julie Brinkman
CEO
Beyond
Joe Pettigrew
Chief Commercial Officer, Hotel Asset Management
Starwood Capital Group
Peggy Fang Roe
Global Officer, Customer Experience, Loyalty & New Ventures
Marriott International
Manoj Chacko
Business Unit Head, Travel and Leisure
WNS Global Services
Robert Mulet
Director Digital Sales & Experience
Avianca
Ross Borden
Founder & CEO
Matador Network
Lisa Checchio
Chief Marketing Officer
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Eric De Groot
Meeting Designer and Managing Partner
MindMeeting BV
Keith Barr
CEO
IHG
Marc Vermut
VP, The Knowledge Lab
Neustar
Rick Elieson
Vice President of Loyalty
American Airlines
Brune Poirson
Chief Sustainability Officer
Accor
Ulla Hefel Böhler
Chief Operating Officer
The Travel Corporation
Melissa Dalrymple
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Pranavi Agarwal
Senior Research Analyst
Skift
Stephen Kaufer
President and CEO
Tripadvisor
H.E. Helal Saeed Almarri
Director General
Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism
Rainer Jenss
Founder
Family Travel Association
Jane Mackie
Senior Vice President, Global Marketing-Luxury and Upscale Brands
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Global Head of Travel
Ingenico ePayments
Angelique Lewis
Short-Term Rental Host
Ashley Robinson
SVP Customer Success
Rokt
Mia Kyricos
President & Chief Love Officer
Kyricos & Associates
Noreen Henry
Chief Revenue Officer
Sojern
Gabe Rizzi
President
Internova Travel Group
Michael Dominguez
President and CEO
Associated Luxury Hotels International
Michael Ros
CEO
Bidroom
Wouter Geerts
Director of Research, Data Product
Skift
Eric Bergaglia
Senior Director – Global Head of Accommodations Segments
Booking.com
Mitch Whitten
Executive Vice President for Marketing & Strategy
Visit Fort Worth
Erik Friemuth
Member of the Group Executive Committee; Group Chief Marketing Officer; and Managing Director, Hotels & Resorts
TUI Group
Scott Brodows
Head of Third Party Advertising
Hopper
H.E. Ali Al Shaiba
Executive Director, Tourism & Marketing Sector
Department of Culture & Tourism – Abu Dhabi
Amelia DeLuca
Vice President, Sustainability
Delta Air Lines
John Miyoshi
Executive Creative Director
Hubilo
Anne Rigail
CEO *Speaking via Video*
Air France
Michelle McKinney Frymire
CEO
CWT
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
Uber
Annette Gibbons-Warren
Art in the Landscape Projects Director
Royal Commission for AlUla
Ed Bastian
CEO
Delta
Guy Cierzan
Managing Partner, Customer Loyalty
ICF Next
Jin Ivacic
VP of Global Talent Acquisition
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Jean-Jacques Morin
Group Deputy CEO, Group CFO and Premium, Midscale & Economy Division CEO
Accor
Sooho Choi
EVP, Global Head of Travel & Hospitality
Publicis Sapient
Audrey Hendley
President
American Express Travel
Anjali Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer
AutoCamp
Spencer Rascoff
Co-Founder and CEO
75 & Sunny Ventures
Rob McDonald
Chief Commercial Officer
IAG Loyalty
Merilee Karr
Founder and CEO
UnderTheDoormat Group
Miguel Flecha
Managing Director & European Lead
Accenture Travel
Alan Woinski
Founder & Editor
The Daily Lodging Report
Fares Alaboud
Director of Product
Gathern
Tom Kershaw
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Travelport
Naledi K. Khabo
CEO
Africa Tourism Association
Chris Anderson
Professor
Cornell University
Ariel Cohen
CEO & Co-Founder
Navan
Michael Friedman
Chief Operating Officer – Americas
onefinestay
Lana Van Marter
Manager, Renewable Aviation
Neste
Alfan Hendro
Chief Operating Officer
Traveloka
Johannes Reck
CEO
GetYourGuide
Leah Chandler
Chief Marketing Officer
Discover Puerto Rico
Thomas B. Meier
Chief Operating Officer
Jumeirah Group
Barry Diller
Chairman and Senior Executive
IAC and Expedia Group
Jude Bricker
CEO
Sun Country Airlines
Josh Beckwith
Managing Director, Global Strategic Accounts & Partnerships
Sojern
Dan Marcec
Research Editor
SkiftX
Ramya Murali
Principal
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Rob MacLean
CEO
Points
Christopher Evans
Joint CEO
Collinson Group
Nina Herold
Chief Product & Operations Officer
TripActions
Laurence Tosi
Managing Partner & Founder
WestCap
Sue Harmsworth
Advisory Board Member
The Red Sea Development Company
Martina Luger
Chief Marketing Officer
Ennismore
Joshua Neckes
Co-Founder and President
Simon Data
Arne Sorenson
President and CEO
Marriott International
Shirley Lesmana
CMO
Traveloka
Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg
Co-Owner and Co-President
Valerie Wilson Travel
Adam Decaire
VP of Network Planning
Southwest Airlines
Andrew Dorcas
SVP, Sales and Strategy
ARHT
Rhea Saran
Global Head of Brand & Content
Travelzoo
Rajesh Magow
Co-Founder & Group CEO
MakeMyTrip
Andrew Watterson
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer
Southwest Airlines
Caryn Seidman Becker
Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO
CLEAR
Ford Blakely
Founder, SVP & GM
Medallia Zingle
Federico J. González Tejera
CEO
Radisson Hotel Group
Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Visual Storyteller and Bestselling Author
Jennifer Hsieh
Vice President, Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy
Marriott International
Casper Urhammer
CEO, Tour Operating
FTI Group
Jalak Jobanputra
Founder and General Partner
Future\Perfect Ventures
Brian Young
Managing Director, EMEA
G Adventures
Muna Haddad
Founder and Managing Director
BARAKA
Josh D’Amaro
Chairman
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
James Thornton
CEO
Intrepid Travel
Seth Borko
Senior Research Analyst
Skift
Benjamin Smith
CEO
Air France-KLM
Deborah Pevenstein
Chief Revenue Officer
Optii Solutions
Rotem Yossef
Chief of Staff
ClimateAi
Ashraf Amaani
Senior Brand Director, Middle East, Africa & Southeast Asia
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Malcolm Roughead
Chief Executive
VisitScotland
Heather Balsley
SVP, Global Loyalty & Partnerships
IHG
Felix Antelo
President and CEO
Viva Air Group
Alex Chatzieleftheriou
CEO & Co-Founder
Blueground
Thomas Carreras
General Manager
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
Bheki Dube
Founder & Group CEO
Curiocity
Ron Rogers
Group President, Lodging Division
CLC Lodging, FLEETCOR
Curtis Kopf
Transformational Chief Digital Officer
REI
Julie Kyse
Vice President, Global Air Partnerships
Expedia Group
Julie Grieve
CEO
Criton
Joah Spearman
Founder & CEO
Localeur
Nicholas King
Group Chief Development Officer
Red Sea Global
Robin McClain
Chief Marketing Officer
Destination DC
Bruce Poon Tip
Founder
G Adventures
Chris Hartley
CEO
Global Hotel Alliance
Tim Choate
Founder and CEO
RedAwning.com, Inc
Greg Oates
SVP, Innovation
MMGY NextFactor
Jacqueline Gifford
Editor in Chief
Travel + Leisure
Sheila Johnson
Founder & CEO
Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Mark Hoplamazian
President and CEO
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Rick Fast
Senior Vice President of Experience Engineering
Expedia Group
Roshan Mendis
Chief Commercial Officer
Sabre Travel Solutions
Manika Singh
Vice President, Hospitality Payments Solutions
Planet
Chris Hemmeter
Managing Director
Thayer Ventures
Megan Henshall
Global Events Strategic Solutions Lead
Google
Miguel Sanz Castedo
Director General
TURESPAÑA
Julie Coker
President and CEO
San Diego Tourism Authority
Francis Davidson
Co-Founder & CEO
Sonder
Prakash Ranjan
VP, Marketing Technology
MGM Resorts Inc.
Haixia Wang
VP of Research
Skift
Secretary Jen Paul Schroer
Secretary of Tourism
New Mexico Tourism Department
Katalina Mayorga
Co-Founder & CEO
El Camino Travel
Lynn Carpenter
Vice President of Marketing
Visit California
Grant Martin
Senior Director, Product Marketing
TripActions
Richard Collins
GM
Marriott International
Marion Chivot-Legris
Head of Sustainability North America
Air France-KLM
Matt Knise
Managing Vice President of U.S. Card
Capital One
Colin Nagy
Columnist
Skift
Greg O’Hara
Founder and Senior Managing Director
Certares
Scott Seay
CEO
Southern Vacation Rentals
Dan Ruch
Partner
Rho Capital Partners
Harry Jameson
Founder and CEO
Pillar Well-Being
Patricia Yates
CEO
VisitBritain / VisitEngland
Bex Deadman
Managing Director
Blue Cube Travel
Decius Valmorbida
President, Travel Unit
Amadeus IT Group
Chris Cooper
President
Neste
Alex Mans
Founder & CEO
FLYR Labs
Amit Saberwal
CEO and Founder
RedDoorz
Rodrigo Esponda
Managing Director
Los Cabos Tourism Board
Finnbar Cornwall
Industry Sector Leader for Travel
Google UK
Tao Tao
Co-Founder and COO
GetYourGuide
Lyn Lewis-Smith
CEO
BESydney
Tanzila Khan
Disability Rights Activist
Jane Sun
CEO
Trip.com Group
Petra Stušek
Managing Director
Ljubljana Tourism
Drew Patterson
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Transparent Intelligence
Jamie Lane
SVP of Analytics and Chief Economist
AirDNA
Rob Greyber
CEO
Vacasa
Maud Bailly
CEO Southern Europe
Accor
Adel El Fakir
CEO
Moroccan National Tourism Office
Laurie Garrett
Award-winning Science Writer
DeShaun N. Wise Porter
Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Recognition
Hilton
James Liang
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board
Trip.com Group
Lukas Johnson
Chief Commercial Officer
Breeze Airways
Daniel Rudasevski
Chief Growth Officer & Co-Founder
Selina
Beks Ndlovu
Founder
African Bush Camps
Lindsay Nelson
Chief Experience Officer & Chief Brand Officer
Tripadvisor
Fred Reid
Senior Advisor
Surf Air Mobility
Dan Frommer
Founder and Editor in Chief
The New Consumer
Christopher Nassetta
President & CEO
Hilton
Darrell Wade
Co-Founder & Chairman
Intrepid
William Hornbuckle
CEO and President
MGM Resorts International
Ayesha Durgahee
Journalist, Broadcaster, & Editorial Host
Skift Live
Scott Laurence
Head of Revenue and Planning
JetBlue
Aditi Mohapatra
Vice President, Global Social Impact & Sustainability
Expedia Group
Charles Oak
Hotel Director
The Londoner
Alisha Valentine
Director of Research and Analytics
Discover Puerto Rico
Dana Young
President & CEO
VISIT FLORIDA
Elke Dens
Global Director of Programmes
The Travel Foundation
Khalifa Al Qubaisi
Chief Commercial Officer
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC)
Colin Smyth
Vice President & General Manager, Travel
Flywire
Larry O’Reilly
CEO and Director
ARHT
Dawit Habtemariam
Global Tourism Reporter
Skift
Peter Kern
Vice Chairman and CEO
Expedia Group
Mike Appleton
President
TA Connections
Jesse Stein
Global Head of Real Estate
Airbnb
Casper Overbeek
Director of Customer Experience
CitizenM
DJ Graffiti
Chantal Sturk-Nadeau
Executive Director
Destination Canada Business Events
Scott Beck
President & CEO
Destination Toronto
Rachelle Snyder
Co-Founder & CEO
Arrive Outdoors
Al Hutchinson
President and CEO
Visit Baltimore
Brian Kirkland
Chief Technology Officer
Choice Hotels International
Jeff Strachan
Director
Dubai College of Tourism (DCT)
Rob MacLean
CEO
Points.com
Jason Glas
Head of Travel, US
Criteo
Ciaran Delaney
CEO & Founder
Meetingsbooker.com
Ken Holsinger
Senior Vice President Strategy
Freeman
Amber Asher
CEO
Standard International
Carlo Olejniczak
VP and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
Booking.com
Tom Marchant
Co-Founder
Black Tomato
Margaux Constantin
Partner, Dubai
McKinsey & Company
Sarah Smith
Co-Founder
The Dyrt
Stephen Cluskey
Co-founder and CEO
Mobility Mojo
Tony Fernandes
CEO
Capital A (AirAsia)
Jessica Gillingham
Founder and CEO
Abode Worldwide
Neha Parikh
CEO
Waze
Tim Rosolio
Vice President of Vacation Rental Partner Success
Expedia Group
Sam Jain
Founder and CEO
Fareportal
Scott DeAngelo
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Allegiant
Eric Liebman
Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships
JCB International Credit Card
Trixie LohMirmand
Executive Vice President
Dubai World Trade Centre
Glenn Jones
Interim CEO
Bermuda Tourism Authority
Umesh Chhiber
Senior Vice President – Revenue, Retail & Cargo
Oman Air
Doug Parker
Chairman & CEO
American Airlines
Judy Emma
Senior Manager, Global Travel
Twitter
Gavin Landry
Executive Vice President / Director, The Americas
VisitBritain
Rafat Ali
Founder & CEO
Skift
Mark Wang
President & Chief Executive Officer
Hilton Grand Vacations
Angela Tupper
Branded Content Editor
Skift Meetings
Sara Nelson
International President
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO
Brad Gerstner
Founder and CEO
Altimeter
Tamur Goudarzi Pour
SVP Channel Management, and Chief Commercial Officer
Lufthansa Group Airlines and SWISS Air Lines
Brad Dean
CEO
Discover Puerto Rico
Scott Kirby
CEO
United Airlines
Christine Ourmières-Widener
CEO
TAP Air Portugal
Gilda Perez-Alvarado
Global CEO
JLL Hotels & Hospitality
Christian Smart
General Manager, Germany
Travelzoo
Bryan Terry
Managing Director and Global Aviation Leader
Deloitte
Asmaa Quorrich
Chief Marketing Officer
Saudi Tourism Authority
Aisha Al Mansoori
Captain
Etihad Airway
Cynthia Huang
Head of Growth
Dtravel
Jeff Nieman
Senior Vice President, Operations Initiatives
Hertz Corporation
Amanda Hite
President
STR
Andres Barry
President
JetBlue Travel Products
Gertjan Dewaele
Product Innovation Lead
Ingenico ePayments
Jeff Hurst
President and Co-lead, Marketing
Expedia Group
Allison Ausband
EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer
Delta Air Lines
Frédéric Kahane
SVP Customer Loyalty and Flying Blue Director
Air France KLM
Lydia Nzayo
General Manager
Singita
Wendy Olson Killion
Senior Vice President
Expedia Group Media Solutions
Berthold Trenkel
Chief Operating Officer
Qatar Tourism
John Tertan
Co-Founder
HeyGo
Vasu Raja
Chief Commercial Officer
American Airlines
Pauline Rigaudy
Client Partner, Travel, EMEA
Criteo
Max ZT & Priya Darshini
National Hammered Dulcimer Champion & Grammy-Nominated Vocalist
Matt Gaghen
CEO
Under Canvas
Atif Rafiq
President of Commercial & Growth
MGM Resorts International
George Turner
Chief Commercial & Technology Officer
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Shane O’Flaherty
Global Director, Travel, Transportation and Hospitality
Microsoft
Darren Frei
Branded Content Editor
SkiftX
Daniel Friedli
Managing Director & Partner
Travel in Motion
Pieter Elbers
CEO
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM)
Petra Roach
CEO
Grenada Tourism Authority
Guy Bigwood
Managing Director & Chief Changemaker
Global Destinations Sustainability Movement
Mattie Parker
Mayor
City of Fort Worth
Mike Reyes
Senior Vice President – Platform Product Management
Sabre
Paul Abbott
CEO
American Express Global Business Travel
Kevin Neher
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Michael Trauttmansdorff
Director, Product Management, Travel
Google
Rick DeLappe
Interagency Program Manager
Recreation.gov
Todd Handcock
President, Asia Pacific
Collinson
Steve Milo
CEO and Founder
VTrips
Hjörtur Smárason
CEO
Visit Greenland
Michel Gelobter
CEO
Cooler
Arash Azarbarzin
CEO
Highgate
Mirja Sickel
Executive Vice President for the Traveler Centric Platform
Amadeus
Robert Tanenbaum
Managing Director
Starwood Capital
Elliott Ferguson
President and CEO
Destination DC
Adam Stewart
Executive Chairman
Sandals Resorts International
Margaret Bailey
Senior Vice President
CHM Government Services
Paul Meyer
Co-Founder and CEO
The Commons Project
Aireen Omar
President
AirAsia Digital
Capt. Joe DePete
President
Air Line Pilots Association
John Kirby
VP of Network Planning
Spirit Airlines
Ankit Gupta
SVP, Domestic Planning and United Express
United Airlines
Neil Dipaola
CEO
AutoCamp
Tom Ito
Hospitality Leader, Principal
Gensler
Christopher Hook
Global Head of Sustainability
Uber
Dakota Smith
Chief Strategy Officer
Hopper
Brian Egan
Co-Founder & CEO
Evolve
Alexander Schellenberger
Chief Luxury & Premium Brands Officer
Accor
Virginie De Visscher
Senior Director of Business Development, Economic Sectors
Destination Canada Business Events
Jules Seeley
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Betsy O’Rourke
Chief Marketing Officer
Xanterra
Doron Meyassed
CEO & Co-founder
Plum Guide
Sharan Pasricha, M.B.E.
Founder & Co-CEO
Ennismore
Mark Nasr
Senior Vice President, Products, Marketing and eCommerce
Air Canada
Klaas van Lookeren Campagne
CEO
citizenM
David Whiteside
Chief Operating Officer – Europe & Emerging Markets
onefinestay
Tom Trotta
Vice President, Sales & Partnerships – USA
Allianz Partners
Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali
Executive Director
Expo 2020
Steven Udvar-Házy
Executive Chairman of the Board
Air Lease Corporation
Chris Silcock
Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer
Hilton
Rob Francis
SVP & Chief Technology Officer
Booking.com
Prashant Sharma
V.P. – Loyalty
Delta
Roger Solé
Chief Growth Officer
Newshore by FLYR
Paul Nursey
CEO
Destination Greater Victoria
Mariana Oleskiv
Chairperson
State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine
Matthew Biboud-Lubeck
VP, Head of Product Marketing
Amperity
Piers Schmidt
Advisory Board Member
The Red Sea Development Company
Muzzammil Ahussain
Executive Vice President, Travel
Seera
Fred Dixon
President & CEO
New York City Tourism + Conventions
Melissa Maher
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Industry Engagement
Expedia Group
Parag Khanna
Founder & Managing Partner
FutureMap
Frederic Lalonde
CEO & Co-Founder
Hopper
Gustavo Segura Sancho
Minister of Tourism
Costa Rica Tourism Board
Katerina Giannouka
CEO
Jumeirah Group
Vikram Bhaskaran
Global Head of Vertical Strategy and Marketing
Pinterest
Scott Mayerowitz
Executive Editor
The Points Guy
Amanda Cupples
GM, UK & Northern Europe
Airbnb
Eric Bailey
Global Director of Travel
Microsoft
Henrik Kjellberg
Group CEO
Awaze
Alex Mans
Founder & CEO
FLYR Labs
Massimo Morin
Global Head of Travel
Amazon Web Services
Jon Gray
CEO
RVshare
Shoba Mohan
Founder Partner
RARE India
Brian Znotins
Vice President of Network Planning
American Airlines
Adam Decaire
Vice President, Network Planning
Southwest Airlines
Andrea Doyle
Senior Editor
Skift Meetings
Rafael Museri
CEO & Co-Founder
Selina
Steve Hafner
CEO
Kayak
Dr. Lynn Minnaert
Academic Director & Clinical Associate Professor
Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality at New York University
Betsy Price
Former Mayor
City of Fort Worth
Alexa Nota
COO and Co-Founder
Rent Responsibly
Andrew McConnell
CEO
RENTED, INC.
David Peller
Managing Director, AWS Travel & Hospitality
Amazon Web Services
John Rodgerson
CEO
Azul Brazilian Airlines
Duke Chung
Co-Founder and CEO
Travelbank
John Mangelaars
CEO
Skyscanner
Issam Abdul Rahim Kazim
CEO
Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Vered Raviv Schwarz
President & COO
Guesty
Rory O’Neill
Chief Marketing Officer
Planet
Robert Isom
CEO
American Airlines
Dorothy Dowling
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Best Western Hotels & Resorts
Jeni Mundy
Global Head, Merchant Sales & Acquiring
Visa
David Bessis
CEO
Tinyclues
Jason Fudin
CEO + Co-Founder
Placemakr
Dennis Schaal
Executive Editor, Founding Editor
Skift
Linda Jojo
EVP, Chief Customer Officer
United Airlines
Ariane Gorin
President, Expedia for Business
Expedia Group