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2013 Speakers
Emre Narin
Vice President, Marti Hotels and Marinas & Mart? Real-Estate Investment Trust
Johanna Devine
Project Manager - The Silk Road Project, UNWTO
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Thomas Willms
Senior Vice President, Regional Director East and Central Europe , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Yusuf Vadi Karatoprakli
Chief Executive Officer, Aktay Turizm Yatırımları ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.
Dr Tunç Gökçe
Managing Director, Artiproje, Turkey
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
Goktug Özdemir
President, Tourism Group , MAKYOL Construction, Industry, Tourism Co Inc.
Yalin Yaltirakli
Development Director, Turkey, IHG
Ketevan Bochorishvili
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Sustainable Development, Georgia
Ömer Bayraksan
Managing Partner, PROMKON Construction Project Management
Kerry Gumas
President & Chief Executive Officer, Questex Media Group LLC
Ulf Pettersson
Director, Development & Construction , Amstar Global
Robert Gaymer-Jones
Chief Executive Officer Sofitel WW , Sofitel Luxury Hotels
Attila Silahtaroglu
Chairman of the Board, Silkar Turizm Yatırım ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.
Heinz Wehrle
Managing Partner, Horwath HTL GmbH Switzerland
David Vely
Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International
Acun Uyar
Managing Partner, Makro Insaat TIC. A.S.
Bilge Turcan
Chief Business Development Officer , Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Elif Balci Fisunoglu
General Manager , Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau - ICVB
Hande Tibuk
Member of Board, Net Holding Inc.
Mehmet Önkal
Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting
Cüneyt Ertürk
General Manager , Ertürk Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş.
Christian Karaoglanian
Chief Development Officer, ACCOR
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Murat Yilmaz
Senior Director, Acquisition & Development Central & Eastern Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Tandogan Ozmen
Chairman, Misha Shipping Agency and Trading Ltd.
Defne Gezen
Vice President - Hotels & Hospitality Group , Jones Lang LaSalle
Ferzan Çelikkanat
General Manager , Er Investment and Development
Elif Egeli Nisanci
Director of Project Development , BLG Capital
Phillipe Baretaud
Senior Vice President Head of Development Europe Middle East Africa, Accor
Ben Martin
Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM
Metin Erdogdu
President, PFD Hotel and Real Estate Solutions
Romain Avril
Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Tavit Köletavitoğlu
President, Atlas Project & Land Development
Ozlem Gokce
Vice Chairperson of GYODER (The Association of Real Estate Investment Companies) , General Manager of Extensa Istanbul
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
Ahmet Cuneyt Selçuk
Chief Project Director, ISPAT - Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
Mehmet Sükrü Nenem
Country Head - Switzerland, Turkish Airlines
Timur Bayındır
President, TUROB (Touristic Hotels & Investors Association)
Şenay Azak-Matt
General Manager - Turkey, Aareal Bank AG
Angela Brav
Regional Chief Executive Officer, Europe, IHG
Alexis Delaroff
Chief Operating Officer Russia - CIS, ACCOR
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
Selen Ersü
Chairman & CEO, EVER Group
Christian Michel
Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Wyndham Hotel Group
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Ömer Isvan
President, Servotel
Daniel Thorniley
President, DT-Global Business Consulting
Jeremy Slessor
Managing Director, European Golf Design
Trevor Ward
Director, BDO Hospitality Consulting, Istanbul
Kamil Berk
Tourism Coordinator, NG Hotels & Resorts
Martin Kandrac
Managing Director , Blackstone
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Zafer Tangil
Vice President, Isr Holding
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Bilal Aydoğan
Partner, Maksem Yapi İnṣaat
Serra Arıkök
Coordinator of Tourism Investments , Demsa Group
Yunis Salayev
Managing Partner, BDO Azerbaijan LLC
Michael Collini
Vice President Development – Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide
Dr Turgut Gür
Chairman of High Advisory Council , Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD)
Robert Shepherd
Chief Development Officer, Europe, IHG
Haluk Kaya
Bekay Property Partners, Chairman
John Goldwyn
Vice President Director of Planning + Landscape, WATG
Mete Basol
Board Member, Dedeman Holding A.S.
Serkan Gocmen
Chief Executive Officer , Nef Bebekoy
Aykut Eken
Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK)
Willemijn Geels
Regional Director Development & Acquisitions, Louvre Hotels Group
Fatih Tosun
Deputy General Manager, TSKB Real Estate Appraisal Company
Advisory Board
The CATHIC Advisory Board is made up of key hotel industry leaders with experience from the region, who put forward their suggestions and views on topics, awards and keynote speakers. We are extremely grateful to them for their input, which is instrumental in developing a well rounded and balanced programme with topics and regional issues to be presented and discussed on panels at the conference.
CATHIC’in Danışma Kurulu’nda bulunan, otelcilik sektörünün bu bölge konusunda deneyim sahibi liderleri, ele alınacak konular, verilecek ödüller ve davet edilecek konuşmacılar konusunda görüşlerini bildirir ve öneriler getirir. Konferans sırasında sunulacak ve tartışılacak olan bölgeyi ilgilendiren konuları içeren, kapsamlı bir program oluşturmamızdaki büyük katkılarından dolayı onlara müteşekkiriz.
The CATHIC 2013 Advisory Board members are: CATHIC 2013 Danışma Kurulu üyeleri:
Ahmet Arikan, ISR Holding
Konstanze Auernheimer, STR Global
Kamil Berk, NG Gural Hotel Group
Mike Collini, Hilton Worldwide
Sonia Dive-Dahl, The Rezidor Hotel Group Turkey and Georgia
Elif Egeli Nisanci, BLG Capital
Ata Eremsoy, The Marmara Collection
John Goldwyn, WATG
Christoph Hager, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Buket Hayretci, Aareal Bank AG
Jean Paul Herzog, Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International
Omer Isvan, Servotel Corporation
Haluk Kaya, Bekay Property Partners
Tavit Koletavitoglu, Atlas Project & Land Development
Christian Michel, Wyndham Hotel Group
Mehmet Onkal, BDO Hospitality Consulting
Bulent Senses, ACCOR
Kevin Underwood, AECOM
Trevor Ward, W Hospitality Group
Yalin Yaltirakli, InterContinental Hotels Group
Ayhan Yeginsu, Leisure Development Consultants
Murat Yilmaz, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
It was great to see so many industry players together in one place, to learn many new things and have the opportunity to meet new faces from the sector
Ali Gureli
The Sofa Hotels and Residences
Organisers
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