The established circuit of conference and networking meetings cover all areas of global and regional development and investment industry and bring together investors, hotel owners, lenders, hotel brand/operator development executives, financial advisors, real estate agents, lawyers, designers, architects, consultants, tourism officials, timeshare developers, government officials. Events range from small one-to-one discussion groups of regional industry specialists such as the PKF hotelexperts HTLroundtables throughout the year to IHIF in Berlin which bring together over 2,000 top industry executives including most of the CEOs of the large hotel groups.
Networking Meetings
PKF hotelexperts HTLroundtable
Q1 2019: Zurich, Kigali, Addis Ababa, Warsaw, Sydney, Singapore, Milan. Q2 2019 Stockholm, Moscow, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Madrid, Accra, Dakar, Mumbai, Vienna, New York, Tbilisi, Santo Domingo, Seoul, Shanghai, Berlin. Q3 2019 Nairobi, Cape Town, Kyiv, London, Dubai, Belgrade. Q4 2019 Bucharest, Mexico City, Bogota, Paris, Istanbul, Lagos, Marrakesh, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam. December 2019 HTLsummit Vienna.
HTLroundtable is a by invitation only high-profile discussion platform for decision-makers in the hospitality, tourism & leisure sector. PKF hotelexperts have organised the event since 2009 in 16 European cities, plus numerous African, American and Asian cities yearly, in 2019 there are 38 HTLroundtables plus the HTLsummit in Vienna in the first half of December. Topics focus on the hospitality sector in particular regions and the aim of these events is to create an industry network of international experts from hotel groups, real estate companies, investment institutions, banks, law practices, suppliers and consulting firms to exchange their views on the future of the hotel and tourism industry in the region. PKF hotelexperts also founded two hotel investment and real estate forums in Europe:
- Hotel & Tourism Forum Milan (Since 2014, April)
- Hotel & Tourism Forum Munich (Since 2002, October)
Macau (2017), Los Angeles (2017, 2019), London (2017, 2018), Dubai (2017, 2018, 2019), New York (2017, 2018, 2019), Zurich (2017), Berlin (2018), Singapore (2018, 2019), Hong Kong (2018), Vienna (2018), Barcelona (2019), Shanghai (2019).
TOPHOTELWORLDTOUR is a series of exclusive networking one-day conferences around the world. The sessions bring together precisely 66-delegates from the hospitality industry together to exchange business opportunities. Attendees are from the areas of architecture/design, operation, investment, supply, consulting and media. The networking ‘Change Table Session’ concept promises every single attendee has the chance to meet the entire group of hospitality leaders during the day.
Hotel Real Estate Conferences (EMEA)
HOTCO – Hotel Investment Platform CEE & Caucusus
Since 2017 held end-January each year at Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest, Hungary.
HOTCO is an international hotel investment conference organised by Horwath HTL Hungary, over a day and a half, focusing on the hotspots for hotel development in Europe: Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus presenting global trends to help attendees interpret their impact on their local markets.
Hotel Alternatives Event (HAE)
Since 2015 held February at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London, UK.
Organised by Hotel Analyst, HAE is a one-day annual senior-level conference that compares and contrasts the investment returns on hotels against other accommodation classes such as serviced apartments, caravan parks, student accommodation, hostels and similar. The rise and rise of alternatives to traditional hotel accommodation are changing the investment landscape for what had been a specialised and exclusive real estate segment.
Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E)
Since 2017 held September at Hilton London Bankside, London, UK.
Hotel Investment Conference Europe is a networking conference with Europe’s leaders in the investment community. Over one-third of the companies represent leading debt, equity, and development firms with sessions focused on the capital markets and investment opportunities in Europe.
International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF)
Since 1997 held March each year at InterContinental Hotel Berlin, Germany.
IHIF is generally considered the leading meeting place for the European Hotel Community. The 3-day event is where industry deals get done and the forum which senior-level executives rely on as a tool for expanding and developing their businesses. 2,300 senior level executives attend this event year on year from over 70 countries and all areas of the industry.
Since 1990 held March each year at Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.
MIPIM (Le marché international des
Hotel Investment Conference (Global Series Organisers)
- Americas Lodging Investment Summit – Law (Los Angeles, January in 2019)
- Americas Lodging Investment Summit (Los Angeles, January) 2019 No. 17
- Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (Singapore, March in 2019)
- Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific (Singapore, March) 2019 No. 10
- Hotel Opportunities Latin America (Miami, May in 2019)
- Carribean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (Miami, May in 2019)
- Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific – ANZ (Sydney, July) 2019 No. 1
- Hotel Investment Conference Europe (London, September) 2019 No. 3
- Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, October) 2019 No. 30
- Hotel Investment Conference – South Asia (Mumbai, April) 2019 No. 15
- Tourism, Hotel Investment & Networking Conference Indonesia (Jakarta, September) 2019 No. 7
- Tourism, Hotel Investment & Networking Conference Sri Lanka (Colombo, January) 2019 No. 3
- International Hotel Investment Forum (Berlin, March) 2019 No. 22
- Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference (Bangkok, April) 2019 No. 11
- The Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum (Athens, October) 2018 No. 4
- Israel Hotel Investment Summit (Tel Aviv, November) 2018 No. 1
- MIPIM (Cannes, March) 2019 No. 30
- MIPIM UK (London, October) 2019 No. 6
- MIPIM Asia Summit (Hong Kong, November) 2019 No. 14
Major Travel Fairs (EMEA)
While oriented to the broader travel market and the travel consumer, and not focused on hotel development/investment, travel fairs can provide a general understanding of destination markets and competative products and often have investment conferences running parallel or sequentially:
East Mediterranean International Tourism & Travel Exhibition (Emitt): Istanbul, Turkey – January/February
ITB Berlin: Berlin, Germany – March
Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (Mitt): Moscow, Russia – March
World Travel Market (WTM) Africa: Cape Town, South Africa – April
Arabian Travel Market (ATM): Dubai, UAE – April/May
IFTM Top Resa: Paris, France – October
World Travel Market (WTM): London, UK – November
IBTM World: Barcelona, Spain – November