Boutique Hotel Summit

The Summit

The international boutique hotel sector is booming. Both small independents and large multi-nationals are investing heavily to establish a presence in this exciting market which has now becoming a truly global phenomenon.

Discover what makes this vibrant sector of the hospitality industry tick and learn from the experts at Europe’s only b2b boutique and lifestyle hotel conference.

New features for the 2017 summit included results of the first Boutique Hotel News reader sentiment survey discussed and the first BOHO Guest Experience Awards.

Join your fellow industry professionals to find out about the very latest trends in sales, marketing, operating, branding, investment, design and much more, at Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit 2018. Dates will be announced shortly.

Event Speakers

Clara Audry

onefinestay

VP Growth and Expansion

Eva Bachmann

MEININGER Hotels

Director Acquisitions and Strategy MEININGER Hotels

Navneet Bali

Meininger Hotels

Navneet Bali took over as CEO of Meininger Hotels following its acquisition by Holidaybreak in the UK.

Robert Barnard

BDO UK LLP

Partner at BDO UK LLP

Bill Barnett

C9 Hotelworks

Bill Barnett is the founder and managing director of C9 Hotelworks.

Alexandra Bertram

Custard Communications

Account Manager, Custard Communications

Kash Bhattacharya

Budget Traveller

National Geographic Traveller's Blogger of the Year, Kash Bhattacharya is the founder and editor of the BudgetTraveller.

Piers Brown

International Hospitality Media

CEO of International Hospitality Media (IHM) and the founder of Boutique Hotel News.

Kevin Charity

The Coaching Inn Group

Kevin is the founder and CEO of the Lincolnshire based Coaching Inn Group.

Sophie Colvin

STR

Business development manager

Anthony Cox

Danesfield House Hotel & Spa

Anthony is the general manager at Danesfield House in Marlow-on-Thames.

Katrina Craig

Hotel Solutions Partnership Ltd

CEO

Nick Davies

The Cottage in the Wood

Nick Davies is co-owner of The Cottage in the Wood hotel, restaurant and bar along with Julia Davies.

Mark Davy

Futurecity

Founder and CEO, Futurecity

Anne Dolan

Clink Hostels

Founder and owner of Clink Hostels

Harry Douglass

HVS

Associate director within HVS London’s valuation & consultancy division

Angela Ellis

The Zetter Group

‎General Manager

Melvin Gold

Melvin Gold Consulting Ltd.

Hotel industry consultant

Bruno Haid

Roam Co-Living

CEO, Roam Co-Living

Neeraj Handa

Cairn Group

Partner

Andrew Harrington

AHV Associates

Andrew co-founded AHV in 2001. He started his career in finance at Barclays de Zoete Wedd (now part of Credit Suisse First Boston) in London in 1988.

Mark Harris

Travel Intelligence Network

Director

Francine Heywood

GuestRevu

Francine co-founded GuestRevu in 2013 and heads up the company’s sales and marketing activities globally.

Oliver Heywood

Flat Cap Hotels

Oliver, along with brother Dominic, is a co-founder of Flat Cap Hotels.

Philip Houghton

Philip Houghton Consulting

Consultant

Imran Hussain

The Hotel Culture

Imran Hussain is editor-in-chief of The Hotel Culture.

Vivien Ivanyi

Management Consultant

Erik Jacobs

HORECA Investment Partners

Founder

Caroline Kaye

Cedar Manor

Partner

Josh Littman

Hard Rock International

EMEA Vice President of Development for Hotels & Casinos

Camille Lorigo

Sexy Best Friend

Camille's work in branding crystallised when she founded her own design showroom in Glasgow in 2007, specialising in made-to-measure fashion, footwear and accessories from Scotland's fashion talent.

Manuela Mannino Hickson

The Hickson Design Partnership

Owner and founder

Emily Manson

PROCLAIM Communications

Freelance wordsmith, content creator, copywriter, journalist, speechwriter & project manager

Trevor Morris

OakNorth

Debt Finance Director

Grant Powell

Central Working

Grant Powell is managing director of Central Working, a leading hospitality brand focusing on collaboration which facilitates the growth of over 1,500 SME member businesses in locations around the UK.

Frank Reeves

Avvio

Frank is co-founder and CEO of Avvio.

Marion Rudloff

TripAdvisor

Sr Manager, Hotel Partnerships EMEA

Justin Salisbury

Artist Residence Hotels

Justin Salisbury took over his family guesthouse in Brighton in 2008, aged just 20 following his time at Leeds University.

Mandy Saven

Stylus

Head of Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Alison Sawyer

SALT Restaurant Marketing Ltd

Co-Founder of SALT Restaurant Marketing Ltd

Amir Segall

HotelTonight

VP of International at HotelTonight

George Sell

International Hospitality Media

Editor-in-Chief

Andrew Shaw

IHG/Kimpton

Andrew Shaw is a graduate of hotel school in Manchester and joined IHG in January 2015 to head the company’s UK & Ireland development team.

Robin Sheppard

Bespoke Hotels

Robin has been a hotelier for more than 40 years winning many Hotel/Hotelier of the Year awards.

Simon Taylor

Condé Nast International Restaurants

Simon Taylor brings 20 years of luxury hospitality experience to Condé Nast International Restaurants, overseeing the growth and development of restaurant license partners in exciting new markets around the world.

Suzie Thompson

Red Carnation Hotels

Vice President Marketing, Distribution and Revenue Management

Andy Townsend

Legacy Hotels & Resorts, BHM, HVL, BHM Advisory

Chief Executive Officer and Founding Director

Holly Tuppen

Bouteco

Former Editor of Green Hotelier, Holly is currently setting up Bouteco — a platform to share inspiring sustainability stories from ‘hip hotels with a heart’.

Nick Turner

Bespoke Hotels

Nick Turner was appointed Managing Director of Bespoke Hotels International in 2015, and is primarily be tasked with growing management contracts and marketing agreements overseas as the company looks to expand its remit beyond these shores.