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Ingo Dignas – Protel Hotelsoftware

After having studied computer science at the University of Dortmund, Ingo Dignas co-founded protel together with Manfred Osthues in 1994. Today, as Managing Partner of protel he has well over 20 years of experience in hotel information technology. Ingo’s passion is in revolutionizing hotel IT by using mobile devices and cloud computing technologies.

Laurent A Voivenel – Swiss-Belhotel Management

Laurent A. Voivenel is the Senior Vice President, Operations & Development for Middle East, Africa & India for Swiss-Belhotel International, spearheading the group’s expansion in the region. He holds over 30 years of extensive international hotel and asset management experience with some of the world’s leading and most prestigious hospitality brands including Starwood Hotels &…

Mahmoud Kamal – Habtoor Hospitality

Chief Information Officer for the Habtoor Hospitality, with over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry, combined with over 25 years of experience in IT and project management. Mr. Kamal is a leader in adopting new IT tools and services such as cloud appliances and virtual environments. He has held many executive IT positions…

Marwan Al Ali – Jumeirah Group

Marwan Al Ali is currently the Group Chief Information Officer of Jumeirah Group, the global luxury hospitality company and a member of Dubai Holding. Marwan’s responsibility range from being a business enabler, deployment of IT cross functional solutions in this Digital age with a special focus on innovative strategies, customer centricity and driving business profitability.…

Nigel Hattersley – Marriott

Nigel joined Marriott in April 2017 and Starwood in 1993. After moving to the UK in 1996 and holding several management positions in hotel operations, Nigel moved into hotel IT and relocated to Dublin as part of a pre-opening team. In 2002 he join the Starwood divisional office as Senior manager IT EAME and completed…

Richard Oram – Oracle

Richard joined MICROS in 1999 focusing on Fidelio installations before being a key member of the product team involved with the launch of OPERA in the UK. Since then Richard became the Hotel Product Manager for the UK & Ireland operation with responsibility for over 2,500 hotels using OPERA & legacy products. He was the…

Sheikha Al-Fulaij – EY

Sheikha joined EY Kuwait office in February 2004 after graduating from Babson College in Boston, US; and currently serves as a Partner in our Assurance service line. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since January 2005. Sheikha currently leads EY’s Women Fast Forward initiative in MENA, which aims to accelerate achievement of gender parity…

Sofana Dahlan – Tashkeil Global Company

An accomplished lawyer, social entrepreneur, and a WEF Young Global Leader, Sofana Dahlan is an exemplary individual whose core competency lies in identifying gaps and developing programs as creative solutions that have a socio-economic impact. Currently, Dahlan is serving as the Vice Governor for Entrepreneurship Advancement at the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority of Saudi…

Virginia Salas Kastilio –

Virginia Salas Kastilio is the founder of “Gini.TV”, a disruptive media firm that helps businesses build influence and online awareness. A “third culture kid” who went to over a dozen different schools and managed over a billion dollars at Apple and Oracle without a degree, Virginia decided to start from scratch and build an online…

Wafa Alobaidat – Obai and Hill

Obai and Hill provides its clients with creative and innovative designs and strategic solutions that give them the needed competitive edge in the current marketplace. The company aims to bring young innovative designers into a new light and bridge the gap between the unestablished young designer and the client, creating a business for the Middle…