Speakers

Alexander Mayrhofer

Business Unit Manager, Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

Juergen Steinmetz

Co-Founder and Publisher, eTN (eTurboNews)

Alex Zaretsky

CEO, travelata.ru

Buğra Berberoğlu

CEO, President & Founder, River Rock Hotels & Resorts

Deniz Akkaya

TV Host, Presenter & Former Model

Christina Holt

Owner, Wedding Concepts

Mark Martinovic

CEO, Hotel Spec & Hotel Partners Africa

Leonid Marmer

General Director, Intourist Thomas Cook

Thomas Andersson

CEO, Visit Stockholm

Salim Özdemir

Chairman of the Board, HalalTourism.com

Gordana Plamenac

CEO, The National Tourism Organisation of Serbia

Önder Halisdemir

CEO, Ağaoğlu Şirketler Grubu

Kamil Yanıkömeroğlu

Chairman of the Board, Rönesans Real Estate Investment Group

Nurdan Tekeoğlu

Producer and Academician, Istanbul Ticaret University

Alexis Janoray

Head of Development Africa, AccorHotels

Ali Nuhoğlu

President of Executive Board, Istanbul Akvaryum

Kaan Çetinkaya

Founder & Architect, SPACE Architects & Designers

Alexis Delaroff

COO, Accorhotels Russia, Georgia and the CIS and General Director, Russian Management Hotel Company LLC

Bülent Akarcalı

Former Health and Tourism Minister, The Republic of Turkey

Egemen Bağış

Minister of EU Affairs and State (2009-2013), The Republic of Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey

Zehra Öney

CEO, Blippar Turkey

Mark Tanzer

CEO, ABTA

Rajeev Jain

Director, Rashi Entertainment

Vivek Singhania

Producer, Picture Perfect

Ait Voncke

Vice President Account Management EMEA, Expedia

Greg Webb

Vice Chairman, Sabre

Prasant Saha

CEO, CIMGlobal

Dmitry Rogulev

Managing Director, ADA Symposium

Naveen Rizvi

Regional Director, India and Indian Ocean, Pacific World

Tim Smith

Managing Partner, HVS Africa

Arden Agopyan

Founder&CEO, Hotel Runner

KACH & JONATHAN

Travel Blogger

Dr. Alper Özkan

Counsellor / Director, Turkish Embassy-Moscow

Christopher Draye

ice President, Business Development Global Sport and Special Events, FiveCurrents

Fikret Öztürk

President, BETUYAB

Christopher Rodrigues

Chairman, Visit Britain

Markus Lehnert

ice President, International Hotel Development Marriott International

Sabbas Joseph

Director, Wizcraft World

Süha Derbent

Professional Photographer

Ken Livingstone

Former Mayor of London

Hakan Ateş

CEO, Denizbank

Rolf Schroemgens

Founder & CEO, Trivago

Edwin Broers

Regional Vice President Central and Eastern Europe Wyndham Hotel Group

Munthir Al-Ansari

Tourism Advisor, Member of Panel of Experts, UNWTO

Paolo Figini

Economics Professor, University of Bologna

Arkın Kol

Regional Director, Dolby

Kagisa Dumasi

Commercial Manager Africa, BCD travel-accommodation

Anatoliy Kuryumov

General Director, IBC Corporate Travel

Clement Wong

CEO, BeMyGuest

Orkun Saitoğlu

COO, IYZICO

Daniel Silke

Director, Political Futures Consultancy

Martha Barcena Coqui

Ambassador, Mexico Consulate of Turkey

Vijay Arora

DIrector, Touchwood Group

Sphilko Sergey Pavlovich

President, Russian Union of Travel Industry

Emin Çakmak

Honorary Chairman of Global Healthcare Travel Council

İbrahim Halil Korkmaz

President, Investment Holding of Knowledge

Saad Al Qahtani

Tourist Accommodation Sector Manager at Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage ­SCTH.

Emin Çakmak

Founding and Honorary Chairman, GHTC

Mohamed Elnaggar

Tourism Expert at Ministry of Economy, Government of UAE

Aşkım Kapışmak

Behavioral Sciences Specialist & Author

Ece Tonbul

Executive board member and Managing Director, Paloma Hotels

Mehmet Ersoy

CEO, ETSTUR

Ali Bora İşbulan

General Manager, TAV Operations Services

Josefa Sacko

Commissioner, The African Union for DREA

Başaran Ulusoy

President, TÜRSAB

Kerim Sipahiler

Co-Founder, Sipahiler Events & Chairman of Site Turkey

Avsar Koç

CMO & Senior Partner River Rock Hotels & Resorts

Brad King

Vice President, Global Sales Sojern

Kıvanç Onan

General Manager Turkey, Middle East & North Africa PayPal

Ekaterina Bezhanova

Director of strategic development, Online Travel Agency OnlineTours.ru

Demet Sabancı

President of Executive Board, Demsa Group

Sani Şener

CEO, TAV Airports Holding

Ferzan Çelikkanat

General Manager, Er Yatırım

Mickey Mehta

Global Leading Holistic Health Guru

Boela Du Plooy

Director of Lodging Development in Africa, Marriott International

Willem Isbrucker

Product Owner, Booking.com

Tarek Sakik

Managing Partner, Hadath International Group

Hüseyin Baraner

General Secretary of Twincities World Tourism Assoc.

İnan Ekici

Assistant General Manager Otokoç Automotive (Avis&Budget&Zipcar)

Darren Dunn

VP of Travel & Tourism, ADARA

Jaydeep Mehta

Founder, True Events

Didem Özyiğit

General Manager, Harmonia Surgical Tourism

Mehmet Burak Kutluğ

Executive Committee Member Ağaoğlu Group of Companies

Shubhra Bhardwaj

Founder & Creative Director, Ferriswheel Entertainment

Olivier Granet

CEO, Kasada Capital

İnanç Kabadayı

President of Executive Board, Ege Yapı

Serge Trigano

Co-Founder & President, Mama Shelter

Glen Gilmore

Forbes Top 20 Social Media Influencer

Zach King

Viner / Youtuber

Manuel Nunes Júnior

Angola Minister of State Economic and Social Development

Carol Hay

Director of Marketing, Caribbean Travel Organisation

Dr. Hanfried Haring

President of European, Equestrian Federation

Miha Kovacic

Director, Slovenian Convention Bureau

Baher Badr

Head of Marketing, Attar Travel

Shen Zeyou

Director of Market Research, China Southern Airlines

Kristin Francis

Travel Blogger

Grach Muradyan

Head of IT Projects, Amadeus ACO RUSSIA

Aditya Motwane

Director, Motwane Entertainment and Weddings

Hande Tibuk

Executive Board Member & General Coordinator, Net Holding Inc.