Accor Accommodations’ Group Deputy CEO and Premium, Midscale and Economic system Division CEO, Jean-Jacques Morin, is headlining the speaker line-up for the 2026 AHICE Far East Asia Resort Business Convention and Exhibition on September 2-3 in Tokyo.
Morin is one in every of over 40 audio system revealed at the moment (15 June) for the third annual AHICE Far East Asia in Tokyo, alongside over 30 sponsors for an occasion that will likely be held within the ballroom on the Grand Prince Resort Takanawa and at a number of accommodations throughout the town as a part of the convention’s immersive program.
AHICE Far East Asia yearly attracts main world and native buyers, CEOs, hoteliers, advisers and suppliers and final 12 months noticed a report crowd of over 300 attend the two-day occasion.
Accor Accommodations’ Morin is one in every of a number of world senior executives flying into Japan for the occasion, with the speaker line-up set to develop over the approaching weeks because the occasion continues to generate worldwide consideration.
AHICE Far East Asia will embody keynote speeches, Q&As, evocative panel classes and immersive off-site experiences designed to teach, inform and encourage, with subjects spanning funding, operations, growth, tourism development and world traits.
Alongside main business executives taking to the stage, keynote speeches can even come from Emmy Award-nominated Bridgerton (Netflix) Set Decorator, Natalie Papageorgiadis, who will speak about her stellar profession that has taken her from designing resort rooms to Hollywood units, and fellow Londoner Stuart Trevor, with the AllSaints founder how he’s altering the world of style sustainably and his new enterprise into the world of resort uniforms, however not as you count on it.
Audio system confirmed for AHICE Far East Asia to this point embody:
• ABHIJAY SANDILYA, Managing Director – Japan & Micronesia, IHG Accommodations & Resorts
• ANDREW CAMERON, Founder and CEO, Enzyme Consulting
• ANDREW LANGDON, Chief Growth Officer – Asia, Accor Accommodations
• ANGELA MURPHY, Vice President Gross sales – The Americas, Outrigger Hospitality Group
• ANMOL (AB) BHOJWANI, Head of Growth, Asia Pacific & Center East, Generator
• ANNA (ABE) MASATSUKI, Government Vice President, FSC Hospitality Ok.Ok.
• BENJAMIN KRIEG, SVP Business & Strategic Progress, Metro World
• CARLOS TARRERO, Space Basic Supervisor Luxurious, Japan, & Basic Supervisor, The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto, Marriott Worldwide
• CASPAR SCHMIDT, Founder & Chief Government Officer, QCC Assortment
• CHOE PENG SUM, Chief Government Officer, Pan Pacific Accommodations Group
• CHRIS WAITE, Director, Chris Waite Communications
• CRAIG BOND, Chief Working Officer, Pan Pacific Accommodations Group
• DAN VOELLM, CEO & Founder, AP Hospitality Advisors
• GARY KWOK, CEO & Managing Companion, Axe Administration Companions Restricted
• GAVIN WEIGHTMAN, Chief Working Officer, Part L
• HOWARD HO, Chief Government Officer, Part L
• JAMES MABBUTT, Vice President, Growth, Asia Pacific, Mandarin Oriental Resort Group
• JAMES WILKINSON, Group President – AHICE & Editor-In-Chief, HM & Wayfarer
• JASON HILL, Managing Director, Tourism Expertise
• JEAN-JACQUES MORIN, Group Deputy CEO and Premium, Midscale & Economic system Division CEO, Accor Accommodations
• JEFF WAGONER, President & Chief Government Officer, Outrigger Hospitality Group
• KATE LOH, Head of Growth, Pan Pacific Accommodations Group
• KEVIN CROLEY, Chief Growth Officer, World Resort Alliance
• MARCUS FISHENDEN, Consultant Director, Gatehouse Hospitality
• MARI TAKARA, Basic Supervisor, InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8
• MARK BRATTON, Senior Vice President – Hawaii, Funding Companies Division, Colliers
• MATTHEW BURKE, Regional Director – Asia Pacific ex China, STR
• MONICA SALTER, VP World Communications & Social Accountability, Outrigger Hospitality Group
• NATALIE PAPAGEORGIADIS, Set Decorator, Bridgerton (Netflix)
• PAUL GORMAN, Basic Supervisor Enterprise Growth & Head of Golf, Luxurious Escapes
• PAUL SALTER, Managing Director, Salter Brothers
• RAKESH PATEL, CEO & Founder, ALTA Capital Actual Property
• SETH SULKIN, Chief Government Officer, Pacifica Capital KK & Pacifica Accommodations GK
• SHINSUKE NAGASAWA, Director of Growth – Japan, Accor Accommodations
• SHIORI SAKURAI, Gross sales, Japan, STR
• STUART TREVOR, Founder, AllSaints & Director, Stuart Trevor
• SUO IWAI, Head of Growth – Japan, Radisson Resort Group
• TOKIO TAKAI, Affiliate Vice President, Various Investing (Japan), Goldman Sachs
• TOMOKI MATSUYAMA Chief Government Officer, Onko Chishin inc.
• WILLIAM HUSTON, Basic Companion, Bay Avenue Hospitality
• YURI TSUJIMOTO, Director, Growth, Japan & Micronesia, IHG Accommodations & Resorts
A complete program will likely be launched for AHICE Far East Asia over the approaching weeks.
AHICE Far East Asia has over 30 sponsors and is hosted by HM and Wayfarer magazines, with Principal Companions APRDO, IHG Accommodations and Resorts, Marriott Worldwide, Pan Pacific Accommodations Group, Seibu Prince Accommodations and Resorts and Journey + Leisure.
