Greece’s 4th International Hospitality Forum Opens on November 23

The program of the 4th International Hospitality Forum, organized by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, has been announced.

The leading dialogue and knowledge platform for the hospitality industry in Greece will be held for the first time in partnership with global tourism industry research company Phocuswright.

Organized annually in Athens since 2017 at the Xenia expo, the chamber’s forum this year will take place in a tailor-made digital environment, due to the restrictive measures taken against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, on Monday, November 23, at 10 am.

The forum’s topics this year are:
• Strategies for Operating in a Post COVID-19 World
• Sustainability – The Future of Travel
• Global Travel and the Road to Recovery

The event will be held through the online platform Swapcard and those interested in attending should register here.

PROGRAM

OPENING REMARKS – 10.00-10.30

PRESENTATION – 10.30-11.00

Global Travel and the Road to Recovery
Peter O’ Connor | Senior Market Analyst, Phocuswright

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – 11.10-11.50

Maud Bailly | CEO Southern Europe, Accor

FIRST PANEL DISCUSSION – 12.00-12.40
Strategies for Operating in a Post COVID-19 World

MODERATOR
Peter O’ Connor| Senior Market Analyst, Phocuswright

SPEAKERS
Franck Arnold| Managing Director and Regional Vice President, The Savoy

Anna Athanasopoulou| Head of Tourism, Textiles and Creative Industries at the European Commission

Margaux Constantin| Associate Principal, McKinsey’s

Dr. Willy Legrand| Professor of Hospitality Management, International University of Applied Sciences in Bad Honnef – Bonn

SECOND PANEL DISCUSSION – 12.50-13.30
Sustainability – The Future of Travel

MODERATOR
Johanna Wagner| Co-Founder of La Belle EDuC, Lecturer at ESSEC MSc in Hospitality Management (IMHI)

SPEAKERS
Agnès Decramer| General Manager, Feelingo

Dr Henri Kuokkanen| Associate Professor at Institut Paul Bocuse

Benjamin Lephilibert| Managing Director of LightBlue

Rebecca Pierides| Director Churchill Hotel Management Ltd, Assistant GM at Crowne Plaza Limassol (Cyprus), Committee Member of the ELN Europe

NETWORKING SESSION – 13.40-14.30

The gold sponsor of the 4th International Hospitality Forum is FORUM SA, organizer of the Xenia exhibitions. AXA Insurance Group is the event’s silver sponsor.