Guy
Dittrich
Journalist
Sep
Conference Moderator & Story Teller
A hospitality industry expert and a leading journalist in the business and consumer travel fields, Guy Dittrich is that man with the keen eye, sharp wit, and boundless energy you’ve seen moderating our Arena* year after year. An accomplished journalist focusing on hospitality and design, Dittrich has 15-plus years of experiences writing about properties and their designers around the world for magazines such as Wallpaper*, Condé Nast Traveller, and specialist hotel design publication Sleeper, where he is Editor-at-Large. Utilizing a vast database of knowledge and contacts, Dittrich is able to curate speaker line-ups for one-off events as well as longer conferences for such clients as CitizenM, Pandox, Bang & Olufsen, Herman Miller, Villeroy & Boch, Philips, Hansgrohe, and Kohler. By putting people at ease, Dittrich is able to tease out the narratives and backstories that bring his speakers to life.
Claus Sendlinger
CEO & Founder
Design Hotels™
Jamie Caring
Founder
Sevengage
Mirkku Kullberg
Creative Director
Hotel St. George
João de Macedo
Surfer & Entrepreneur
Guy
Dittrich
Journalist
Serge Dive
Founder & CEO
Beyond Luxury Media
Lex Empress
Singer & Songwriter
Josh
Fehnert
Food & Travel Editor
Monocle
David Flueck
Senior Vice President Loyalty
Marriott International
Laurent Haug
Entrepreneur
Wim Hof
"The Iceman"
Serdar Kutucu
Executive VP Brand & Strategy
Design Hotels™
Christian Malcher
VP Commercial Operations
Design Hotels™
Laura Nolte
VP Brand, Marketing
& Communications, EHPC
Brian Povinelli
Global Brand Leader
Marriott International
Ben Pundole
Founder
AHotelLife.com
Martin Raymond & Chris Sanderson
Co-Founders
The Future Laboratory
Markus Schreyer
Vice President The Americas
Design Hotels™
Jayson Seidman
Owner
The Drifter Hotel
Alexandre Tannous
Ethnomusicologist & Musician
Caitlin Zaino von During
CEO
Porter & Sail