Other Profiles:
Werner Aisslinger, Founder, Studio Aisslinger, Berlin
HI Design EMEA Keynote Speaker 2013
David Messersmith, Vice President, J/Brice Design, USA
HI Design EMEA Panelist 2013
Jane Lawrence, Director, Johnson Naylor, UK and Ex Director, Conran + Partners
HI Design EMEA Panelist 2013
Tarek Hegazy, AIA,SIR/SAR, Principal & Creative Director, Living Design, Sweden
HI Design EMEA Panelist 2013
Jonathan Manser, Managing Director, The Manser Practice
HI Design EMEA Panelist 2013
Charles Leon, Founder & Director, Charles Leon Associates
HI Design EMEA Speaker 2013
Rolf Schmidt, Managing Director, TOPHOTELPROJECTS
HI Design EMEA Speaker 2013
Delegate Profiles:
Thomas Emanuel - Director of Business Development, STR Global
HI Design EMEA Speaker 2012
2nd March 2012
A look at the performance of the hotel industry across Europe, Middle East, & Africa. Thomas will look at the historic performance of key countries and cities, as well as STR's forecasts for 2012. In addition, he will discuss the evolution of supply and the new supply pipeline in the region, to see which markets are ‘hot’ in terms of new hotel openings.
Thomas Emanuel leads STR Global’s Business Development team, overseeing a team of 16 across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. He has spent his entire career in the hotel industry, most notably with Hyatt Hotel & Resorts, both at a corporate and unit level, and he started with the Deloitte's HotelBenchmark team in 2006. Since the formation of STR Global in March 2008, he has lead the Business Development department, and now also has overall responsibility for all the company's non UK offices, recent additions to which have been in Tokyo, Dubai, and Mumbai. Thomas regularly attends and presents at client meetings and conferences.
