Hotelier Middle East has lined up top industry speakers for the third annual Qatar GM Debate, taking place on April 10 at the Grand Hyatt Doha, Qatar.

The debate will bring together hotel general managers to discuss the sensitive topic of supply in a market struggling to keep up with the influx of new rooms through a series of panel sessions and interactive workshops.

Speakers on board include:

- Simon Casson, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Four Season Doha
- Joseph Coubat, Area Vice President - Lebanon, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
- Christoph Franzen, General Manager, Grand Hyatt Doha
- Tareq Derbas, General Manager, St. Regis Doha
- Savino Leone, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Doha -The Business Park
- Hany Maroun, General Manager, Century Hotel Doha
- Coen Masselink, General Manager, Shangri-La Hotel Doha
- Chris Hewett, Senior Consultant, TRI Consulting
- Moine Kandil, Vice President Operations, Millennium & Copthorne, Middle East & Africa
- Andreas Searty, General Manager, Hilton Doha
- Gordon Mackenzie, General Manager, Radisson Blu Hotel Doha
- Isabel Tapp, Founder & CEO, All Details Middle East
- Georges Khalil, Director of Food and Beverage, InterContinental Doha
- Naim Maadad, CEO, Gates Hospitality
- Rami Arafat Al-Jabari, Director of Sales & Marketing, Amari Doha
- Peter Goddard, Founding Partner, TRI Consulting
- Casey Davy, Vice President, eRevMax
- Puneet Baijal, Director of Food and Beverage, Grand Hyatt Doha

Last year’s event brought together 130 senior hospitality professionals to hear from industry peers representing leading brands in the region, with the 2013 edition set to top this.

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The day’s event will start with the unveiling of exclusive market data by TRI Consulting senior consultant Chris Hewett.

Hewett will share the latest research and pipeline and discuss the raw numbers that will be shaping Qatar’s hospitality industry through to 2014.

Following panel discussions address the topics of ‘Open For Business (and Sport, and Much More)’, ‘Delivering Value – Not Discounts’, ‘Finding The Maximum Potential Of Each F&B Outlet’ and ‘Leading A World Class Hospitality Team’.

Following lunch, delegates can choose the most relevant from a selection of interactive workshops on the topics of ‘Delivering Ancillary Revenue’, ‘Solving The Mystery of PR – And Getting Results’ and ‘Best Practice Revenue Management’.

Click here to see the full agenda. 

Ultimately, the Qatar GM Debate is a not-to-be-missed event, and the only opportunity for Qatar hoteliers to come together to discuss the issues that really matter to the industry.

CONTACTS

HOTEL GMs ATTEND FOR FREE: Email sue.lobo@itp.com or call 00971 4 444 3877 to register

For sponsorship opportunities email dom@itp.com or call Diarmuid O’Malley on 00971 4 444 3568

For speaker opportunities email Samantha.medina@itp.com or call 00971
4 444 3520