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Future Hospitality Summit Podcast
Welcome to the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) podcast series. FHS is the world's most influential annual gathering of hotel owners, investors, hotel brands, restaurant leaders, airlines & aviation authorities, destination developers, asset managers, financial groups, consultants and government representatives. For more information, visit futurehospitality.com
Episodes
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 169: From Investment to Impact: Rethinking Hotel Technology
Podcast Summary: Beyond the Hype – Making Hotel Technology Work In this episode of the FHS Egypt Podcast, Hassan Barakat, Head of Product Management at…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 168: Beyond the Numbers - Reality of Egypt's Hotel Boom
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Eddy Tannous, Chief Operating Officer of Rotana Hotels, discusses Egypt's growing hospitality sector, investment…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 167: From Hotel Rooms to Destinations: Rethinking Hospitality in Egypt
In this exclusive interview at FHS World Dubai, Matthew Weihs sits down with Aman Malhotra, CFO of Kerten Hospitality, to explore Egypt's evolving hospitality…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 165: Beyond Five-Star Hotels: Where Egypt's Real Hospitality Opportunities Lie
In this episode, Hala Matar Choufany, President, HVS Middle East, Africa and South Asia, shares her perspective on Egypt's evolving hospitality investment…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 164: Beyond Co-Working - Why Workspace Belongs in Egypt's Mixed-Use Destinations
Michael Aldridge, Founder and CEO of KOFISI, joins the FHS Egypt Podcast to explain the "hotelified workspace," the model KOFISI has refined over ten years by…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastFHS Podcast Episode 163: Five Worlds, One Vision, Marc Dardenne, CEO, Modon Hospitality, Unveils Afiniti
Marc Dardenne, CEO of Modon Hospitality, joins the FHS Podcast to discuss how guest expectations are reshaping the future of hospitality and why travellers are…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 161: The UAE's Next Chapter: A Conversation on Tourism and Investment
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Mohammed Al Ahbabi, Director of Tourism Development at the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism, joins us to discuss the…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 156: From Cairo to the Red Sea - The Investment Case for Egypt's Hospitality Market
Mohamed Zaghloul, Board Member & VP of Hospitality Development at Zaghloul Holding, joins the FHS Egypt Podcast to discuss eight decades of real estate and…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 162: Madinah's New Investment Story: Building a Destination for the World
In this episode, Dr. Moath Alyahya, Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Economic City, explores how Madinah is evolving into a broader investment, hospitality…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 159: Branded Residences: Where Luxury, Living, and Capital Meet with Riyan Itani
In this episode, Riyan Itani, Founder of Global Branded Residences Ltd., explores how branded residences are evolving at the intersection of luxury, real…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 158: The Story Sells: Richard Stevens on Branding Bold Hotel Brands
In this episode, Richard Stevens, Director at Sectorlight, explores why strong hospitality brands are built through story, not just design, and how a clear…
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Episode 158: The Story Sells: Richard Stevens on Branding Bold Hotel Brands
In this episode, Richard Stevens, Director at Sectorlight, explores why strong hospitality brands are built through story, not just design, and how a clear…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 157: Building for Growth: Hospitality Development in a Changing Market
In our latest FHS podcast, we sit down with Ayman Ezzeddine, Director of Development, Middle East at Radisson Hotel Group, as he walks us through the…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 160: From Pipeline to Delivery - Lars Geweyer on Egypt's Execution Challenge
In this episode of the FHS Egypt Podcast, Lars Geweyer, CEO of ADD Properties, discusses the forces shaping Egypt's fast-growing hospitality market, from…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 156: From Cairo to the Red Sea - The Investment Case for Egypt's Hospitality Market
Mohamed Zaghloul, Board Member & VP of Hospitality Development at Zaghloul Holding, joins the FHS Egypt Podcast to discuss eight decades of real estate and…
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Episode 156: From Cairo to the Red Sea - The Investment Case for Egypt's Hospitality Market
Mohamed Zaghloul, Board Member & VP of Hospitality Development at Zaghloul Holding, joins the FHS Egypt Podcast to discuss eight decades of real estate and…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 155: Building Swiss Hospitality in the Heart of Abu Dhabi
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Building Swiss Hospitality in the Heart of Abu Dhabi, Georgette Davey, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy -…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 154: Egypt's Hospitality Landscape - Capital Flows, Liquidity and the Road to Maturity
In this episode of the FHS Egypt Podcast, Daria speaks with Amr El Nady, Head of Hotels & Hospitality MEA and Managing Director of the Global Hotel Desk at…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastBeyond Heritage: Building Egypt's Next Generation of Lifestyle Destinations
In this episode of the FHS Egypt Podcast, we are joined by Nina Vithlani, Managing Director MENA at Sectorlight, to explore how Egypt can build distinctive…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 149: Wyndham and the Future of Saudi Hospitality
In this episode of the FHS Saudi Arabia podcast, Daria is joined by Mohamad Haj Hassan, Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa at Wyndham Hotels &…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 146: Building Saudi Arabia's Next Wave of Mid-Market Hospitality
In this episode, we speak with Dory Mouawad, Director of Operations KSA at Ewaa Hotel Group, about the changing face of Saudi Arabia's hospitality market and…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 145: The Neuroscience of Hospitality
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Anant Sharma, CEO of Matter Of Form, is joined by Muneeb Mushtaq, Chairman of Airzai, to explore the neuroscience of…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 144: Scaling Authentic Saudi Hospitality: Elaf Group's Transformation Journey
In this episode, we speak with Jalil Mekouar, Chief Executive Officer, Elaf Group, about what makes Saudi Arabia's hospitality opportunity unlike any other…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 143: Amsa Hospitality's Revolution in Saudi Hospitality
In this episode, Muin Sehran, CEO of Amsa Hospitality, shares how the company is helping shape the next chapter of Saudi Arabia's hospitality sector, from…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 142: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of Radisson Hotel Group
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Elie Milky, Vice President of Development Middle East, Cyprus, Greece & Pakistan at Radisson Hotel Group, shares why Saudi…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 141: Saudi Arabia's Tourism Transformation Through the Eyes of Rotana
In this episode of the FHS podcast, Eddy Tannous, Chief Operating Officer, Rotana Hotels, shares Rotana's expansion strategy in the Kingdom. From expansion…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 139: Designing the Hotels of the Future with Fouad Awan
In this episode, Fouad Awan, Partner & Managing Director, FSK & Partners, discusses the growing importance of ELV systems, building automation, and AI in…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 137: Bridging Capital Markets: China and the Future of Global Hospitality REITs
In this episode, we explore how global capital is being reshaped across hospitality and real estate, with a particular focus on the growing role of Chinese and…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 136:The Hospitality Opportunity in Mixed-Use MICE Districts
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Ronald Philip, VP - Investment and Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy, Dubai World Trade Centre, discusses how these…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 135: Repositioning Qatar: Strategy, Scale and Smart Hospitality
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, we explore Qatar's maturing hospitality market post-World Cup with Wael Al Sharif, Area General Manager at The Torch…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 140: From Momentum to Maturity: Saudi Arabia's Next Hospitality Chapter
In this episode, David Thompson, from The First Group Hospitality, discusses the Kingdom's rapid transformation, evolving investor sentiment, the realities of…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 138: The Attention Economy of Hospitality with Michael Cirino
In this episode of FHS Podcast, we talk about the attention economy of hospitality; it's no longer enough to build beautiful spaces. The real challenge is…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 134: The Art of Investing in Hospitality
Hospitality has evolved from a cyclical alternative into a stable, institutionalized asset class. In this FHS Podcast, Varun Kapur of Kapur and Partners breaks…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 133: Across Borders: Radisson's Development Strategy
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Elie Milky, Chief Development Officer for the Middle East, Northeast Africa, Cyprus, and Greece at Radisson Hotel Group…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 129: Rotana Unpacked: Leadership, Investment Trends, and the Future of Hospitality
In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of Rotana for an insightful conversation on leadership, strategy, and the future of hospitality. He shares his…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastFHS Podcast Episode: 128: Inside MEA Hospitality: Knight Frank on Strategy, Valuation & Capital Markets
This episode brings together Knight Frank's MEA hospitality experts to explore how advisory, valuation, and capital markets teams work as one to guide hotel…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 126: New Frontiers of Hospitality: Investment, Innovation, and Emerging Destinations in MEA
In this episode, we explore the dynamic transformation of the Middle East and Africa's hospitality landscape. Industry leaders share insights on new investment…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 125: Vision, Growth, and Independent Hospitality: The Aleph Story
In this insightful episode, we sit down with the visionary leader behind Aleph Hospitality to explore the journey of building one of the region's most…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 124: Adapting to Change: Hospitality's New Era in the Middle East
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Marco Rentsch, Partner at PwC Middle East, joins us to explore the evolving landscape of hospitality investment and…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 123: Investing in People, Driving Hospitality Forward
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Dr. Achim Schmitt, Dean of EHL Hospitality Business School, joins us to explore how hospitality education is shaping the…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 122: Architecting Vision: How Design Shapes the Future of Hospitality Investment
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Daria Smith sits down with Arjan Pit, Managing Director Middle East at UNStudio, to explore how visionary architecture is…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 121: Behind the Brand: Eleonora Srugo on the Rise of Branded Residences
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Eleonora Srugo, real estate broker at Douglas Elliman and star of Netflix's Selling the City, shares her perspective on the…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 120: Randy Durband, Chief Executive Officer, GSTC
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Randy Durband, CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), joins Daria Smith to discuss how sustainability is…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 111: Eddy Tannous, Chief Operating Officer, Rotana
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Jonathan Worsley speaks with Eddy Tannous, Chief Operating Officer of Rotana, to unpack the group's dynamic growth strategy…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 108: Nina Vithlani, Managing Director MENA, Sectorlight
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Riyan Itani, Director & Founder, Global Branded Residences, is joined by Nina Vithlani, Managing Director for MENA at…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 106: Ho Kwon Ping, Founder & Executive Chairman, Banyan Group
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Catherine Edwards, Chief Growth Officer, QUO Global speaks with Ho Kwonping, Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 105: Omar Romero, Chief Development & Luxury Officer, Minor Hotels
In this episode, Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks, sits down with Omar Romero, Chief Development and Luxury Officer at Minor International, to…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 104: Riyan Itani, Director & Founder, Global Branded Residences
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Riyan Itani, Director and Founder of Global Branded Residences, discusses the evolution and current state of the branded…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 103: Ryane Binmahfooz, Brand Development Executive, Baraka
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Daria Smith speaks with Ryane Binmahfooz, Brand Development Executive at Baraka, a visionary Saudi real estate company…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 102: Rahul Chaudhary, Managing Director & CEO,CG Corp Global & CG Hospitality Holdings
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Marina Franolic speaks with Rahul Chaudhary, Managing Director & CEO of CG Corp Global and CG Hospitality Holdings. Rahul…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 101: Antonio López de Ávila Muñoz, Director of Innovation, Education and Investment, UN Tourism
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Antonio López de Ávila Muñoz, Director of Innovation, Education and Investment at UN Tourism, joins host Son-Trang Nguyen…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 100: Elie Milky, Vice President Development, Radisson Hotel Group
In this episode, Elie Milky, Vice President Development at Radisson Hotel Group, shares insights into Radisson's expansion strategy across Saudi Arabia…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 99: Steven Greenway, Chief Executive Officer, flyadeal
In this FHS Podcast, Jonathan Worsley speaks with Steven Greenway, CEO of flyadeal, about the airline's rapid growth trajectory as Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 98: Benoît-Etienne Domenget, Chief Executive Officer, Sommet Education
Benoît-Etienne Domenget, CEO of Sommet Education, joins the FHS Podcast to discuss the urgent need for talent development in the global hospitality sector. He…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 97: Layla Alamri Education, Senior Manager, Red Sea Global
Layla Alamri, Education Senior Manager at Red Sea Global, shares how the organisation is reshaping the future of luxury hospitality by investing in local…
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Episode 96: Maya Ziadeh, Accor
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Jonathan Worsley speaks with Maya Ziadeh, Chief Development Officer, Premium, Midscale & Economy Division for Middle East…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 95: Bilal Ambikapathy, Partner, Wisefields
Saudi Arabia's hotel investment market is undergoing a major shift. In this episode, Bilal Ambikapathy explains how recent regulatory changes have simplified…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 94: Maud Bailly, Chief Executive Officer, Sofitel Legend, Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Jonathan Worsley sits down with Maud Bailly, CEO of Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, MGallery, and Emblems. Maud shares her…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 93: Sean Hehir, President & CEO, Trinity Investments
In this episode of the FHS Podcast, Sean Hehir, President & CEO of Trinity Investments, joins Marina Franolic to share his insights on the dynamic world of…
Future Hospitality Summit PodcastEpisode 92: Dr․Fabien Fresnel, Chief Executive Officer, The Riyadh School of Tourism and Hospitality
In this episode of the FHS podcast, Dr. Fabien Fresnel, CEO of the Riyadh School of Tourism and Hospitality, joins Jonathan Worsley to discuss Saudi Arabia's…