HOTEL EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE 2026
Speakers
Saturday 17/10, 11:00 – 20:00
Sunday 18/10, 11:00 – 20:00
Conference segment arrival time 10:30
Hotel Experience 2026 approaches hospitality as one of the most revealing cultural, social and economic infrastructures of our time. Through its conference programme, the event brings together the questions currently reshaping the field: new models of inhabitation, branded residences, wellness, technology, locality, investment logic and the emotional intelligence of design. What emerges is not a fixed map of trends, but a sharper reading of how hotels, places and people are being asked to coexist, transform and imagine the future of living.
Anestis Michaloudis
Chief Operating Officer, SWOT Hospitality Management
Angeliki Mavroleon
Project Architect, A&M Architects
Daphne Zoumboulakis
Director of Zoumboulakis Galleries
Dimitris Manikis
President, EMEA, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Dinos Tornivoukas
President, TOR Hotel Group
Elena Papadonikolaki
Founder & CEO, Boutique Setters
George Drakopoulos
Founder & CEO, Tourism Generis
Georges Batrouni
Co-Founder & CEO, OKUPA
Minas-Terlidis
Co-Founder, CEO of Bohopo
Nikos Diamantopoulos
General Manager, Marketing Greece
Nikos Hadjos
Founder & Managing Director, Hotellect
Panayis-Panayotopoulos
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stephan Muller
Creative Director, Atelier Stéphan Muller
MATT TURNER
EDITOR IN CHIEF - SLEEPER MEDIA
Dimitris Kyriazis
Secretary for Mountain Regions, Presidency of the Hellenic Government
Yannis Hatzis
President, Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (HHF)
Giorgos & Mariniki Dalamvela
Founders of "Keramion"
Harry McKinley
Managing Editor of Mix Interiors
Lefteris Kariotis
CEO, Fresh Hotel Athens
Michalis Manasakis
Founder & Owner, Perma Serifos
Kostas Panagakis
Principal, Travelworks Public Relations
BARBARA AVDIS
Founder, BA Premium Hospitality
KONSTANTINOS DERIZIOTIS
BOARD MEMBER ATHENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & CEO KSD/MONEY TOURISM MAGAZINE
Ria Xenou
founder & CEO ELASTIC ARCHITECTS
DIMITRIOS KARAMPATAKIS
Founding Partner, K-Studio
Nikos Karaflos
Hotelier, Owner Dexamenes Seaside Resort and Spa
Lukas Bobotis
Bobotis + Bobotis Architects
GIORGOS TSOLAKIS
Founder TSOLAKIS ARCHITECTS
Ιvi Nanopoulou
Architect and Managing Partner, TPA Architects
DEDA MARIA
ARCHITECT - FOUNDER DEDA ARCHITECTS
Dimitris Tsigos
Architect - Founder OMNIVIEW
Irini Giotopoulou
Architect, Co-Founder DNE Architects
Danai Makri
Head of Strategy & Content, Design Ambassador
OURANIA PIKRAMENOU
FOUNDER DEPLOT ARCHITECTS
Christina Drakopoulou
Managing Director, COLORS Hotels
Thomas Athanasopoulos
Electrical engineer at CUBALUX
Alexis Katsaros
Executive Director
George Mamidakis
President, G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation
Panos Pantazopoulos
Founder & Managing Director, Trésor Hospitality
Maria Sigma Stavropoulou
Textile Designer & Weaver, Founder of Maria Sigma Studio
Markos Georgiou
Managing Director, Loguers
Myrto Tsarouchi
Design Director, ELASTIC Architects.JPG
Sotiris Bahtsetzis
Associate Professor, University of Thessaly & Artistic Director, G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation
Andreas Kostopoulos
Founder & Lead Design Partner, Manhattan Projects New York City (MPNYC)
Fredric Jonsson
Founder & Managing Partner, MEREHA Group · CEO, Smokva Bay
HARRIS NTIGRINTAKIS
Managing Director, Tourism Media & Events
Tomer Gelles
Chief Operating Officer, BETA Estate
SPARKD ANNA MILANI
Founder 5
stamatis hatzilazarou
Sales Director & Board Member, H Hotels Collection
Yota Dimitriou
Director, G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation
Maria Louizou
Visual Artist
Maro Fasouli
Visual Artist
Xenophon Kappas
General Director, Captain Vassilis & Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation
Dimitris Potiropoulos
Co Founder Potiropoulos + Partners
Anastasia Miari
Food & Travel Writer and Author · Contributor to Condé Nast Traveller
Athinagoras Kostakos
Chef
Catherine Rey
Head of Business Development and Sales, EHL Campus Lausagne
Costas Antimissaris
Co-Founder, Stamna Sifnos
Éléonore Trénado-Finetis
Ceramist, Founder & CEO of MON COIN Studio
Emmanouil Kyriakidis
Director of Food & Beverage, Culinary, Ella Resorts
George Spyropoulos
Chief Operating Officer
Ioanna Mitropoulou
Interior Designer - Founder Hotel - IM
Isabella Zampetaki
Author, Founder of the House of Handcrafted Crete
Markos Chaidemenos
Managing Director, Canaves Collection
Nikos Erinakis
Poet & Assistant Professor of Social & Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture, University of Crete
Spyros Kouris
Managing Director & Partner, NUMO Hotels & Resorts
Yiannis Liokas
Chef
Yorgos Kelefis
Founder, Ozon Magazine, Fashion Room Service
Panagiotis Siafakas & Iordanis Tseneklidis
Focu Sauvage
Beat Huesler
Global Management Partner, Oppenheim architecture
Haris Siganos
Founder Zeus International Hotels & Resorts
Carolyn Turnbull
CEO, Nammos Hotels & Resorts
Panos Palaiologos
Founder & CEO, HotelBrain Group 1
Angela Michalopoulou
Deputy CEO, DKG Development
Dimitris Antonopoulos
Gastronomy Journalist
Konstantinos Triantafillis
General Manager, MindHaus
Kalia Konstantinidou
Owner Empeiria Group
Manolis Krasanakis
Director, Lassithi Plateau Agricultural Cooperative
Polyvios Karachotzitis
Development Project Manager, Ella Resorts
Nigel Franklyn
Co-Founder & Lead Consultant, Moss Wellness Consultancy · Creative Director, Touchless Wellness Association
Thomas Douzis
Founder & CEO, ERGON Foods
Manos Borboudakis
Chief Operating Officer, Metaxa Hospitality Group
Sotirios Varelas
Associate Professor, Department of Tourism Studies, University of Piraeus; Director, Laboratory of Tourism Excellence (UPTourism Lab)
Thanos Zakopoulos
Creative Naturalist, Co Founder CTRLZAK Art & Design Studio
Sotiris D. Bampagiouris
Founder & CEO, Local Food Experts®
Adrian Caddy
Founder, Greenspace
Jeremy Spencer
Co-Founder, Vabel
Mario San Jacinto
Director, Almiranta Capital Group
Errikos Arones
Chief Executive of Hellenic Properties
Yiannis Baxevanis
Chef
