HICAP UPDATE Program

The HICAP UPDATE program incorporates leaders from the hotel and lodging industry, the investment community, and key advisors. HICAP UPDATE’s differentiating factor is its focus on countries/destinations in Asia Pacific that are ‘hot’ on the investment front.

HICAP UPDATE 2025 Speakers List

Please see the exciting list of speakers confirmed to date:
Hiro Abe, Managing Director, H.A. Advisors Ltd
Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks
Andrew Brandon, Fund Manager, Serene Capital
Peng Sum Choe, CEO, Pan Pacific Hotels Group
Patrick Finn, Vice President, Development, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Matt Gebbie, Director, Pacific Asia, Horwath HTL
Rohan Gopaldas, Asset Manager & Partner, Prospect Hotel
Lucia Grambalova, Chief Investment Officer & Head of Asset Management, Hotel Capital Partners
Jeff Higley, President, The BHN Group by Northstar
Edward Chung Nin Keung, Principal Investment Officer, IFC
Angelina Lee, Regional Vice President, Real Estate & Development, Greater China, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Bryan Lee, Founder and CFO, AB Capital Investment Limited
Yibing Mao, President, Greater China, Marriott International
Jesper Palmqvist, Senior Director-Asia Pacific, STR
Rakesh Patel, CEO & Founder, ALTA Capital Real Estate
Charles Rubin, Managing Director, Central Group Capital
Philip Schaetz, Founder and Managing Director, CUBE
Sanjay Singh, Managing Director, Fico Corporation
Kent Sun, Chief Development Officer, Great China, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Akihiro Tachibana, Director, Takenaka
Paitoon Wongsasutthikul, Chief Investment Officer, Asset World Corporation
Nantachatr (Mink) Yampandh, Investment Director, GCP Hospitality
Jonathon S. Zink, COO, The BHN Group by Northstar

* as of 23 December 2024

HICAP 2025 Portfolio of Events - Program Planning Committee

Hiro Abe, H.A. Advisors Ltd.
Chandragupta Amritkar, Global Features
Paul Andarakis, Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour
Maria Ariizumi, Hilton
Bill Barnett, C9 Hotelworks
Olivier Berrivin, BWH Hotels
Stella Blythe, CBRE
Andrew Brandon, Serene Capital
Mark Bullock, Ark Capital Partners
Hok Yean Chee, HVS
Mandy Clarke, AccomNews
Kevin Croley, Pan Pacific Hotels Group
Paul Dean, Dean + Associates
William Haandrikman, Fairmont Singapore & Swissotel The Stamford
Raini Hamdi, Hotel Investment Today by Northstar
Jihong He, H World Group Limited
Faez Jumabhoy, Globus Holdings Limited
Edward Keung, IFC
Sarah Korin, APRDO
Tasos Kousloglou, Sun Hung Kai Properties Hotels
Edward Kusma, Time Merchant Capital
Rick Lai, Regent Hong Kong
Bryan Lee, AB Capital Investment Limited
Angelina Lee, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Eric Levy, TSI
David Ling, City Developments Limited
Damien Little, Horwath HTL
Rachel Loh, Singapore Tourism Board
Andrew MacGeoch, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Karan Mahesh, STR, CoStar Group
Hoe Kit Mak, CapitaLand Investment
Roy Melick, Baker McKenzie
Rod Munro, BWH Hotels
Sadao Muraoka, Mori Building Investment Advisory
Julien Naouri, JLL
Jesper Palmqvist, STR
Rakesh Patel, Alta Capital Real Estate
Paul Pruangkarn, PATA
Eric Ricaurte, Greenview
Charles Rubin, CG Capital
Philip Schaetz, ISHC
Rob Schneider, Hotel Investment Today by Northstar
Jerry Schwartz, Schwartz Family Co
Lada Shelkovnikova, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
David Simpson, Axsia HTL
Sanjay Singh, Fico Corporation
Steven Skarott, Salter Brothers
Angeline Tan, SingHaiyi Hospitality
Pauline Tan, Ashurst
Jip van Driest, Frasers Hospitality
Jeff Weinstein, Hotel Investment Today by Northstar
Daniel Yip, High Street Holdings

HICAP UPDATE 2024 Program