AHICE South East Asia: hot brands, top trends take centre stage

by James Wilkinson

The leading hotel brands across Asia will be a hot topic of discussion at the region’s largest and most influential accommodation industry conference, AHICE South East Asia, in Singapore next month (Mar 10-11).

The fourth annual Asia Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition South East Asia edition (AHICE South East Asia) is once more proving to be an event that shouldn’t be missed, with over 600 delegates and 150 speakers from across the globe set to attend the event at Pan Pacific Singapore.

This year’s event features several brand-focused sessions, with tailored content and speakers discussing luxury, midscale, upscale, franchising and an all new ‘brands in fashion’ session.

Key speakers talking brands at the event include:

• AMY LU, General Manager, The Standard Singapore
• ANANTH RAMCHANDRAN, Head of Advisory & Strategic Transactions, Hotels & Hospitality Asia, CBRE Capital Markets
• ANDREW LANGDON, Chief Development Officer Asia, Accor
• ANMOL (AB) BHOJWANI, Head of Development, Asia Pacific and Middle East, Generator
• BASTIEN TOUZEAU, Regional Vice President – Development for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Inclusive Collection Asia Pacific, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• BRYAN CHAN, Vice President, Development, South East Asia and Korea, IHG Hotels and Resorts
• CHRIS ANKLIN, Senior Director, Development, South-East Asia & Korea, IHG Hotels and Resorts
• CLEAVON TAN, SVP Advisory, Asia, JLL
• CYRILL CZERWONKA, Managing Director Development APAC, BWH Hotels
• DAVID KAYE, Director of Branding & Marketing, Wink Hotels
• EUDO CHAN, Senior Director of Development – South East Asia & Pacific Rim, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• IVAN SUNDE, Founder and CEO, Onyx ASW
• JEFF CHO, Vice President, Business Development, Far East Hospitality
• KAI SIANG CHO, Head of Operator Selection, Asia, JLL
• LAURE MORVAN, Chief Development Officer, Luxury Brands Asia, Accor
• LUKE MORAN, Chief Executive Officer, LA/Co
• MATT HOLMES, Vice President of Development – South East Asia and Pacific Rim, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• NITESH PANDEY, CEO APAC, The Lux Collective
• RUWANI WEERASINGHE, Director of Asset Management & Acquisition, La Vie Hotels
• SHI’AI LIANG, Senior Director, Development, South-East Asia and Korea, IHG Hotels and Resorts
• STELLA BLYTHE, Senior Vice President of Development, Asia, EVT
• STEVE TJAN, Director, Indonesia and Malaysia, Radisson Hotel Group
• STEVEN CHAN, VP Franchise, The Ascott Limited

The second annual INN Tech Hotel Technology Summit is also attracting several of the world’s leading brands and is shaping up to be another must-attend event during AHICE.

INN Tech will be held from 8:45am to 10:10am on Wednesday March 10 and sessions will include AI, on-property technology, the intelligent guest journey and a keynote from one of the leading futurists in Asia.

AHICE also includes the 2026 Design INN South East Asia Symposium (held on March 10 from 9am-2pm), which will feature the region’s leading architects and interior designers talking about new and renovated projects across Asia.

Final tickets are now on sale at ahiceconference.com

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