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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 7th, 2025

Ted Carroll

Ted Carroll

Ted Carroll is the founding partner and president of the Carroll Adams Group, which is celebrating its 20th year in business. Throughout Ted’s years of hospitality experience, he and his team have successfully purchased and installed multiple notable hotel projects...
Raul Leal

Raul Leal

Raul Leal is the chief executive officer of SH Hotels & Resorts, a brand management company and affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group. SH operates 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels, and Treehouse Hotels, with 14 properties under management and...
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos

Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos

Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos is the cofounder, president, and COO of Flag Luxury Group, a real estate development company with a primary focus on luxury hotels, boutique hotels, and retail development in Miami, Orlando, Las Vegas, and New York. Prior to forming Flag...
Libby Sims Patrick

Libby Sims Patrick

Libby Patrick is the founding principal and CEO of Atlanta-based Sims Patrick Studio (SPS). With more than 30 years of experience in the architecture and interior design industry, Libby is an expert in the design and conceptualization of nearly all space typologies,...
Shelia Lohmiller

Shelia Lohmiller

The 2023 Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award recipient Shelia Lohmiller serves as CEO of NEWH, Inc., the Network of the Hospitality Industry, a premier nonprofit networking resource for the hospitality community. NEWH provides scholarships, education, leadership...
Elisa Whaler

Elisa Whaler

Active for more than 35 years, Dallas- and Denver-based practice Bray Whaler is one of the largest hospitality procurement firms in the U.S. Under the leadership of executive vice president and founding principal Ronnie Bray and owner, president, and CEO Elisa Whaler,...