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2026 Programme
09:40 – 10:25 Market Insights

Beyond the Horizon

A sharp, data-driven deep dive into the financial and economic currents shaping the UK hotel industry. The panel will unpack raw macroeconomic data, tying CPI changes and debt finance realities directly to RevPAR, ADR, and disposable guest spend.

Jeavon Lolay
Jeavon LolayLloyds Banking
Dave North
Dave NorthLloyds Banking
10:25 – 11:10 Operations

Frontline Fortitude

Hotel operators are caught in a pincer movement: skyrocketing supply chain and labour costs on one side, guests demanding flawless value on the other. This panel digs into asset management, smart cost-control, and building operational agility across diverse portfolios.

Julie White
Julie WhiteAccor
David Anderson
David AndersonAimbridge EMEA
David Hart
David HartRBH Hospitality
11:30 – 12:15 Leadership

The Modern Anchor

Managing a modern hospitality workforce demands a shift from old-school hierarchy to empathetic, visionary leadership. These industry standard-bearers explore how to inspire loyalty across multi-generational teams, foster open communication, and maintain personal mental resilience.

Christian Masters
Christian Mastersart'otel Hoxton
Caroline Gregory
Caroline GregoryThe Lovat Hotel
Simon Numphud
Simon NumphudAA Media Services
12:15 – 13:00 Events Market

The New Roar of MICE

The MICE sector looks radically different than it did a few years ago. From hyper-personalised retreats to tech-heavy hybrid conventions, this session uncovers what today's corporate planners actually want from a venue — and how to maximise yield per square foot.

Shonali Devereaux
Shonali DevereauxMIA
Varun Shetty
Varun ShettyThe Belfry Resort
14:00 – 14:45 Development

Blueprint for Growth

Despite tight credit markets, the appetite for strategic hotel development remains fierce. Brands and asset managers discuss the shift toward conversions, brand repositioning, and adaptive reuse over ground-up builds.

Tim Davis
Tim DavisPACE Dimensions
Gavin Taylor
Gavin TaylorClermont Hotels
Paul Blackmore
Paul BlackmoreHilton
David JM Orr
David JM OrrResident Hotels
14:45 – 15:30 Technology

Beyond the Buzzwords

AI is already driving revenue and plugging labour gaps. This panel cuts through the jargon to showcase how automated guest messaging, contactless check-ins, and predictive analytics can save thousands of labour hours.

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David BeersChoice Hotels
RBH
AI SpecialistRBH Management
CT
Canary PanelistCanary Tech
15:55 – 16:40 People & Culture

People First

Recruitment is tough, but retention is where the real battle is won or lost. Industry leaders share actionable advice on mental health initiatives, flexible working models, and defined career progression pathways.

Mark Lewis
Mark LewisHospitality Action
Suzanne Speak
Suzanne SpeakRadisson Group
16:40 – 17:05 Crisis Management

When the Custard Hits the Fan

In a 24/7 digital world, a single bad incident can escalate into a viral PR nightmare within minutes. A compressed, highly practical session delivering an actionable blueprint for emergency communication and brand protection.

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Eliminating zombie hotel tasks to reignite hospitality businesses

Eliminating zombie hotel tasks to reignite hospitality businesses

In this episode we speak to Nico Tréguer, co-founder of Roberts and Treguer and The Culpeper Family. Nico spoke about founding the group alongside his longtime friend Gareth, having had a vision for bringing more nature spaces to cities, the planned extension of The Buxton in Spitalfields, and how the site’s storytelling engages guests and the local community, how the Culpeper Family’s core sustainability ethos helped it secure its B-Corp status and why hospitality has a responsibility to educate and innovate when it comes to sustainability.

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Where Google started as a simple search engine, Guestline started as a PMS. Fast-forward 20 years and both have diversified to a portfolio of complimenting and integrated solutions to drive and power businesses and experiences. 

As part of the Access Hospitality family, Guestline is today much more than a PMS; it provides hoteliers with a multitude of ways to reignite hospitality and inspire organisational change.

With the industry staff turnover rate at 42% within 90 days, one of the biggest challenges for hoteliers is to break the cycle of ‘zombie tasks’, using automation to streamline operations and reinvigorate hospitality by putting your guests and staff first. 

Elevate the guest experience

Technology must promote trust and facilitate ease, adding value throughout the guest journey. Elevating the guest experience begins with re-energising your team; freeing staff of monotonous administrative tasks to focus on meaningful guest engagement. 

In working with intuitive guest-facing technology through responsive booking systems, self-service portals and kiosks, you can empower guests to do more, while capturing the guest data to grow revenue with personalised upgrades and special offers.

With digital registration completion averaging 31%, staff and guests enjoy much faster check-ins. 

“By empowering the guest to manage their own stay, our hotel partners are not only liberated from administrative tasks, they also benefit from faster access to more accurate first-party data, which can drive better efficiency and personalisation,” said Robert Ventura, Technical Product Manager, Guestline.

Invigorate back of house

Endless spreadsheets and number crunching has turned finance, sales and revenue teams into data zombies. It’s time to reawaken the back office by simplifying operations with smart business practices to spark commercial excellence. In providing the right tools you can empower your team to take more informed action. By understanding business performance – including reservation forecasts versus staff rotas – all teams can continually optimise revenue and costs.

From automated revenue management systems to AI-powered workflow management and inventory procurement software, Guestline helps your teams go further. 

Reignite the hunger for F&B

With F&B struggling to remain profitable – technology is plugging the gaps for your resources to go further and bring order to the chaos. 

Systems like ResDiary, facilitate bookings and free staff from redundant administration giving you room to reinvigorate the hospitality experience. Using real time F&B performance data you can continually control staffing, resources and inventory, and with improved dining and menu management you can maximise profitability for long-term success.

“Hotel staff need more time for value-based tasks. We see around 25% of table bookings now coming via the GuestStay portal, with even more upsell options already in development.  At a time when room-only margins are tight, every little uplift on guest spend counts – and with staffing issues still prevailing, reducing ‘zombie jobs’ and creating more autonomy for guests is vital,” said Chris Jones, Senior Product Manager, Guestline 

Forging connections

Just as good hoteliers yearn to foster meaningful connections, good technology should effortlessly connect your hotel, staff, and guests. 

Guestline’s Cloud Platform forms the hub of successful independent hotels that support staff and effectively respond to guest needs and market changes. Pick and choose the solutions that work for you; whether this is from the extensive Access Hospitality family such as Rotaready, ProcureWizard, allora.ai, Acetelo and Access EPoS or one of over 500 third-party integrations. 

More than a PMS, Guestline’s technology supported by quality service puts hospitality back at the heart of operations and takes your hotel to the next level. 

Discover more at guestline.com 

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