RLA Global Group CEO took part in The R&R Advisory Board meeting virtually on the 24th of February to discuss the major trends leading to the recovery of the leisure hospitality sector.

In a meeting hosted by Alexi Khajavi, Mark Cheney, and Julie Rey-Gore, the panel shared their insights on the new travel and development trends, investor sentiment and stakeholder alignment in the new landscape. The overall feeling was one of strong fundamentals in the sector, in which partnerships are increasingly important but where cautiousness must remain.

To view some of the key extracts from the recorded meeting visit Hospitality Insights

Advisory Board Members: 

Roger Allen - Group CEO, RLA Global
Margarida Almeida - Founder, Amazing Evolution
Philip Bacon - Director, Planning & Development and Valuation, Horwath HTL
Miguel Casas - Director, Investment Properties, CBRE Hotels
Yannis Ermillos - Managing Director, Colony Capital
Nevius Glussi - Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Hospitality Group
Chris Graham - Managing Director, Graham Associates
Ben Martin - Principal, HKS Advisory Services
Ioannis Orfanos - Partner, Arbitrage
Lambis Pahiyiannakis - Acquisition Manager, LBRI/Sani & Ikos Group
Ana Ivanovic - Senior Vice President, JLL
Giorgios Filiopoulos - Chairman & CEO, Enterprise Greece
Luís Araújo - President, Turismo de Portugal
Dieter Kornek - Head of Project Scouting, TUI AG
Lorenzo Felici - Managing Director, Artelia Hospitality
Margarida Caldeira - Main Board Director - Head of Hospitality , Broadway Malyan

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