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1 Wednesday, 14 October :00pm-8:30pm 4:00pm-5:00pm Presented by: Speakers: 5:20pm-6:20pm Facilitator: 6:30pm-8:30pm Hosted by: REGISTRATION & INFORMATION MASTER CLASS: BRANDED RESIDENCE DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA Exploring the Complex and Potentially Lucrative Relationship between Developers, Residential Owners, and Operators Baker & McKenzie Graeme Dickson, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Roy Melick, Partner, Baker & McKenzie With commentary from senior industry participants representing the views of operators and owners QUICKLINK Start HICAP off with some intense networking at QuickLink! At this special energetic feature, you will make contact with other delegates in a quick exchange of business cards. Eric J. Levy, Managing Director, TSI OPENING RECEPTION InterContinental Hotels Group and InterContinental Hong Kong Thursday, 15 October :30am-5:45pm 7:30am-8:45am 8:45am-11:00am 11:00am-11:45am 11:20am-11:40am REGISTRATION & INFORMATION CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Robert B. Stiles, Principal & Managing Director, RobertDouglas HICAP PRESENTS THE POWER OF THE BRAND/BRAND LOYALTY Arne Sorenson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International POLITICAL & ECONOMIC RISK OVERVIEW Robert Broadfoot, Managing Director, Political & Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. HOTEL PERFORMANCE AND OUTLOOK Jesper Palmqvist, Area Director, STR Global HICAP PRESENTS REPUTATION MANAGEMENT, THE PARADOX OF A GOOD NIGHT S SLEEP The world s best companies have always worked carefully to craft their brand s identity, scripting staff behavior and modeling customer experiences in order to build and enhance their standing. Today, your brand s reputation is being influenced by a myriad of external factors from on-line review sites to social media engagement not to mention the potential threat of unforeseen cyber-attacks, terrorism and natural disasters. So how do you sleep peacefully at night as forces, somewhat beyond your control, increasingly play a role in influencing the perception of your most important asset? Hamish A. Dodds, President & CEO, Hard Rock International THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK Scott Hetherington, Chief Executive Officer, Asia, JLL Suchad Chiaranussati, Managing Director, SC Capital Partners Pte Kenneth Gaw, President & Managing Principal, Gaw Capital Partners Mike Goodson, Head of Hospitality, ADIA Abu Dhabi Investment Sun Wu, General Manager, HK CTS Hotels Co., Ltd Shunsuke Yamamoto, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group HICAP PRESENTS MILLENNIALS AND THEIR POTENTIAL/LIKELY IMPACTS ON OUR INDUSTRY David P. Berg, Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Hospitality Group INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA As of 1 October 2015 Page 1 of 7

2 11:45am-12:45pm SESSION 01 SESSION 02 SESSION 03 SESSION 04 SESSION 05 SESSION 06 Speakers: 12:45pm-1:00pm 1:00pm-2:45pm Host: BREAKOUT SESSIONS ASSET MANAGEMENT TRACK DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY With sufficient quantity and quality staff becoming harder to find in many markets, or otherwise becoming more costly, what can be done to get by with less, and at the same time achieve increases in both revenue and profit? Mark Keith, Managing Director, HVS Executive Search Steve Carroll, VP - Global Corporate Finance - M&A, IHG Paul S. Kitamura, Head, Asset Management, M&C REIT Management Ltd Bruce L. Musick, Group CEO, Vanguard Hotels Pte Ltd Kenneth Sorensen, Business Unit Head, Miramar Group OWNERSHIP TRACK CAPEX PLANNING How do you optimize your hotel s asset value through effective CapEx (Capital Expenditure) planning? Is technology helpful? Are there other innovations? How to balance the requirements of complying with operator brand standards, competitive product positioning, current market conditions, and future market expectations, and get the most out of your re- investment? Eric J. Levy, Managing Director, TSI Andrew Fay, President/COO, The Gettys Group Ted Horner, Owner, E Horner & Associates Khirstie Gunn Myles, VP, Design & Engineering AMEA, IHG Jonathan C. Nehmer, Chairman and Founder, JN+A INVESTMENT TRACK OPPORTUNITIES IN JAPAN Japan continues to be Asia s most prolific market for M&A. What s driving the activity and interest? Is the outlook for more? Are there further areas of untapped opportunities, or is too late? Kitaro Onishi, Senior Advisor, Vista Hotel Management Aya Aso, President & CEO, AGORA Hospitalities Patrick Finn, Vice President, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Hisashi Furukawa, President & Representative Director, Japan Hotel REIT Advisors Victor K. Osumi, Chief Development Officer, Prince Hotels (Seibu HD) HOT TOPIC TRACK WHERE TO DEVELOP? Where are the next hot development markets, and how long will the windows of opportunity be open? What s driving them? What kinds of challenges need to be overcome to succeed, and what are the risks vs. rewards? Damien J. Little, Director, Horwath HTL Mohamed Aseel, Deputy Managing Director, Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation Rory Hunter, Chairman and CEO, Song Saa Resorts Marc Kramer, Senior Director, Development, SEA & Pacific, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group James W. McBride, Managing Partner/President Director, Nihiwatu Resort, Sumba Kevin Wallace, Managing Director Australasia, Plateno Group DEVELOPMENT TRACK HOTELS IN MIXED-USE PROJECTS Hotels in mixed-use projects would appear to be a must, but how much value do they really add? How do you configure the project components for optimal efficiency and value creation? How do you set-up the financing for the project as well as the planning and documentation to enable a subsequent sale/purchase of just the hotel component? Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks Graeme Dickson, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Tim Hallett, Chief Development Executive, Marriott Vacations Club Asia Wei Li Liu, SVP, Design & Technical Services, APD, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Dennis Rehill, Vice President, WATG INVESTING IN CHINA TRACK OPERATING HOTELS IN CHINA S TERTIARY MARKETS Paul K. Richardson, Chief Operating Officer Greater China, AccorHotels Li Wen, Senior Consultant, Horwath HTL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MALDIVES LUNCH & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS James E. Burba, President, BHN YOUTH CAREER INITIATIVE GIVING YOUTH ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HOSPITALITY Fran Hughes, Director, International Tourism Partnership As of 1 October 2015 Page 2 of 7

3 Presenter: Recipient: 2:45pm-3:15pm 3:15pm-4:15pm SESSION 07 SESSION 08 SESSION 09 SESSION 10 SESSION 11 HICAP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD This award is presented to honor an individual who has made a considerable difference in our industry, in the Asia Pacific region, and in the world through positive actions and significant contributions. Peter A. Barge, Director, Barchem Pty Ltd Kwek Leng Beng, Executive Chairman, Hong Leong Group Singapore BREAKOUT SESSIONS ASSET MANAGEMENT TRACK DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY Distribution channels are growing and evolving at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up on where and how best to offer/source your hotel s business in terms of achieving optimal balances of volume, quality (price), and acquisition cost, making it critical to have a forward looking and fully informed distribution strategy. Vivek Bhalla, Managing Director, CASAM Hospitality Grant Colquhoun, Senior Director Asia-Pacific, TripAdvisor Mieke DeSchepper, Vice President, Market Management APAC, Expedia Singapore Pte Ltd David Turnbull, Chief Operating Officer, SnapShot Analytics Frederick Wong, Regional VP - Revenue Strategy ASPAC, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Maria Zarraluqui, Global Development Managing Director, Meliã Hotels International OWNERSHIP TRACK HOW TO NEGOTIATE A HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT IN 90 DAYS (OR LESS!) Hotel Management Agreements (HMAs) have become progressively more complicated, to the extent owners are increasingly more inclined to seek alternative approaches, including managing themselves. Are there ways to expedite the signing of HMAs while achieving fair, and thus agreeable terms? David A. Blumenfeld, Partner, Paul Hastings Andrew Jessop, Vice President Development, Langham Hospitality Group Chi Chang B. Lee, Vice President, Leefang Group James Mabey, Senior Vice President Development AP, Jumeirah Group Shirley L. Tan, CEO, Rajawali Property Group INVESTMENT TRACK OPPORTUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA Australia has always been an active market for hotel transactions, while more recently foreign investment, particularly from China, has been pouring into new development projects. What s driving the interest and activity and what s the outlook for more? Ron H. de Wit, Principal, Horwath HTL Julian Clark, CEO, Lancemore Group Monika Dubaj, Vice President - Development, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Andreas Flaig, Executive Vice President, Development, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Vijay Kant, Director, Scotiabank Robert Williams, Principal, Ryan Lawyers HOT TOPIC TRACK BRAND BLUR VS. BRAND VALUE What is the value and market perception of a hospitality brand? How does a powerful brand get built and sustained? How do you measure the specific value a brand delivers to the bottom line? Are brands less relevant in a sea of customer individualization and consumer-created marketing? Is brand proliferation within companies cannibalizing existing brands? What are the advantages of big brands vs. small brands? James Stuart, Managing Partner, The Brand Company Howard Ho, Director of Development, Shangri-La Hotels Chris Ivy, Chief Development Officer, MGM Hospitality Mark Kemper, Global Head of Leisure and Hospitality, KPMG Clint Nagata, Founder & Senior Creative Director, BLINK Design Group DEVELOPMENT TRACK CONVERSIONS Conversions are theoretically faster and cheaper to accomplish than greenfield development projects, but are they necessarily easier? What unique characteristics and potential challenges need to be considered when undertaking a conversion project, and how do different types of building conversions lend themselves to hotel use? Andrew P.B. MacGeoch, Partner, Mayer Brown JSM Guy Phillips, Vice President Development Asia, Hilton Worldwide Peter Skinner, Vice President, Design and Projects, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific Suma Venkatesh, Sr. VP - Real Estate & Development, Taj Group of Hotels Rosana Wong, Executive Director, Yau Lee Holdings Limited As of 1 October 2015 Page 3 of 7

4 SESSION 12 Speakers: 4:15pm-4:45pm 4:45pm-5:45pm 6:30pm-8:30pm Hosted by: INVESTING IN CHINA TRACK CREATING BRANDS FOR CHINA S GROWING MIDDLE CLASS Peter A. Mack, Executive Director of Marketing, Landor Associates Kevin Wallace, Managing Director Australasia, Plateno Group Linhai Zhu, CTO, Vice President, Atour Hotel PLENARY SESSION THE VIEW FROM THE TOP INDUSTRY LEADERS SPEAK OUT Paul Alik Macpherson, EVP Global Bus. & Real Estate Development, Kerzner International Jennifer K. Cronin, President-Designate, Marco Polo Hotels Michael Issenberg, Chairman & CEO, AccorHotels Asia Pacific Gerald Lawless, President and Group CEO, Jumeirah Group Kenneth Macpherson, CEO, Greater China, IHG Barry Robinson, President and Managing Director, Wyndham Hotel Group SP NETWORKING GALA This evening s reception will be held off-site at the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui. We will begin our guided walk from the InterContinental Hong Kong hotel lobby at 6:00pm. Delegates are responsible for finding their way home or back to their hotel after this festive event. Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Friday, 16 October :30am-3:00pm 7:30am-9:00am 9:00am-11:00am Presenters: Recipient: 11:00am-11:45am 11:45am-12:45pm SESSION 13 REGISTRATION & INFORMATION BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION WELCOME BACK Robert V.R. Hecker, Managing Director - Pacific Asia, Horwath HTL RISING STAR AWARD HICAP looks forward to the future by recognizing a 35-or-under, industry Rising Star, nominated by you and selected by a juried committee of industry leaders. Andrea Belfanti, Executive Director, ISHC Linda H. Stiles, Managing Director, Stiles Capital Events LLC Nihat Ercan, Executive Vice President, Investment Sales Asia Hotels & Hospitality Group, JLL REVERSE THINKING & THE END OF GUEST SATISFACTION For years guest satisfaction was key, but in fact it is worthless. Satisfied guests will give you a neutral (7 or 8) score in your NPS ratings. And although they seemed to be loyal, they will switch to other brands when they create more delight. So it is all about turning satisfied guests into ambassadors, or rather raving fans by embracing the concept of Reverse Thinking and Engineering. Andre A. Wiringa, CXO/Managing Partner, Performance Solutions REBELS WITH A CAUSE A special new HICAP session featuring hoteliers from around the world who are shaking up the industry with new approaches and attitudes in hotel products, services, and experiences. David Keen, CEO, QUO Niki Leondakis, CEO, Commune Hotels & Resorts Enrique Sarasola, Founder & President, Room Mate Hotels. José Maria Trénor Lowenstein, CEO, Praktik Hotels Jasper M. Muller, VP Development, citizenm Hotels BREAKOUT SESSIONS ASSET MANAGEMENT TRACK DIFFERENTIATING HOTEL F&B OFFERINGS With foodies on the rise and a seemingly never ending increase in the number and variety of freestanding options, what can be done with your hotel F&B offerings to retain in-house guests as well as attract local customers? Can or should hotel F&B even try to compete? What about the role of F&B in augmenting hotel branding and awareness? Carl Kjellqvist, Managing Partner, Focus Hospitality Inc. Marco Avitabile, Regional Vice President Food & Beverage, Asia Pacific, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Paul Hsu, Executive Director, Elite Concepts Ivan Suardi, Group Vice President Food and Beverage, Rosewood Hotel Group As of 1 October 2015 Page 4 of 7

5 SESSION 14 SESSION 15 SESSION 16 SESSION 17 1:00pm-3:00pm Host: Presenter: Presenter: DEVELOPMENT TRACK A PROJECT LIFE CYCLE FOR NEW HOTELS A developer workshop focusing on the concept of a project life cycle to help guarantee the correct project management steps are taken at each phase for achieving scheduled and successful hotel opening and subsequent operations. Gert Noordzy, Managing Director, Northside Consulting Christopher Ford, Senior Vice President Asset Management, Host Hotels & Resorts Jerry Huang, President, Greater China, Artyzen Hospitality Group Henk Meyknecht, General Manager, Kempinski Hotels Steven F. Root, Managing Director, P3M Ltd INVESTING IN CHINA TRACK OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA With slowing economy growth and increasingly more challenging operating conditions, are hotel owners in China going to be under pressure to sell? Will lenders be participating in the process? Where might such acquisition opportunities most likely occur, and what might pricing be like? Who are the likely sellers and buyers and how might deals need to be structured, particularly if offshore investors are involved. Yuval Tal, Partner & Office Head, Hong Kong/Bejing, Proskauer Stephen Chi Hsu Chen, Partner and Managing Director, Infinity Global Real Estate Advisors Limited Kevin Colket, Head of Hotels, Asia, Starwood Capital Asia John M. Kidd, President, HNA Hospitality Group Eric (Haibing) Wu, Chief Financial Officer, Plateno Group Teddy Zhang, Managing Director, Thayer Lodging Group OWNERSHIP TRACK GETTING MORE OUT OF YOUR OPERATOR The benefits of brand connection and management are generally clear, but are there ways to work with your operator in further leveraging their scale and resources for increasing property revenues and/or productivity or identify value-add opportunities unique to your property? How should operator performance be best measured? Tasos Kousloglou, Executive Vice President, Asset Management, JLL Ananda R. Arawwawela, Executive Vice President, City Developments Limited Ashwani Bajaj, Managing Director, Amburaya Hotels & Resorts Ricco deblank, CEO - SHKP Hotels, Sun Hung Kai Properties Tao Zhou, CEO, Luneng Group Hotel Management HOT TOPIC TRACK SUSTAINABLE HOTEL INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES A special session featuring representatives of the selected winners of the 2015 HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards who will share details of their projects, innovations, and best practices contributing to their award selection and discussion around the industry trends influencing future sustainability efforts. Eric E. Ricaurte, Founder & CEO, Greenview Natalie Chan, Director, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, The Peninsula Hotels Roland Gogo Dubouzet, Manager, Alta Pension House Fran Hughes, Director, International Tourism Partnership Samson Lam, Marketing Director, Tai O Heritage Hotel LUNCH & HICAP AWARDS Tony Ryan REGGIE SHIU DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR This award recognizes the single development of the year representing the accomplishments of material market impact in a variety of terms including overcoming challenges to completion, scale, innovation, quality, performance, and return on investment. Nominees are derived by a committee of industry peers while final selection is made by delegate vote immediately prior to HICAP. Regina DiBenedetto, Director, Aareal Bank Asia Limited SUSTAINABLE HOTEL AWARDS These important HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards are designed to honor those in the hospitality industry in the Asia Pacific region who have successful, sustainable strategies benefiting their companies, their guests, their surrounding communities, and the greater society through environmentally and culturally responsible development. Nominations for this award were called for from throughout the Asia Pacific region. A panel of expert judges reviewed and determined the final winners. Eric E. Ricaurte, Founder & CEO, Greenview As of 1 October 2015 Page 5 of 7

6 Presenter: Presenter: 3:00pm MERGER & ACQUISITION DEAL OF THE YEAR This award recognizes the merger or acquisition of the year, representing the most significant and/or dynamic deal. Nominees are derived from a committee of industry peers while final selection is made by delegate vote immediately prior to HICAP. Dan Hogan, Publisher, HOTELS Magazine SINGLE ASSET TRANSACTION OF THE YEAR This award recognizes the single asset transaction of the year representing the most significant and/or dynamic transaction. Nominees are derived from a committee of industry peers while final selection is made by delegate vote immediately prior to HICAP. Raymond Clement, Managing Director, Savills Hotels HICAP ADJOURNS Robert V.R. Hecker, Managing Director - Pacific Asia, Horwath HTL ABOUT THE HOSTS With almost three decades of experience, nearly events completed to-date, and almost 90,000 international delegates, BHN conferences have become must attend events for industry leaders who come together to network, conduct business and to learn about the latest trends. BHN events include: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles; ALIS Law in Los Angeles; ALIS Summer Update; Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific (AOCAP) in Singapore; Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami; Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong; HICAP UPDATE in Singapore; Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) in Gurgaon Delhi N.C.R.; Hotel Opportunities Latin America (HOLA) conference in Miami; and Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) in London. The BHN website at is the gateway for information about the conferences BHN produces, as well as a direct link to important players in the hospitality investment world. Horwath HTL is the world s largest hotel industry specialized consulting organization, currently with 42 offices in 37 countries. Since the set-up of Asia Pacific operations in 1987, Horwath HTL Asia Pacific has been involved with thousands of projects throughout the region in all phases of the property lifecycle for clients ranging from individually owned businesses to the world s most prominent hotel companies, developers, lenders, investors, and industrial corporations. Horwath HTL currently operates out of regional offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok (Health & Wellness), Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Sydney, and Auckland. Stiles Capital Events LLC (SCE) has been involved in event management, communications and marketing in the publishing, entertainment and hospitality industries since SCE has been associated with the development and organization of the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) since its inception and the subsequent launches of HICAP UPDATE in 2009 and AOCAP (Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific) in 2014 together with partners BHN (Burba Hotel Network) and Horwath HTL. SCE is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 1 October 2015 Page 6 of 7

7 Bill Barnett, c9 Hotelworks Frank Belitz, Austrade Gaurav Bushan, AccorHotels Kavin, Bloomer, Morgan Stanley Piers Brown, Serviced Apartment News Fabrice Burton, QUO Kevin Colket, Starwood Capital Group Marc Dardenne, Patina Hotels & Resorts Regina DiBenedetto, Aareal Bank Asia Limited Patrick Finn, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Andreas Flaig, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Jim Freeman, FSC Architects Nevius Glussi, Rosewood Hotel Group Scott Hetherington, JLL Vijay Kant, Scotiabank Rishi Kapoor, MGM Hospitality Tasos Kousloglou, HAMA AP Rebecca Lee, Langham Hospitality Group Gerald Lee, FEO Hospitality Asset Management Reggie Shui Development of the Year Robert Hecker, Horwath HTL Chair Bill Barnett, c9 Hotelworks Regina Di Benedetto, Aareal Bank Asia Limited Ian Lien, SC Capital Partners Eric J. Levy, Tourism Solutions International Tony Ryan, Ryan Lawyers Corinna Toh, JLL PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE Eric J. Levy, TSI Ian Lien, SC Capital Partners James Mabey, Jumeirah Group Andrew P.B. MacGeoch, Mayer Brown JSM Robert McIntosh, CBRE Hotels Roy Melick, Baker & McKenzie Peter Meyer, Host Hotels & Resorts Ross Nicholas, Wyndham Vacation Resorts AP Joon Park, Service Legend, Inc Guy Phillips, Hilton Worldwide Rafin Kadim Mohd, Park Hotel Group Tony Ryan Bernold Schroeder, Pan Pacific Hotels Group Yuval Tal, Proskauer Clarence Tan, IHG Alan Tang, Frasers Hospitality P/L Erik van Kuelen, Whitbread Asia Pacific Robert Zheng, WATG DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS COMMITTEE Single Asset and Merger & Acquisition of the Year Andrew P.B. MacGeoch, Mayer Brown JSM Chair Raymond Clement, Savills Andrew Heithersay, SC Capital Partners Scott Hetherington, JLL Robert McIntosh, CBRE Hotels Roy Melick, Baker & McKenzie Zoe Wu, Horwath HTL Mike Batchelor, JLL Garuav Buschan, AccorHotels Ricco de Blank, Sun Hung Kai Jocelyn Kum, M& L Investments Gerald Lee, FEO Hospitality Roy Melick, Baker & McKenzie Peter Meyer, Host Hotels RISING STAR COMMITTEE Rajit Sukumaran,, Starwood Hotels Robert Swade, Jumeirah Group Yuval Tal, Proskauer Clarence Tan, IHG Alan Tang, Frasers Hospitality Eric Wu, Plateno Group Robert Day, WATG Lyndall DeMarco, Only Sustainability Pty Ltd Dr. Harold Goodwin, International Centre for Responsible Tourism SUSTAINABLE AWARDS JUDGING PANEL John Graham, International Finance Corporation Eric Ricaurte, Greenview As of 1 October 2015 Page 7 of 7