14. 10. 2025. - 15. 10. 2025. | Budapest
Tourism Summit 2025
Speakers
Those who are sure to speak their mind
Aaron Singh
Director
Strategic Accounts, Hospitality Cloud, Cvent
Ada Xu
Director of International Affairs
FLIGGY
Professor Alessandra Priante
President
ENIT SpA
Angela Persinger
Founder & Principal
Contract Hotels
Krisztina Apaczeller
Senior Manager Regional Sales Eastern Europe
IntercityHotel Budapest/ H World International
Dr. Barbara Neuhofer
Professor
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
Bence Bayer
marketing director
Platán Tata
Caryn Mambro
Chief Creative Officer
Opus Agency
Chad Shiver
Senior Principal Client Partner
Destinations at TripAdvisor
Chris Müller
Créateur and Brownfield Expert
dr. Bence Csapody
Adjunct Lecturer
Corvinus University of Budapest and University of Pannonia
Miklós Csorba
Dirk de Rijdt
Director of Strategic Partnerships
European Society of Endocrinology
Márk Fauszt
PhD student, Natália's mentee
CheckINN Contest Champion, the creator of the "Beginner Festival Workshop"
Gerda-Marie Rist
Head of Copenhagen Legacy Lab
Wonderful Copenhagen
Gerhard Kürner
CEO
506.ai
Balázs Györffy
Director of Business Development
Mastercard
Dr. Halil Burak Sakal
Professor
Cappadocia University
Gergely Hankó
Managing Director
Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises
Hendrik Rudolph
Senior Manager & Lead Destination Marketing
Axel Springer SE
Ivan Poltoracki
Senior Sales Manager - Europe, CIS, Central Asia
Amadeus
Jan Tissera
President - Sales International
Global Accounts & Destinations, Amadeus Hospitality
Joffrey Maï
Director of Environment and Sustainable Development
VINCI Concessions
Joshua Ryan-Saha
Director of Travel, Tourism and Festivals
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Jürgen Lock
CEO
SCC EVENTS GmbH
Katarina Thorstensson
Strategist and Senior Advisor
Dr. Katerina Volchek
Professor
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Katrin Erben
Sustainability expert
Austria Tourism
Árpád Kelemen
Director
PWC
Dr. Noémi Kulcsár
Associate Professor, Head of Institute of Tourism
Budapest Metropolitan University
Magnus Hessbo
Group NAO Senior Advisor and Programme Lead
AI Opener for Destinations
Mark Johnson
Independent Advisor
Alíz Markovits
CEO
Veszprém-Balaton 2023 Jsc.
Michelle Janke
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Mirko Lalli
Founder & CEO
Data Appeal
József Mári
Manager
PWC
Júlia Nagy
Co-Managing Director
Innotime Hungary
Dr. Natalia Agrel
Professor of Management
Institut Lyfe
Nick Hall
Founder & CEO
Digital Tourism Think Tank
Dr. Nikki Eberhardt
CEO, Business Professor
Deep Impact Hub, Minerva University
Omar Hatamleh
Global Thought Leader in AI and Author
Natália Oszkó-Jakab
former CheckINN Feszt mentor
Professional manager of the Hungarian Tourism Program Foundation
Philipp Jessen
CEO & Founder
Storymachine
Arpad Pikethy
Country Leader
IBM Hungary
Rasmus Schjødt Larsen
CEO
Sustainia
Zsófia Rimóczi
filmmaker, content creator
Ross Barker
Vice President Sales, EMEA
Northstar Meetings Group
Noémi Rázga-Ilyés
tourism expert
Sarah Rojewski
AI Consultant, Thought Leader & Visionary Voice in Germany
Rudolf Semsei
Founder of VakVarjú Restaurants, Dobay Confectioneries
Semsei Gastronomy
Stefano Modica Ragusa
Digital Marketing Manager
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
Stephanie Cheung
Director of Strategy & Insights
MarketID
Sven Bossu
CEO
AIPC
Ágnes Szabó-Diószeghy
Founder and CEO of Humtour Rural Adventures
Humtour Rural Adventures
Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy
Chairman of the Board
Budapest Olympics Foundation
Kristóf Sztojanovits
international marketing director
Visit Balaton 365
Zoltán Szujó
Tibor Sári
restaurant director
Felix Kitchen & Bar
Tania Sultana
Head of Research
Malta Tourism Authority
Zsófia Tomaj
Managing Director, ESG professional
Vantage Point
Willie Gevertz
Influencer
Eduard Romulus Goean
Vice President
Therme Group
Professor Xavier Font
Professor of Sustainability Marketing
University of Surrey, UK
Professor Jhuma Sadhukhan
Professor of Environmental, Energy and Chemical Engineering
University of Surrey, UK
Dr. Ionuț Corduneanu
Adviser to the CEO
Therme Group
Finn McFall
Data Scientist
University of Surrey & Therme Group UK
Olivér Csendes
CEO
Visit Hungary
