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13-15 June 2022
South Beach

£5,999

New for 2022, L.E/Master Pass is an industry exclusive, designed especially for the contemporary C-Suite: the owners, CEOs, general managers and managing directors driving the evolution of high-end, creative class travel.

Rub shoulders with our sector’s most forward-thinking minds as we dive into expert-led roundtables, interactive discussions and immersive workshops that will leave you with actionable insights and tangible takeaways. This is a space for you to share ideas, explore new mindsets and spark potent partnerships with the power to transform the global contemporary travel landscape.

After two years of reactive leadership, now is the time to return to proactive planning – and what better way to tackle your business strategy for a new era of travel than alongside contemporary travel’s most innovative leaders.

With full access to L.E/Miami 2022 included in every Master Pass, you’ll leave with a rockstar roster of senior-level contacts, the inside scoop on emerging travel trends and a slew of ideas for how to take your business to the next level in 2022 and beyond.

What's the format?

The L.E/Master Pass is centred around Tuesday’s Master Day programme, but you’ll also have full access to everything L.E/Miami has to offer throughout the week.
  • DISRUPTIVE THOUGHT LEADERS
    What: Hear first-hand about the trends destined to shake up the industry in the years ahead and what this means for business now.
  • ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
    What: Interactive discussions focused on specific challenges, allowing you to think-tank solutions that can be applied in your business.
  • INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
    What: Expert speakers delivering case studies on thinking outside the box and not just surviving, but thriving, in trying times.

Speakers

Serdar Kutucu

As Chief Operating Officer at Design Hotels, Kutucu is an expert in transformative, boundary-pushing travel experiences. Since 2008, he’s played a vital role in shaping DH’s collection of 350 independent and design-driven member hotels – in over 60 countries. His experience driving strategic development and company evolution have landed him the role of CEO for SLOW, a global hospitality brand based in Berlin. He’ll transition into this role in April 2020. With an instinct for brand narrative and positioning, Kutucu has an expert eye for marketing, communications and consultancy, specialising in the travel industry.

  • COO, Design Hotels
Blake Danner

After more than 25 years in hospitality, Danner is an expert in business strategy, organisational growth and development. He worked with industry icon, Ian Schrager, for almost a decade, as Senior Vice President of Sales at Ian Schrager Hotels/Morgans Hotel Group. During his time as COO for Sydell Group, Danner helped create revolutionary hotel brands including NoMad, The Line and Freehand. Currently, Danner is COO of Proper Hospitality and has been named one of HSMAI’s ‘Top 25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds’.

  • COO, Proper Hospitality
Claire Murray

Currently working with trends intelligence brand, STYLUS, Murray is an experienced global trend consultant who specialises in strategy delivery. With an eye for spotting the next commercial trends, Murray is ahead of the game when it comes to bespoke research and strategic advice, and is seasoned in applying her insights across industries, from travel and hospitality to technology. Prior to STYLUS, Murray spent over 5 years at Omnicom, developing creative concepts for brands such as American Airlines and Pepsico. Her expertise on future market trends is second to none.

  • Advisory Strategist, STYLUS
Ben Pundole

An award-winning hospitality entrepreneur, Pundole's expertise has built him an impressive portfolio of boutique hotels. After an introduction to Ian Schrager – through Madonna no less – Pundole quickly became a known industry expert, and now holds the Vice President Brand Experience title for EDITION Hotel Group. Pundole holds unparalleled knowledge of social media, PR and marketing in the context of hotels, restaurants and nightclubs. Most recently, he’s been recognised for his efforts to support sustainability, by launching the campaign to remove single-use plastic from the hotel industry: Stay Plastic Free.

  • Vice President Brand Experience, EDITION Hotels

Thierry Teyssier

With a background in theatre direction and event production, Teyssier has a unique ability to add a creative touch to hospitality. His impressive portfolio boasts progressive luxury establishments such as Dar Ahlam, in Morocco, ‘modern-day caravan’, La Route du Sud, in Southern Morocco, and ‘wandering hotel’ 700,000 heures – the concept hotel that changes location every six months. Teyssier has expert knowledge in brand storytelling and local culture. His focus is on making the hospitality industry beneficial to the local communities enabling it.

  • Founder, 700'000 Heures
Isolde Brielmaier

Isolde Brielmaier is The International Centre for Photography’s Curator-at-Large, and a professor of Critical Studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Working closely with artists, Brielmaier advises on a range of global cultural projects, bringing brands unparalleled knowledge on strategy, cultural events, partnerships and more. She’s developed a range of cultural platforms for impressive brands such as Gucci, Coach, New Wave Art Weekend and Versace. Brielmaier has held senior posts at the Guggenheim Museum, the Bronx Museum of Art and SCAD Museum of Art, and her commitment to global women’s rights has led her to serve on the board of trustees for the Women’s Prison Association.

  • Curator and Cultural Strategist
Harsha Chanrai

Chanrai is the founder of Saira Hospitality, the non-profit working to connect hotels and local communities through education. After years of working with international hotel brands, Chanrai’s expertise lies in consulting luxury hotels on creating bespoke pop-up schools to both educate and empower local communities, whilst helping to increase employment rates by providing local talent to hotels. A true visionary within the luxury space, Chanrai’s upbringing in London and work across the world has given her a global eye for combining hospitality with valuable education.

  • Founder & CEO, Saira Hospitality
Rami Fustok

An expert in otherworldly experiences, Beirut-born Londoner, Rami Fustok, is the owner and mastermind behind the award-winning hotel, The Mandrake. In the heart of London’s Fitzrovia, The Mandrake is an exceptional demonstration of Fustok’s ability to merge the urban with the surreal, creating an alternate reality and sensual space, with the guest’s experience taking centre-stage. His visionary approach, artistic background, and passion for creating truly unique and immersive concepts, keep him pushing the boundaries of contemporary travel.

  • Owner, The Mandrake

Daniel del Olmo

Striving to enrich guests’ lives through positive hotel experiences, del Olmo is a passionate hotel leader with years of expert knowledge to share. As President of Sage Hotel Management, del Olmo’s expertise lies in growing hospitality brands and nurturing successful partnerships, authentic hospitality innovation and meaningful business growth on a global scale. Previously at the helm of 140 award-winning nightclub and restaurant brands, including The Bazaar by José Andrés and Michael Schwartz’s Fi’lia, del Olmo was recently named one of the most influential restaurant CEOs by Nation’s Restaurant.

  • Head of Hotels, Habitas / President, Sage Hotel Management
Eric Jafari

An expert in real estate, Jafari is one of the original co-founders of Locke Hotels. His knowledge spans acquisitions, asset management, construction, design, investment finance, and planning. He’s previously served as Managing Director of Union Hanover Securities, where he founded Urban Villa, subsequently overseeing a £500m hotel development platform. His passion for travel, food and wine stem from his nomadic upbringing – born in Los Angeles, raised in Paris and now living in London.

  • Co-Founder & Creative Director, Locke Hotels
Mark Somen

Having grown up in Kenya, studied in England and worked in the United States, Somen’s experience spans the global hospitality industry. An expert in new concept development, openings and operations management for hotels, he’s worked alongside Nick Jones as Director of Operations of North America for Soho House, overseeing locations in Miami, New York, Los Angeles and West Hollywood. After returning to Kenya in 2009, Somen took the position of General Manager at Tribe Hotel, before partnering with Yvette Jong at Craft House LLC and spending 2 years consulting on the opening of The Conduit – a private members’ club committed to building community around positive social change. Somen is now The Conduit’s CEO and sits on various boards within conservation, health and education; he is also an advisor to A Plastic Planet.

  • CEO, The Conduit
Terrence the Teacher

World-renowned Clinical Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Wellbeing expert, Terrence the Teacher, brings a breath of calm to L.E/Master Pass. A go-to meditation guru for the world’s leading influencers, Terrence the Teacher currently holds a residency in The Wellness Clinic at London’s Harrods and writes a leading column for Harrods Man magazine. Trained in Neuro-Linguistics under Dr. Richard Bandler, he has created several chart-topping wellness and meditation apps and has collaborated with top brands such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, Soho House Group and Amanda Wakeley Private Members Club.

  • Clinical Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Wellbeing Expert

Tansy Kaschak

An expert in social responsibility, Brazilian-Italian journalist, artist and activist, Tansy Kaschak, ignites meaningful – and essential – conversations on environmental travel. An innovative leader and global consultant, Kaschak informs businesses how to tackle both ecological and social urgencies, focusing on actionable, purpose-driven insights. With her journalistic portfolio spanning the pages of Condé Nast Traveller, Vogue and GQ, Kaschak is currently the Sustainability Editor for award-winning travel and culture website, A Hotel Life.

  • Journalist, Artist, Activist
Javier Egipciaco

With 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Javier Egipciaco, brings his operations expertise to L.E/Master Pass. Currently managing operations at each of Arlo’s award-winning locations, Egipciaco started his career with Park Hyatt, before becoming Corporate Director of Operations for Hersha Hospitality’s Independent Hotels Collection. While at Hersha, he specialised in the development and implementation of brand-wide initiatives for HHM’s curated portfolio.

  • Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Arlo Hotels
Matt Turner

As Editor-in-Chief of international media brand, Sleeper, Matt Turner’s expertise sprawls both publishing and hospitality. Currently overseeing the strategic direction of Sleeper’s three titles – Sleeper, Supper and Starboard – Turner has expanded the brand’s portfolio, founding both AHEAD – the global awards platform – and Sleepover – a nomadic networking event for the industry’s most innovative. A seasoned speaker and travel advocate, Turner has spoken at London Design Festival and BDNY; his written works have appeared in the UK’s top news outlets, including The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Telegraph.

  • Editor-in-Chief, Sleeper

More trailblazers coming soon.

WHAT'S THE AGENDA?

Monday

13 June
Ease into your Master Pass itinerary with a welcome soirée at Casa Tua, exclusively for our industry masters, followed by endless networking opportunities at the Official L.E/Miami Opening Party at Hosted by W Hotels Worldwide at W South Beach.

Tuesday

14 June
The Master Day at SLS South Beach. Dive into a series of intimate C-Suite sessions including roundtable expert-led talks and interactive roundtable discussions that will leave you inspired and ready to take your business to the next level.

Wednesday - Thursday

15 - 16 June
Pop by the high-energy L.E/Miami show floor to see how your brand's meetings are going and solidify your connections with contemporary travel's top leaders.

MASTER DAY SESSIONS

01 / 07

As we emerge from a post-pandemic era with a wholly different global landscape of travel and tourism, technology is redefining how we connect, consume and collaborate. New forces are entering the mainstream and reshaping consumer expectations and loyalty, from the metaverse and NFTs to blockchain and augmented reality.

 

 

But is the new/new all sizzle and no substance? What are the competitive levers every hotelier and hospitality provider should prioritise? What are the new drivers of compelling customer experiences? Join Andy Lark, leading global futurist and travel and tourism thought-leader, to decipher the new/new and what it means for you, your business and the future of our industry.

The era of clearly defined spaces is officially over, with the boundaries between our homes, offices and hotels becoming increasingly blurred. For hospitality brands, this drastic change in consumer behaviour has resulted in institutions leaning into a plethora of new commercial and real estate opportunities.

 

Join two hybrid hospitality trailblazers – Locke Hotels’ Eric Jafari and Ennismore’s Keith Evans – as they explore everything from flexible commercial models and spatial design to the bounty of investment opportunities the new hybrid era offers brands.

Sourcing, training and retaining talent has always been an industry challenge, but how do we react when a challenge becomes a crisis? How can an industry re-think and revolutionise its hiring habits and emerge more effective than before?

Discover the impact of a community-first approach to our industry’s biggest challenges, with industry leader Harsha D’Acqua of Saira Hospitality. Based on learnings from years of global experience, you’ll leave this session with a tangible playbook of methods to source, engage and inspire new talent today, tomorrow and in the future.

The Master Pass crew are hospitality’s C-suite elite: so who better to tackle our industry’s thorniest issues as we weather the post-pandemic storm? This is your chance to work with your fellow industry leaders to workshop solutions to:

 

 

  • – Rebranding hospitality and travel in a post-COVID world
  • – Sourcing and attracting diverse talent industry-wide
  • – Retaining good people – and protecting their roles through pandemics, parenthood and beyond

2022 is a year like no other – as we emerge from a pandemic that has shaken the travel sector as we know it, we have new knowledge, new insights, and new lived experiences to bring to the table. But how can we leverage this to influence public policy when it comes to tourism and hospitality?

Policy pioneer, Paul Charles, delves into what we can learn from the last two years and how brands can effectively collaborate with government leaders to land public policy that prioritises the hospitality sector – at a time when luxury travellers’ expectations are higher than ever before.

 

At their core, strategic brand partnerships are about connecting people. Done right, they are a unique opportunity to deepen client experience and loyalty, while generating lucrative revenue streams and brand awareness in new markets.

Our panel of pros from Auberge Resorts, Black Tomato and Ennismore are here to share the secret sauce to profitable partnerships, including achieving commercial success, evolving partnerships with multiple brands over time, and how to capture the cultural conversation and narrative.

Asking for what you want sounds simple enough. But it’s actually a skill many of us need to hone, refine and practice, from the boardroom (the professional) to the bar (the personal).

In a workplace setting, creating a culture of ‘askers and givers’ is one of the best ways to ensure company growth while also strengthening your internal community. In this interactive workshop – essential as we move into the post-pandemic era – you’ll learn tangible techniques from Marika Frumes, CEO & Founder of community venture Mysha, to help you achieve your personal and professional asks with ease.

Ready to master your industry? Let's do it.