THE BIGGEST EDUCATION LINE-UP, MAYBE EVER!
Join our hybrid event with the biggest educational line-up within hospitality, maybe ever. Listen, engage, ask questions via the chat, network in our lounge with the experts you always wanted to meet or attend the branded program by one of our 4 LIVE stream partners as Q&A session, exchanging ideas, getting to know products and services, engaging with other hospitality colleagues, and a lot more.
AROUND 60 SPEAKERS, 10 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Around 60 expert speakers and panelists, 2 stages streamed LIVE, 4 branded LIVE streams by our partners, Avatar based LIVE networking lounge by Allseated. All produced on site at the Harbour.club in Cologne, Germany.
With 10 parallel sessions it is hard to decide where to go, but relax, we got you covered.
We will record all 18 hours of the main stage and HIC talk stage program for you and make it available after the event on this very website on-demand, for free. Sounds great? Well it is…
HIC Talk Stage
18 expert HIC talk stages in English and German, 2 hosts guiding you through the day. Again, no pitches or boring product demos, but 9 hours of full educational content.
Toggle below for all sessions, content, hosts and speakers on our HIC Talk Stage from 9AM to 6PM on October 14th 2021.
For more data and background on our speakers please visit the speakers page.
9:00 - 9:30AM | E-MOBILITY: 5 GRÜNDE JETZT IN EINE LADELÖSUNG FÜR IHREN HOTELBETRIEB ZU INVESTIEREN - GERMAN
Speaker
Hakan Ardic, Wirelane
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
9:30 - 10AM | STATIONSBASIERTES FAHRZEUG SHARING ANHAND DES BEST CASES DIEHL’S HOTEL KOBLENZ - GERMAN
Speaker
Richard Kemmerzehl, evhcle
Nils Mehlhorn, Diehl’s Hotel Koblenz
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
10 - 10:30AM | THE GREEN HOTEL OF THE FUTURE - BEST PRACTICES - ENGLISH
Speaker
Antonia Bernhardt, Mews Systems
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
10:30 - 11AM | HOW THE PANDEMIC RESHAPED THE CORPORATE LODGING STRATEGY - ENGLISH
Speaker
Björn Nilse, HRS
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Laura Kensbock, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
11 - 11:30AM | AGILE HOSPITALITY: LEVERAGING A GROWTH PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL SALES - ENGLISH
Speaker
Nils Scheers, Thynk
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
11:30AM - 12PM | HOW TO USE GUEST DATA TO UPSELL MORE - ENGLISH
Speaker
Sandro Christofori, SHR
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
12 - 12:30PM | THE FUTURE STARTS NOW - PREPARE YOUR HOTEL FOR A COOKIE-LESS WORLD - ENGLISH
Speaker
Marcel Stiller, Cendyn
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
12:30 - 1PM | MELDESCHEIN ADÉ - WIE EINE DIGITALE IDENTITÄT DIE CHECK-IN PROZESSE IM HOTELBETRIEB VERÄNDERN WIRD - GERMAN
Speaker
Meike Schmid
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
1 - 1:30PM | SEARCHING - DECIDING - COMMITTING: A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS ON META & CONVERSION - ENGLISH
Speaker
Nadine Schröder, Hotelchamp
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
1:30 - 2PM | CONVERSION OPTIMIERTE ARRANGEMENTS IM BUCHUNGSPROZESS AUF HOTEL WEBSITES - GERMAN
Speaker
Ronald M. Arndt, Profitroom
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
2 - 2:30PM | GOOGLE ADS WORKSHOP: WIE STEIGERST DU DEINEN DIREKTVERTRIEB MIT GOOGLE ANZEIGEN - GERMAN
Speaker
Maurits Seidl, hoteliers.com
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
2:30 - 3PM | WEBSITE DIRECT SALES VS. OTAS, WHO WINS THE BATTLE TO BE THE STRONGEST SALES CHANNEL? - ENGLISH
Speaker
Dominik Sobotka, onmari
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
3 - 3:30PM | DATA PROTECTION & THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT - ENGLISH
Speaker
Daniel Johnson, Venza
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
3:30 - 4PM | QUALITÄTSFAKTOREN IM REVENUE MANAGEMENT WO MARKETING UND REVENUE MANAGEMENT ZUSAMMENTREFFEN - GERMAN
Speaker
Alexander Mehl, Beonprice
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
4 - 4:30PM | DIE MACHT DER OTAs FÜR DEN EIGENEN VERKAUF NUTZEN - GERMAN
Speaker
Doreen Leithold & Pontus Berner, berner+becker
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
4.30 - 5PM | NEXT LEVEL HOTEL SALES, DIGITALE SITE INSPECTIONS ALS GAMECHANGER FÜR DIE HOTELBRANCHE - GERMAN
Speaker
Feray Özcan, allseated
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in German.
5 - 5:30PM | HOSPITALITY 3.0: WHAT IS NEEDED TO RETAIN & ATTRACT TOP TALENTS? - ENGLISH
Speaker
Svenja Gossing, PowerMBA
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Liza Kapageridou, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Language
This session will be in English.
5:30 - 6PM | VENDOR SELECTION: PRINCES OR TOADS? - ENGLISH
Speaker
Linda Vallner, protel
Host & expert monitoring the chat
Alexander Schuster, Hospitality Industry Club by opensmjle.
Content:
This talk challenges hoteliers to re-think how they initiate their vendor selection process, offering ideas on how they can spot the prince among the toads.
Language
This session will be in English.
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