Join us at the HTL Connection tent in Cannes from 11 to 13 March for 3 days of intense meetings, events and content. Hybridization of spaces and products, leases and contracts, investment climate and changing destinations: get to the heart of the key issues surrounding investment in hotel assets.

On Tuesday 11 March, the conference programme opens at 10.30am with a discussion on hybrid products and the evolution of the hospitality offer towards more polymorphous models. 

With the participation of : 

Sophie Donabedian CSO, B&B HOTELS. She took part in building the group's second concept, B&B HOME, alongside Vincent Quandalle. How do you move from an ultra-standardised product to an offer that provides other services? What impact will this have on product development? What kind of investors are we looking for to develop B&B HOME?  

Stéphane BENSIMON, CEO, Wojo and Pierre-Etienne DE MONTGRAND, Head of Asset Management, Kasada Capital Management 

When we talk about hybrid products, we're talking about maximum occupation of spaces, a model that coworking exploits to the full. Has this offer found a profitability model? What are the benefits for investors? What is the feedback from the partner Kasada Capital Management? 

Don't miss the pitches from Blackpool, Calais, Nice, Ottawa, Porto and Warsaw, who will be presenting investment opportunities on Tuesday at 4.00pm and Wednesday at 11.30am. 

Wednesday 12th March 

At 10.00am, discussion on leases and contractualisation. The hotel sector has its own codes that inspire other property investment sectors. 

With the participation of :  

• Ashok Balbhaskarane, Real Estate & Business Development Director  WOJO   
• Jérôme Martin, avocat au Barreau de Paris - Martin & Associés  
• Andreas Löcher, Head of Department Investment Management Operational - Union Investment  
• Tugdual Millet, CEO Hotels, Covivio  
• Michel Miserez, CFO EMEA, Marriott International  
• Philippe Rossini,Deputy hospitality portfolio management, Swiss Life AM  
• Valerie Schuermans, Vice-president Business Development, Radisson Hotel Group  

Have partnership conditions changed? How are stakeholders adapting to the current permacrisis context? 

Focus on office property, where Wojo is capitalising on its hotel DNA to shake things up. 

At 2pm, focus on the investment climate and its repercussions on hotel development. 

With 

• Hélène Gauthier, CEO Honotel 
• Arthur Jaeger, Chief Development & Real Estate Officer, Adagio 
• Sami Mendil, Global head real estate, B&B HOTELS  
• Gwenaëlle Pouy, Chief Development Officer & Head of Real Estate, EasyHotel  
• Hannah Yulo Luccini, CEO, Hotel 101  

 
Quels sont les marchés les plus dynamiques ? Quelle appétence des investisseurs pour le secteur ? Comment l’offre entre partenaires évolue-t-elle ? 

• One more thing avec Alexandra Libes, Deputy Managing Director in charge of Development and Strategic Projects, BWH France. The cooperative is taking its inspiration from the retail sector to launch an SAS for investment within the network. 

3.30pm: Leisure products, the new investment hype? 

Staring: 

• Marine Jannot, VP Development Europe & Africa, Club Med 
• Hotel 101, Catherine Y. Chan, Chief Development Officer  
• Nuno Galvao Pinto, Regional Vice President Acquisitions and Development, Hyatt 

How is investment in leisure assets changing? How can we develop an iconic and pioneering product? How can hotel groups diversify their leisure offering?  

• One more thing with Johanna Capoani, Deputy Director, Head of Hotel Competence Center, Swisslife AM on the outdoor hotel asset. 

On Wednesday 13 March, destinations are becoming active players in their own appeal, seeking to attract the right concept to the right place. What are the levers for achieving this, and what are the objectives for these regions, which have to reconcile economic appeal, quality of life for local residents and tourist appeal? 

With Mathieu Hanotin, chairman of Plaine Commune, and other regions.