hotelforum 2019

The 17th edition of hotelforum, the European Hotel Development Conference, will be held again alongside the International Trade Fair for Property and Investment EXPO REAL on 9 October 2019 at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich and welcomes anyone from the European hospitality and real estate industry.

hotelforum 2018 // Photos: Walter Glück

The attendees of the conference benefit from ample networking opportunities with leading experts within the hotel development sector.

The conference morning focuses on innovative hotel projects and the first presentation of new hotel brands to be followed by a pitch for technical innovations and a CEO workshop.

In the afternoon the panel discussions are dedicated to the different aspects of hotel development. The conference programme ends with the CEO presentation and the prize-giving of the UPGRADE Award to the pitch winner by Gastgewerbe-Magazin and DerProfitester in cooperation with hotelforum. Last year's winner was HOTELSHOP.one.

During the hotelforum gala evening, two industry awards will be presented. In 2018 around 400 guests celebrated Alex Tourski of izi.TRAVEL, the laureate of the Hospitality Innovation Award as well as the representatives of the Hotel Property Award winner QO Amsterdam (The Netherlands), the finalists Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & SPA (Matera, Italy) and The Student Hotel Florence (Italy) and all representatives of the nominated European hotels for the "Hotel Property Award 2018“.