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16-17 March 2016 Pan Pacific Singapore

SPEAKERS as of February 3, 2016

Domiano Santi Albanese Marriott Vacation Club International Damiano “Dom” Albanese is a dynamic and energizing leader who helps western brands develop a vision and context of how to expand in Asia by providing a simple view that helps avoid numerous pitfalls in perception, communication and strategic planning. Dom offers a front line entrepreneurial business experience & US corporate brand, e-commerce, direct marketing & sales experience as a foundation to his in-depth Asia business experience. As Regional Vice President, Dom currently is a senior executive and leader for Marriott Vacation Club Asia Pacific and has been based in Singapore since 2007. While his primary focus is leading the Marketing and Sales operations he also works to collaboratively lead a variety of disciplines including Customer Service, Resort Real Estate Development, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Revenue Management and Resort Operations. His Asia experience includes leading new openings, pre-opening teams and ongoing marketing, sales & service operations in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. In addition, he conducts marketing efforts for travelers from China, India, Malaysia & Indonesia and opening up the markets of South Korea, Taiwan, and Macau.

Bill Barnett C9 Hotelworks Bill Barnett is the Founder and Managing Director of C9 Hotelworks, who are a leading consulting firm specializing in hospitality, tourism and real estate in Asia. C9 assists developers, private equity firms, financial institutions, and individual investors in providing market research, feasibility studies, hotel operator negotiations, asset management and transaction/due diligence support. From their base of operations in Thailand the group is considered a leading regional player in market intelligence, and publish regular industry updates. With over 28 year experience in Asia, Bill has held executive roles with prominent international hotel management groups and publicly listed companies. He was awarded a prestigious PATA Gold Award in 2007 and is a member of the ISHC (International Society of Hospitality Consultants).

Jeffrey S. Bernier Hilton Grand Vacations Jeff Bernier is Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Asia for Hilton Grand Vacations. Jeff is focused on expanding the Asia timeshare market and increasing profits, while capitalizing on the Hilton brand and its industry leading customer satisfaction for vacation ownership. Prior to joining HGV, Jeff spent 20 years working for Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. In his last role with Delta, Jeff was the Managing Director, Asia Pacific Region and concentrated on Delta’s growth between Asia and the United States. Over his career, Jeff has held numerous leadership roles and worked in several departments from IT, Sales, Revenue Manager, etc. Jeff started his career in Northwest’s Headquarter as an intern. Jeff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a concentration in Statistics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Jeff speaks Japanese and has developed a broad, executive network in Japan. Jeff is an active member in the community, sitting on numerous boards and supports many charitable organizations. Jeff plays sports in his spare time and spends quality time with his wife and their three children. Jeff is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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James E. Burba BHN Jim Burba is the co-founder and president of Burba Hotel Network LLC (BHN), the worldwide leader in developing and producing conferences for the hotel and tourism investment community. BHN hosts ten events each year around the world including: ALIS, ALIS Law, ALIS Summer Update, AOCAP, HICAP, HICAP UPDATE, HIFI, CHRIS, HOLA, and Hot.E. In 2008, BHN and Google teamed up to host Digital Discovery Day (D3) and in 2011, Burba was retained by the ITC, a joint agency of the UN and WTO to help organize WEDF which focused on tourism development in the least developed countries of the world. Actively involved in the hotel investment arena for 30 years, Burba was formerly: a principal at Pannell Kerr Forster, Senior Managing Director with Insignia/Hotel Partners, VP/Worldwide Director of Advisory Services at WATG, and President at Horwath HTL (US). A member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) and the Industry Real Estate Finance Advisory Council (IREFAC), Burba has received numerous honors including the Educational Institute Lamp of Knowledge Award, IREFAC’s first Crystal Ball Award, and the ISHC Pioneer Award. In 2007, California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, re-appointed Burba to his second term on the California Travel & Tourism Commission and he recently served on its Executive Committee.

Benjamin C. Candari FSC Architects Benjamin Chua Candari, AIA is one of the founding Principals of FSC Architects, a hospitality design firm with an international practice offering planning and architecture services from its headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii. The founding partners have over 65 years of combined hospitality design experience and architecture practice with projects spanning the globe in over 27 countries and several international hotel brands. Benjamin has intensive international design experience in hospitality, luxury villas and condominiums, and retail, particularly in Asia and the Pacific. Since 1999, he has worked with firms in the USA and Australia. He is highly skilled in design conceptualization, design development and coordination, as well as construction documentation and administration. He is dedicated to designing environmentally sensitive communities and architecture. His Fine Art background helps him create architecture that is aesthetically responsive to culture and region - bringing life and a sense of place to the structures he designs. Benjamin has recently finished hotels and resorts in Linzhi, Tibet; Sanya, China; and Kunming, China. He is currently working on resort and timeshare projects all over Vietnam.

Jessica Chuang Hotels.com Jessica has been with Hotels.com since Sept 2009 managing G. China and emerging SEA & IN markets. Her internet marketing experiences started from 2003. She has successfully built the Hotels.com brand in the region via integrated marketing strategies. Jessica was born in Taiwan and worked for big brands i.e. Citibank, eBay and HSBC prior to join Hotels.com.

Gary Croker Wyndham Vacation Resorts Gary Croker is Senior Vice President of Business Development for Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific. The key focus of Gary’s current role is to acquire resort inventory, establish and grow the Wyndham Vacation Ownership business in Asia. Gary joined Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific in 2003 initially as head of finance for the Asia Pacific region until 2007 before changing roles. Gary is a senior finance executive and chartered accountant with 25 year’s experience covering hospitality, transport, logistics and manufacturing. His experience encompasses operational financial roles, project management, cost reduction initiatives and information management. Gary has significant international experience working in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan and the US for various companies ranging from large multi-national corporations to small start-up operations.

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Paul K. Dean Dean and Associates Has had over 30+ years involvement with international resort development and recreational real estate, with an emphasis on mixed use resorts. This includes hands-on involvement with the setting up of resorts and product legal structures in more than 20 jurisdictions. He has extensive experience of working with global hospitality brands including Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Jumeirah, Kempinski, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott and Starwood. He has worked with boutique and regional brands such as De Vere [UK], Franklyn, Gleneagles, Isrotel, Savoy Madeira, Six Senses, Soneva, Onyx and Yoo. He is co-author of the Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents Vo; 41A - Shared Ownership published by Lexis-Nexis; Expertise: All forms of Recreational Real Estate including Branded Residences, BTUL, Condo-hotels, Fractional Interests and Private Residence Clubs plus vacation ownership. Feasibility analysis, financial modelling, concept development and product design, product legal structuring, usage plan design, preparation of operating budgets, reserve funding, marketing and sales strategies and subsequent implementation.

Darren Ettridge Interval International

Darren Ettridge is responsible for managing Interval’s sales, service and business development operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia. In this role he directs sales and resort marketing strategies and oversees the operations of Interval’s offices in the region. In addition, Ettridge is responsible for the resort affiliation, servicing and marketing of Preferred Residences, a membership and exchange programme for luxury shared ownership properties. Ettridge joined Interval International in 2000 as Director of Sales and Service with responsibility for the UK and Scandinavia. He has extensive experience within the vacation ownership sector initially gained with his previous employer, First National Bank (FNB). While holding various positions during his seven-year tenure with FNB, immediately prior to joining Interval he was manager of sales and operations for the company’s vacation ownership division. This department provided consumer lending for the purchase of timeshare. During his time with FNB and Interval, Ettridge has become an established and respected figure within the timeshare industry. He is based at Interval’s London office. Ettridge serves on the Main Board of the Resort Development Organisation in Europe.

Tony Genth VacayStay Connect LLC Some of the highlights of Tony’s career to date include the opportunity to speak at Timeshare and Tourism conferences worldwide and to work with a wide variety of clients across the Globe. He was privileged to serve as Chairman of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and was a founder and first Chairman of the Global Alliance for Timeshare Excellence (GATE). In addition to his job history he has completed assignments for more than 90 clients in over 30 countries and has provided advice and restructuring of marketing and sales programs for several financial institutions including the FDIC. He has worked in corporate environments several times over his career and has served as a Board Director on numerous occasions.

Michael Roderick Hall Dynamic Property Ltd Mike Hall has just completed five years as General Manager, and then Managing Director, Asia Pacific for The Absolute World Group, one of Asia’s leading Lifestyle Property Developers, Vacation Club and Fractional Ownership Brands. Since joining the company in 2011, Mike has worked alongside the group’s strategic management team to deliver a range of exciting initiatives from new sales operations to lead generation programs to resort openings, whilst managing an extensive sales force across the Asia Pacific region. As a veteran of the vacation ownership industry, Mike has a wealth of experience in Fractional and vacation club operations having previously directed Interval International and RCI-affiliated projects across Central America, Europe and Asia. Together with his international business acumen from his time at Ford Motor Company Europe, Mike is well positioned to drive most situations within the Alternative Ownership Industry.

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Tim Hallett Marriott Vacation Club International Mr. Hallett is the Vice President - Chief Development Executive - Asia Pacific region for Marriott Vacation Club International. He is an experienced Hospitality Real Estate professional at the MD and COO level, working at the leading edge of hospitality development, innovation and value creation with specific expertise in the Asian Pacific and emerging markets. Tim was the MD of The Sinar Mas Group Hospitality Business based in Singapore, before joining the privately held Cinnovation Group or Companies as CEO to build out a multiple asset/brand Hospitality business that included; Alila Hotels & Resorts, Taj Asia Ltd, Taj Safaris and Zinc Hospitality. Prior to joining Century Properties. Tim was one of the founding members of Silverneedle Hospitality a division of the Nadathur Group Family Investment Office, heading the Acquisition and Development business unit, instrumental in acquiring assets and hospitality mixed use developments in Australia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Joseph W. Hickman Interval International Joe Hickman has held the position of vice president/executive director for Interval International Asia Pacific for almost 15 years. He has responsibility for implementing business development activities for Asia-Pacific, including affiliating resorts with Interval International's global network, developing and directing sales and resort marketing strategies, as well as managing developer client relationships. Hickman has lived and worked in Asia for over 35 years and has spent his entire professional career in the hospitality and timeshare industries. He has worked with Westin, Shangri-La and Conrad Hotels in Asia Pacific and also served as corporate director for vacation ownership for Hilton Hotels, being part of the team that pioneered Hilton's entry into the timeshare industry. From 1995 through 2000, he was the Executive Director for RCI Asia Pacific. Over the years, he has been responsible for marketing, public relations, member and resort services, business development, IT, human resources, as well as call centre operations in Asia and Australia. He has amassed experience in a broad range of areas including resort management, sales and marketing, finance, resort services, business development and call center operations. Joe has serves on a variety of industry boards including the Timeshare Associations of Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.

Angie Ho Pan Pacific Hotels Group Angie has 15 years of digital marketing experience across hospitality, technology and retail brands. She joined the Group in 2010 and is responsible for online marketing, content and social media marketing strategy with particular focus on enhancing the online revenue across both the Pan Pacific and PARKROYAL brands managed by the Group.

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Cyndy Tan Jarabata TAJARA Hospitality Group Cyndy Tan Jarabata has diverse experience extending 20 years in the hospitality, leisure and property industries, being involved in acquisition, hotel development, project management, marketing and asset management. TAJARA is the leading hospitality consulting and development company working with hotel investment firms and property developers in the Philippines, and serving clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, China and Thailand. Its in-depth knowledge and experience in mainstream and emerging destinations guide owners and investors in making strategic decisions and provide local intelligence to facilitate the projects’ development process. TAJARA handles rollout plans for independent and chain hotels taking on the projects’ full development cycle from acquisition, technical services, marketing, hotel operator selection, project management, pre-opening and owner’s representation. TAJARA also publishes 7107 Insider, a newsletter and blog that guides stakeholders on hospitality, property and tourism investments in the Philippines. Cyndy is Chairperson of the Philippine Property Awards, part of the region’s Southeast Asia Property Awards. She was also Chair of the Muntinlupa Investment Board and served as consultant on investment and tourism-related projects to the City Government. She is an active board director to several NGOs dealing with population management and development, HIV/AIDS prevention, and youth empowerment.

David Keen QUO An evangelist for the power of experiential branding, David Keen is a successful entrepreneur and leading strategist for the travel and hospitality industries. Over the last 20 years, David has published and been interviewed in dozens of publications and has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences, tradeshows and professional events. David was born in London and educated in New York at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. After embarking on his career in London and the United States, David ventured to Asia as a writer and editor, travelling widely in the region. In 1997, David settled in Bangkok, where he founded QUO, a brand strategy and integrated communications agency. Today, QUO’s portfolio spans five continents and includes many of the world’s most venerated hotels and resorts, tourism destinations, United Nations agencies, and international organizations. As CEO, David leads a team of over 90 esteemed professionals from around the globe and continues to grow QUO.

Declan Thomas Kenny FNTC Limited Declan Kenny is a Director of First Names Group and CEO of First National Trustee Company Limited (FNTC), which is a fully owned subsidiary of First Names Group. A Certified Accountant, Chartered Secretary and Member of the Institute of Bankers, Declan has spent his entire career within the financial services sector. Since joining FNTC in 1989, he has worked tirelessly to establish the company as the market leader in its sector within the vacation ownership industry. Internationally FNTC holds over $4 billion of property assets on behalf of its clients and provides a range of support services within the leisure industry. Through its fiduciary services FNTC looks after the interests of over 650,000 consumers within shared ownership and vacation ownership structures. Today FNTC is the largest provider of trust and trustee services to the vacation ownership industry worldwide. Over the past decade Declan has consistently expanded FNTC’s global reach. In order to support our expansion in to the Far East he opened offices in Singapore (where we operate under the First Names brand) and in Hong Kong. He has invested in people and in infrastructure and today we can offer many ancillary services that match the diverse needs of our clients, as well as resort merchant and multi-currency payment processing services through its CardScape platform. A firm believer in the positive power of trade associations, Declan is Treasurer of the RDO (Resort Development Organisation) which represents the vacation ownership industry in Europe.

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Gary M. Knowles Karma Group Gary has had significant experience in various leadership roles across multiple business sectors and geographic regions. His base knowledge is foundered on a chartered accountant’s qualification and he has held senior leadership roles as CFO, COO, CEO and Managing Director, Group CEO and Corporate Advisor. Gary is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer for the Karma Group and has been with the Group for eight years. Gary’s exposure to mergers and acquisitions, post acquisition integration and leveraging the best out of multiple acquisitions is seen as a core strength, together with his ability to cut across multiple business models and geographical regions to deliver synergies and efficient business processes and outcomes. Gary has had success as a key member of a number of executive teams where growth targets and core objectives have been achieved and surpassed for sustained periods. Gary has a proven track record in various leadership roles and continues to be excited by the opportunities afforded by a dynamic business with significant growth expectations. Gary is focussed on delivering stakeholder value to the team, the business and his shareholders and is committed to driving a positive contribution to the Group’s vision. Prior to joining the Karma Group, Gary held the position of Group Chief Executive Officer for Roamfree Limited, an internet infrastructure business providing online solutions for accommodation providers and inventory aggregators. Gary also enjoyed a 10 year career with, now Wyndham Worldwide’s Group RCI and has held various roles within the Wyndham Group.

Tien Gui Koh Rajah & Tann Singapore, LLP Tien Gui has over 18 years of corporate and commercial experience. He has developed expertise in the property sector, particularly the hotels and tourism industry across South East Asia, China and Japan. Tien Gui had also previously worked in-house in senior counsel and company secretary roles for international hotel corporations including Jumeriah Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International. In Jumeirah, he was the Asia Pacific General Counsel where he draft, negotiated and supervised negotiations of hotel management agreements for hotel projects in Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya, Lijiang, Qiandaohu, Hangzhou, Guangzhou in the PRC; Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand; Bali in Indonesia and in the Maldives, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau. He also advised on hotel operations matters particular at the pre-opening stages for hotel projects in the Maldives and Shanghai, PRC. He was director/general counsel for Behringer Holdings, where he supervised and managed the group's legal teams in Singapore, Germany, China, US and the Philippines. Qualifications, LLB (Hons), the University of Kent, United Kingdom, Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1994), Solicitor, England and Wales (2001)

Michael N. Kosmas RMS Michael Kosmas been an executive in the resort, hotel and shared ownership industry for 25 years. Specializing in marketing, finance, start up’s and turn arounds, Mr. Kosmas served as VP Marketing at Anantara and head marketing consultant for Banyan Tree Group’s new vacation club launch in 2016. His work in Asia began in Beijing in 2009, speaking to investors at a conference in Tiananmen Square, and partnering with banks and financial institutions. Through these relationships he was the first to successfully develop and implement direct marketing campaigns throughout mainland China and SEA to generate annual vacation club revenues in excess of $60M USD. In the US Mr. Kosmas served as VP Marketing and SVP Marketing for Starwood, Marriott, and his family’s development group. He has opened call centers and developed direct marketing and social media campaigns in China, SEA, Canada, the U.S. and Caribbean with sales up to $300M USD annually. Mr. Kosmas earned his MBA from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 2000, has been a panel speaker for the Sino American Trade Association in Tiananmen Square, a panelist and award winner at ARDA, and was appointed as a Delegate to the White House Conference on Tourism.

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Eric J. Levy Tourism Solutions Intl. Eric Levy is Managing Director of Tourism Solutions International (TSI). TSI is a hospitality investment firm with more than 20 years presence in Asia. In addition to its investment and asset management activities, it conducts select advisory work that is investment related. With TSI, Eric was a founding partner with Octagon Capital Partners in 2002 to 2005. At Colony Capital Asia Pacific, Eric was Executive Vice President, where he was involved in various sectors of the real estate industry. His main focus was to drive Colony’s hotel investment efforts in Asia. Prior to returning to TSI, he was the Senior Vice President Growth and Development for Pan Pacific Hotels Group where he had global responsibility for growing the company through acquisitions and third party management contracts. He was also a Senior Partner with Horwath Asia Pacific and a Founder and President of Horwath Hotel Partners, providing hotel brokerage services primarily to Asian hotel owners. Eric has lived in Singapore for the last 24 years, dating from when he opened the Singapore office of Horwath Asia Pacific. He joined Horwath in the early 80’s, and was based in Hong Kong prior to his move to Singapore. Throughout his tenure in Asia, he worked on hundreds of projects in various countries all over Asia Pacific – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, China, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Philippines, Guam (USA) and Saipan.

Vernon Lim RCI In his 18 years in the airline and hospitality industries, Vernon has accumulated extensive knowledge in developing successful loyalty programmes, and strategic and affiliate partnerships. As Director, Affiliate Marketing and New Product Development in RCI, Vernon spearheads their marketing and product development efforts in providing value added timeshare and vacation ownership solutions to industry partners. Prior to joining RCI, Vernon was the global head of Millennium & Copthorne’s loyalty programme, the M&C Loyalty Club, overseeing the strategic, marketing and operational functions of the programme. He also held various posts in Singapore Airlines including their KrisFlyer frequent flyer programme, managing the strategic relationship with major partners such as American Express, Hertz and Accor. Vernon holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (First Class Honours) from the University of Waikato in New Zealand and a Master of Science from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Bryan Lunt Absolute World Group Bryan Lunt is a true pioneer in the mixed use resort development industry, having driven the Absolute World Group to become one of Asia’s leading shared ownership brands, with staff positioned across Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Russia, Thailand and Indonesia. Founded in 1998, Bryan’s vision to create a widely acclaimed vacation and shared ownership offering to both prospective and long term Absolute World Group clients has driven it to become a market leading, multi-award-winning global organization. Now in their 18th year, the Absolute World Group has a firm foundation on which to have developed an award winning boutique resort collection of their own across Thailand. In 2009 Bryan and his team had the foresight to have founded the AOCAP Conference to share ideas and promote the growth of the industry and to ensure they continue to operate and develop ethically with a focus on their local communities, guests and the environment, the team recently consolidated their long-standing CSR initiatives, leading to a ‘Special Recognition in CSR’ Award in 2014. Bryan’s commitment to the shared ownership industry is well regarded and his passion to take the Absolute World Group to the next level unprecedented. Born in England, Bryan is extremely health conscious and has implemented companywide wellbeing policies, providing staff with alternative therapies and a Boot Camp exercise club. Bryan is based in Hong Kong with his young family, from where he continues to drive the group to new heights.

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Jim Marmorstone Florida International University Mr. Marmorstone has thirty-four years of experience in developing mixed use real estate resorts. Currently, Mr. Marmorstone serves as an adjunct Instructor at Florida International University, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, responsible for teaching the curriculum on Timeshare Management. He also serves as President of the Fountains Vacation Club and the Monaker Group, a technology company specializing in the rental distribution of specialty lodging inventory (timeshare, fractional and vacation homes). From 2001 to Present, he has served as President of Tenstar Development Group, a company which designs, implements and manages point-based vacation clubs, fractional ownership developments and destination clubs. Mr. Marmorstone has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of United Caribbean Lines which is developing a Caribbean-wide cruise ferry transportation system to link Cuba, the Caribbean, United States and Mexico. In addition, Mr. Marmorstone was a co-founder of the Fairmont Residential Development Division for Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, including development of their fractional and residential brands. In addition, he served on the Executive Committee of Wyndham Vacation Ownership. Prior to 2001, Mr. Marmorstone served as the senior executive responsible for resort underwriting and resort affiliations in the Asia/Pacific and South American markets for Interval International. He also managed Sage Software and Meridian Financial. Prior to forming Tenstar, Mr. Marmorstone served as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Wells Fargo Realty Services from 1981 to 1990. For additional details see: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-marmorstone/24/9a5/836.

John Melicharek BakerHostetler LLP John Melicharek Jr. is the Chair of the Baker Hostetler Hospitality Industry practice and has been advising clients for over thirty years on business and transactional matters, with a strong emphasis on resorts, hotels and the travel and leisure industry. He regularly counsels clients regarding hotel and resort acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, complex financing transactions, raising capital, franchising, leasing, licensing and project structuring matters. Mr. Melicharek has developed substantial experience in hotel and timeshare resort development, drafting and negotiating franchise, license and management agreements and mixed use project documentation. He also regularly assists clients with construction and working capital financing. He has negotiated exchange company agreements, vacation club agreements and participated in shared ownership product development and transaction structuring for many major hospitality industry clients. He has also been actively involved in the structuring of numerous mixed use hotel projects containing branded residential, fractional, timeshare or gaming facility components. International hotel and resort transactions have been an area of focus for his practice, with an emphasis on mixed-use developments and management relationships in the Caribbean, Central America, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Melicharek is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute—Recreational Development Council and the Resort Development Organization in Europe. He is a Trustee of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). He has frequently lectured on such topics as raising capital, resort finance transactions, mixed-use resort development, timeshare legal issues, condominium hotels and starting a new business.

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Roy Melick Baker & McKenzie Roy is an active and a founding member of the Baker & McKenzie's Hotels, Resorts and Tourism Group and the Asia Pacific REITs Group. He is a well established and highly experienced practitioner in sales, acquisitions, workouts, developments, financing, hotel management agreements and the businesses of hotels and resorts. Roy has a particular niche in structured transactions with multi-layered offshore and onshore tax structures and utilising the Management Investment Trust regime or a leveraged model. He is also highly regarded for his knowledge of various hotel business models. Roy is respected by his peers and clients as one of the leading practitioners in his field as indicated by Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides, the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers, Chambers Asia Pacific, PLC Cross-Border Real Estate Handbook and PLC Which lawyer?. He is also regularly sought after by industry associations for his counsel in relation to their forums, policies and research. Roy is an active and long-standing committee member of the Property Council of Australia (Tourism Committee) and board member of the Australian Chapter of Asian Public Real Estate Association. He is a regular presenter at conferences and author of Alerts and Newsletters.

Jonathan Mills RCI Jonathan Mills is the Managing Director for RCI’s Asia Pacific region, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, and the global leader in vacation exchange with more than 4,500 affiliated resorts in approximately 100 countries. Mills is a member of RCI’s senior leadership team, leading the execution of strategic priorities across the Asia Pacific market. He is responsible for driving business growth while delivering value to RCI members and affiliates in this thriving region. Mills’ previous experience includes a decade-long tenure with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), where he most recently served as head of Operations for Holiday Inn Express and IHG Shared Services based in Bangkok, Thailand. During his 25 year career, he has also worked for renowned companies such as Forte & Le Méridien Hotels and Resorts, Sodexho Prestige and Hilton International.

William Francis Minnock Marriott Vacation Club International Bill Minnock joined Marriott Vacations Worldwide (“MVW”) as Managing Director Asia Pacific in September 2014, based in Singapore. The company has three resorts in Thailand and recently acquired the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort in Australia. The company is seeking to expand rapidly in the region. Prior to joining MVW, Bill held numerous positions in his 31 years working for Marriott International. He has extensive experience in real estate development and led MVW’s Resort Development group from 1994 to 2001. During that time, he oversaw the company’s expansion into Asia and Europe and was also responsible for the company’s rapid growth in North America. He has held numerous positions in global hotel development including SVP of Development Asset Management, SVP Finance for Architecture and Construction and VP of Hotel Feasibility. He also has extensive experience in hotel operations. Bill was SVP Global Operations Services from 2010 to 2014 where he managed Marriott’s product and service innovation process for all brands worldwide. He also led the Quality Improvement programs and was responsible for implementing guestVoice, Marriott’s guest satisfaction and social media listening platform and also revamped the Brand Standard Audit programs. Bill also served as the General Manager of the Bethesda Marriott hotel. Bill is actively involved in hospitality education. From January to July, 2014, he served as Executive in Residence for the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. He has lectured frequently at the Cornell and at George Washington University. He currently is the Second Vice President of the Cornell Hotel Society Executive Board, and was previously RVP of the Mid-Atlantic Region and the Chapter President in Washington DC. He attended Cornell University and received a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Administration and an MBA.

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Ross S. Nicholas Wyndham Vacation Resorts Ross Nicholas joined Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific in 2004 as a marketing and public relations consultant. In 2006 he started with the company full time as Director of Direct Marketing. During his time at Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific, Ross has been responsible for several departments including Campaign Management, Creative Services, Database Management, PR & Communications, Sponsorship and Field Marketing. Ross was made Vice President of PR, Creative Services, Database Management and Field Marketing in 2014. With over 30 years’ journalism, marketing and public relations experience working with market leading brands, Ross brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his role. Ross is an innovative and strategic leader, who has been recognised for his significant contribution to the vacation ownership and hotel industries as the recipient of the 2014 Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council’s (ATHOC) Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award.

Howard C. Nusbaum ARDA Howard C. Nusbaum has served as president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) since 2000. His current role at ARDA includes serving as president of the ARDA Board of Directors, the ARDA International Foundation (AIF) Board of Directors, and the ARDA-ROC Executive Committee. He also serves as publisher for ARDA’s Developments magazine, the “voice of the vacation ownership industry.” Over the past thirty years, Howard has held executive hotel positions in the private sector, as well as executive positions in not-for-profit association management. Prior to his career with ARDA, he served as director of corporate and industry relations for the American Hotel & Lodging Association and executive vice president of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association. Before entering association management in 1990, Howard was vice president of marketing for Janus Hotels and Resorts. Beyond ARDA, he serves on both the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the U.S. Travel Association. He is a frequent speaker on financial, international, and vacation ownership topics—both domestically and internationally. Howard has written guest editorials for and is often interviewed by hospitality and industry publications. He also participates on the editorial board as a contributing editor to Hotelexecutive.com.

Michael Qu Law View Partners Michael Qu is the managing partner of Law View Partners based in Shanghai, China, where his legal practices cover the areas of real estate, foreign investment and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience as a lawyer for over 14 years. In his practice, Michael has successfully represented investors in the real estate, retail and hospitality sectors, senior housing, asset management, in dealing with commercial transactions and disputes. Michael is active in the foreign-invested real estate industry. He is a frequent speaker in the real estate, senior housing and hospitality seminars, and he is also a lecturer of China’s Legal Training Center, frequently delivering speeches on the topic of the practice on development and operation of commercial real estate. Being a legal professional that has involved in the development of real estate and hospitality industry, Michael represents investors, hotel managers and operators, timeshare resort owners, property developers, trustees and sales companies, including several of the world’s most well-known hotel chains and entertainment resorts. Benefit from experienced lawyers from his teams, Law View Partners is committed to providing integrated and practical advice on hotel and leisure projects from inception and operation through to the exit phase.

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Sarah Rezak RCI Sarah Rezak, RRP, is the Director of Business Development in Southeast Asia and Pacific for RCI. Based in the Singapore office, Rezak and her team are responsible for driving RCI's shared business development and growth goals across the region. Prior to joining RCI, Rezak worked with Fairmont, Raintree, Intrawest and other developers to lead the establishment of various growth initiatives, During this time, she engaged in and established several successful partnership relationships. Rezak spent her early career at Ragatz Associates and later at her own firm, Rezak Resort Consulting, conducting over 400 market research, consumer research, operational management, transition management, and business development consulting assignments within the resort real estate industry. Rezak is known for the annual intensive industry research and analysis that she started in the fractional interest and destination club industries. Rezak has also published numerous articles for real estate and tourism industry publications and spoken at numerous tourism-related industry conferences.

Barry Robinson Wyndham Vacation Resorts Barry Robinson joined Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific in September 2003 as CEO and Managing Director. In 2009, he launched Wyndham Hotel Group in the South Pacific. Barry has been the driving force behind many significant new property acquisitions, enhanced resort developments and has brought a renewed customer focus to the business. Under his leadership, both Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific and Wyndham Hotel Group in the South Pacific have expanded their portfolios throughout Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and South East Asia. Appointed President and Managing Director of Wyndham Hotel Group South East Asia and Pacific Rim on January 1, 2015, Barry continues to lead the expansion of both Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific and Wyndham Hotel Group across the region. Barry oversees a property portfolio of more than 81 hotels and resorts under seven different brands. With more than 30 years’ hospitality experience, Barry has a vast knowledge of the hotel and resort industry – from management, operations, development, branding and franchising. He has held a number of senior leadership positions in the Asia Pacific region and has worked for some of the world’s largest hospitality companies including Swiss-Belhotel International, Swissôtel Worldwide Partner Hotels and Choice Hotels International.

James L. Sabot Dean and Associates Jim Sabot built a solid foundation in the Resort Shared Ownership industry in his native United States. Since 1999 he has had consistent track record of success in the Asia Pacific Region. Jim was founding Vice President/Director of Marketing of Trendwest Resorts South Pacific - now Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific, the industry’s largest player. He served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Marketing for Accor Vacation Club saw that company more than double its annual revenue and expand to 17 sales centers throughout Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Jim was a participant in the feasibility and business planning for the development of Anantara Vacation Club, under Minor International’s luxury Anantara Resorts brand. He then served as its founding Vice President of Marketing. As a partner of Dean and Associates (www.dean-and-associates.com) he utilizes his strategic and operational experience to serve a number of industry clients throughout the region. He is based in Australia’s Gold Coast and travels often on assignment throughout Asia.

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Joe Sita IFA Hotel Investments An accomplished CEO, Sita brings more than 35 years’ experience to his position as Chief Executive Officer of IFA Hotel Investments. In this role, Sita drives the strategic direction of IFA Hotels & Resorts’ operational asset portfolio, currently valued at approximately USD$1billion and that operates in the Middle East, North America, Europe, South Africa and Asia. Prior to joining IFA Hotel Investments in 2010, Sita was the founding CEO of Istithmar Hotels, a position he held for four years. During that time and under his leadership Istithmar Hotels amassed a global portfolio of hotel assets valued at approximately US$4 billion. While in this role, Sita sat on the board of Kerzner Ltd, and was also Chairman of Corinthia Hotels International. Before moving to Dubai in late 2005, Sita was Singapore based where he held the role of Executive Vice President of Development for Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, a post he held for 4 years. Sita also spent 13 years at Accor Asia Pacific (1988 – 2001) where he held positions ranging from hotel General Manager and Director of Operations to Head of Development. Sita’s last role at Accor was as CEO of Accor Vacation Club, which he founded in1999. More recently (2011 – 2014) Sita has held the role of non-executive Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Best Hotels Properties a.s., a Slovakian listed hotel investment company that has ownership interests in some of eastern Europe’s best hotels including the Kempinski Baltschug, Moscow and the Hotel InterContinental, Prague.

Martin J. Tolan Anantara Vacation Club Martin J. Tolan is the Chief Operating Officer of Anantara Vacation Club, part of Minor International. He began his career in Sales and Marketing from a young age, selling suits while attending secondary school in Charleston, SC. After gaining Vacation Ownership experience in Orlando, and with his family’s Fee-for-Service business in London, Martin launched his own marketing company. In less than 3 years, Martin’s self-made company grew to 175 employees, grossing $45 million annually; in 1997 he sold his company to Vistana which was then acquired by Starwood Hotels. As the Sales and Marketing VP of Starwood Vacation Ownership he managed the East Coast, Caribbean and Mexico, which generated over 100,000 tours and $350 million in annual revenues, leading teams of over 800 associates for 16 years. In 2012, attracted by the Anantara brand and the emerging Asian markets, Martin made a change, moving his wife and daughters to Bangkok, where they have thrived in the hospitable Thai culture. Martin enjoys traveling throughout Thailand- his work and leisure have taken him to all corners of the country as well as extensively throughout the region including Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, UAE, Maldives and throughout China.

Marc Townsend CBRE (Vietnam) Co., Ltd Marc Townsend is the Managing Director of CBRE (Vietnam) Co, Ltd. Marc arrived in Asia in 1988 and has lived in Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam since 2003 covering property sales & marketing, investment sales and development consultancy throughout South East Asia. Presently, as a Managing Director for CBRE Vietnam with a staff of over 250 professionals, Marc oversees all CBRE Vietnam business activities. He is an active speaker on Vietnam’s real estate market on topic such as Residential, Office for lease, Investment and Development throughout South East Asia. Prior to working for CBRE Vietnam, Marc worked for Vigers (HK) Limited, Regus and Rockwell Land. Marc is the Vice Chairman for Amcham HCMC. Marc is elected a Professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Marc started his career as an officer in the Royal Marines and has five daughters.

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Norbert Vas Archipelago International Norbert has more than 25 years of hotel industry experience in Indonesia, the USA, Germany, Belgium and Spain. This experience includes 7 years for Ian Schraeger and Omni Hotels in New York City and Chicago as well as time with Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental, Swiss-Belhotel International and the Intercontinental Hotel Group in Asia Pacific. Since 2008, Norbert has been instrumental in developing Archipelago’s seven hotel brands making Archipelago International one of the largest hotel management companies in Indonesia with an underlying portfolio of more than 170 hotels. Norbert is also a hotel owner owning his own 109 room favehotel in Bogor, a popular Indonesian weekend and MICE destination about one hour south of Jakarta. Archipelago’s brand collection covers luxury villas with KAMUELA, upscale hotels with the ASTON and ALANA brands, and midscale to budget with HARPER, QUEST, FAVEHOTEL and Hotel NEO.

Jennifer E. Villalobos Google Jenn Villalobos heads up the APAC Travel Supplier business for Google APAC. This includes Airlines, Hotels and Destination Marketing Organisations. She has more than 15 years of experience in digital marketing and creative strategy and is particularly passionate about transforming the business landscape in developing markets like SEA and Hispanic LATAM. Jenn is known at Google for constantly challenging C level stakeholders to embrace digital so that they can remain relevant and innovate in a culture of speed in a creative fashion. Jenn joined Google 10 years ago, holding different Sales and Product related roles out of Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami and now Singapore. She joined the Global Accounts team in 2011, looking after Product Adoption and Innovation across Media Agencies and recently spearheaded the commercial relationships between P&G and Google across ASEAN. Jenn has returned to the Travel vertical where she aspires to challenge traditional travel companies to re-think their current marketing and business model to fit new ways to engage consumers online. Jenn’s responsibility is to shift client engagement from advertiser to partner focus in APAC. Jenn holds a degree in Mass Communications and Journalism from the Central University of Venezuela, a Masters in Information Technology from Wollongong University, and an MBA from The University of NSW.

Mark Wang Hilton Grand Vacations Mark Wang has served as President of Hilton Grand Vacations since 2008. oversees all of the company’s global timeshare operations for Hilton Grand Vacations. Mr. Wang first joined Hilton in 1999 as Managing Director for Hawaii and Asia-Pacific and has held a series of senior management positions within Hilton Grand Vacations. Before joining Hilton, Mr. Wang spent nearly 20 years in sales and marketing roles serving as President & Chief Operating Officer of Pahio Resorts, President of Aloha Resorts International and Founder of Grand Ownership Resorts. Mr. Wang serves on the Board of Directors of the American Resort Development Association.

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Kit Whalley Interval International Kit Whalley is the Director for Business Development in Asia Pacific for Interval International. In this role Kit is responsible for acquiring new affiliate members to the Interval International network of resorts, as well as providing service and support to existing clients. Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Today, Interval has an exchange network of nearly 2,900 resorts in more than 80 nations. Through offices in 16 countries, Interval offers high-quality products and benefits to resort clients and about 2 million families who are enrolled in various membership programs. Interval is an operating business of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to the vacation industry. Kit received a BA Honours in Chinese and Management from the University of Durham, in conjunction with a one year intensive study at the People’s University of Beijing. Prior to joining Interval, Kit spent six years with Laguna Holiday Club in Thailand where he was Business Development Director and most recently, Deputy General Manager, working in both the timeshare and property divisions.

Robert Williams Ryan Lawyers Robert Williams, Principal, Ryan Lawyers works from the firm’s Sydney and Singapore offices. Since qualifying in London in 2000, Robert has focused on transactions in the real estate sector, and particularly the leisure, hotels and tourism industries across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Ryan Lawyers in 2012, Robert was a partner at Baker & McKenzie for 6 years. Robert’s experience includes, hotel and resort sales, acquisitions and financing, hotel development - advising on fund and project structuring, including for mixed use sites, hotel management agreements, acting for property developers, owners, and international hotel operators, fractional ownership schemes - advising clients on establishing new shared ownership schemes (including in Australia under the managed investment scheme regime) and existing operators on regulatory and compliance matters, and cross-border and domestic corporate and structured property transactions. Robert holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Durham and is admitted in England and Wales (2000) and New South Wales, Australia (2004). Robert regularly speaks at industry conferences in Asia and Australia, and has presented a number of Master Class sessions at HICAP events. Robert sits on the Property Council of Australia's NSW Tourism Committee, and on the hotel panel of the Australian Tourism and Transport Forum.

Paul M. Wiste Jumeirah Group Paul Matthew Wiste is Vice President Development- Design for the Jumeirah Group. Based in the Jumeirah’s Singapore office, Paul previously worked for Jumeirah in Dubai with a focus on the Asia Pacific portfolio. Prior to joining Jumeirah, Paul gained global experience working in Architectural practices in Malaysia, Korea, England, Poland, Brazil, and finally the United Arab Emirates. He is a professionally registered Architect in the United Kingdom through the Architects Registration Board (ARB) a professional member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and is on the Expert Committee of the Asia Pacific Hotel Design Association (APHDA). Paul has presented keynote speeches and participated in panel discussions at various Hospitality and Architecture conferences within the Asia Pacific region. He is active in researching and publishing future trends and theory in hospitality design, drawing upon the professional experience he has accumulated across the globe. A true citizen of the world, his passion for design and the built environment is constantly being applied to the Asia Pacific portfolio of projects he leads.

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