Healthcare & Medical

AHC 2026

The AHC is the UK’s foremost event for hospitality dealmakers and decision-makers. Taking place 14 - 15 September, 2026 in Manchester, UK, the conference delivers expert insights, high-value networking, and strategies to maximise ROI in hospitality investment, asset management and operations. The 2026 theme, 'All in: Mastering Risk for Reward', focuses on na…

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108Speakers
41Sponsors
106On the bill · sessions
131Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at AHC, in alphabetical order.
Adela Cristea
Chief Development Officer - UK, Ireland, Nordics · Radisson Hotel Group
Adi Hodzic
CEO · Dean Street Developments
Alexandra van Pelt
Development Director - Northern Europe · The Ascott
Alexi Khajavi
Group President | Hospitality & Operational Real Estate · Questex
Allen Simpson
CEO · UKHospitality
Anand Menon
Director · UK in a Changing Europe
Andrew Dean
Co-Founder · Oberland
Andrew Harrington
Partner · AHV Associates LLP
Anne Boyd
Director – Growth & Place · Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Anne-Marie Auriault
Director - Asset Management · RoundShield
Anthony Nutkins
Head of Hotels & Healthcare · Coutts
Aoife Roche
Regional Vice President, Sales - EMEA · STR
Asif Alidina
Founder & CEO · Inntelo AI
Ben Harper
CEO · Watergate Bay, Another Place & Beach Retreats
Brandon Riley
Director · Mill Lane Estates
Carine Bonnejean
Managing Director – Hotels & International · Christie & Co
Caspar Berry
Professional Poker Player · Risk Taking and Decision Making
Charles Scudamore
Managing Director · Hetherley Capital Partners
Chris Eigelaar
Managing Director · The Belfry Hotel & Resort
Christophe Beauvilain
Managing Partner · Pygmalion Capital
Cody Bradshaw
Group CEO Hotels · London + Regional
Damien Ward
Technical Director · Checkmate Fire Group
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
4C Hotel Group
Accor
Activum AG
AG Hotels
AHC Digital
Arora Group
Aroundtown
Axiom Hospitality
Blackstone
CP Holdings Group
Crimson Hotels
Dean Street
Eurostars
First Inn Group
Fragrance Group
Gerent
Heeton
Hospitality Investor
Hotel Management
IDeaS
IHG
IHIF
JDP Hotels Group
KSL
Legacy Hotels
Legal & General
Lowy Group
L+R
Mactaggart Family & Partners
Mollie's
New World
NFU Mutual
OKKO
Pandox
R & R Forum
Splendid Hospitality Group
Starboard
Supercity
The AHC
Trident Hotels
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Agenda

Selected from 106 sessions on the bill.
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:10 PM

    A hotel room that thinks ahead

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:20 PM

    Show me the ROI: Real hotels, real numbers, real AI

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:20 PM

    Show me the ROI: Real hotels, real numbers, real AI

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:30 PM

    Proportionate fire safety management in hotels: Balancing risk, compliance and operational reality

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:30 PM

    Proportionate fire safety management in hotels: Balancing risk, compliance and operational reality

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 01:40 PM

    Strategy before systems: Investing in technology with confidence

    Spotlight Stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:00 PM

    Capital Talks: Knowing when to hold, fold or go all in

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:00 PM

    Reading the market: What hotel deals reveal

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:00 PM

    Capital Talks: Knowing when to hold, fold or go all in

    Vision stage
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 131 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

131 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
35Sponsoringsponsor only
90Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Hospitality Investor·Accor·Blackstone·IHG·Pandox AB·Splendid Hospitality Group

Speakers by seniority

84% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2422%
  • Founder / Owner109%
  • VP-level1413%
  • Director / Head of4340%
  • Manager / Lead55%
  • Other roles1211%

Of 108 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Hospitality InvestorSp2V
  2. 02AccorSp1V
  3. 03BlackstoneSp1V
  4. 04IHGSp1V
  5. 05Pandox ABSp1V
  6. 06Splendid Hospitality GroupSp1V
  7. 074C Hotel GroupSp
  8. 08Activum AGSp
  9. 09AG HotelsSp
  10. 10AHC DigitalSp
  11. 11Arora GroupSp
  12. 12AroundtownSp
  13. 13Axiom HospitalitySp
  14. 14CP Holdings GroupSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified41
100% of 41