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Destination AI 2026 Hospitality Summit

Destination AI 2026 is the third annual AI and innovation conference tailored for hoteliers, convening leaders across hospitality, technology, investment, and AI to discuss business impact and real-world examples. With a focus on practical insights and open conversations, the summit brings together over 500 attendees, 80% of whom are senior leadership, repre…

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96Speakers
15Sponsors
261Sessions
91Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Destination, in alphabetical order.

Adam Harris
CEO · Cloudbeds
Alexandra Charters Zubko
AI Advisor · Alex Talks AI
Alex Cabañas
Executive Chairman · Pyramid Global Hospitality
Amy Shuart
Vice President, Technology and Innovation · Business Roundtable
Ana Brant
Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Customer Experience · Cain International
Andrea Laderman
CEO · Goldi
Andre Lattibeaudiere
Vice President, Asset Management & Business Analytics · DiamondRock Hospitality
Andrew Arthurs
President & Chief Operating Officer · Actabl
Andrew Beckmann
AMER Head of Hospitality & Travel GTM · Stripe
Andrew Boch
CEO · Mobi.AI
Andrew Gorovoy
Co-Founder · Ella
Anh Hatzopolous
Co-Founder & CEO · PepperMill
Anil Aggarwal
Founder & CEO · Milestone Inc.
Armen Martirosyan
Co-Founder & CEO · BLUIP
Branigan Mulcahy
Founder & CEO · Virdee
Brittany Dunn
Co-Founder & COO · Safe House Project
Carlos Jose Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer · Driftwood Capital
Carlos Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer · Driftwood Capital
Chinmai Sharma
SVP & Global Head · Sabre Corporation
Chris Anderson
Professor · Cornell University
Cindy Estis Green
Co-Founder & CEO · Kalibri Labs
Cleo Pontone
Founder · Ella

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AgilysysPlatinum
Agilysys, Inc.Platinum
Canary TechnologiesPlatinum
MilestonePlatinum
BluIPGold
BodhiGold
CuracityGold
Eleven LabsGold
HapiGold
IBS SoftwareGold
OracleGold
CloudbedsSilver
Conduit AISilver
OpertoSilver
TripteaseSilver

Agenda

Selected from 261 sessions.

  • 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM

    What’s the Real Return? Owners on AI Investment

    Hotel owners and investors discuss how they evaluate AI investments, what returns matter most, and where technology can create measurable asset value.

    Main Stage
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Workshop: Claude Cowork for Hospitality Leaders (Non-Technical – Foundations)

    This is a working session led by Anthropic. You'll sit down with Claude and build against a real hospitality problem. This session is for non-developers. Learn how to hand Claude r…

    Breakout
  • 10:00 AM to 10:40 AM

    What’s the Real Return? Owners on AI Investment

    Hotel owners and investors discuss how they evaluate AI investments, what returns matter most, and where technology can create measurable asset value.

    Main Stage
  • 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM

    From Invisible to Recommended: A Working Playbook for the AI Guest Journey

    Today’s guests are increasingly asking AI where to stay, and this session offers a practical playbook for showing up in those recommendations, from benchmarking AI search visibilit…

    Main Stage
  • 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Main Stage

    From Invisible to Recommended: A Working Playbook for the AI Guest Journey

    Today’s guests are increasingly asking AI where to stay, and this session offers a practical playbook for showing up in those recommendations, from benchmarking AI search visibilit…

    Main Stage
  • 10:10 AM - 10:25 AMMain Stage

    From Invisible to Recommended: A Working Playbook for the AI Guest Journey

    Today’s guests are increasingly asking AI where to stay, and this session offers a practical playbook for showing up in those recommendations, from benchmarking AI search visibilit…

    Main Stage
  • 10:25 AM - 11:00 AM

    What’s the Real Return? Owners on AI Investment

    Hotel owners and investors discuss how they evaluate AI investments, what returns matter most, and where technology can create measurable asset value.

    Main Stage
  • 10:25 AM - 11:00 AM Main Stage

    What’s the Real Return? Owners on AI Investment

    Hotel owners and investors discuss how they evaluate AI investments, what returns matter most, and where technology can create measurable asset value.

    Main Stage
  • 10:25 AM - 11:00 AMMain Stage

    What’s the Real Return? Owners on AI Investment

    Hotel owners and investors discuss how they evaluate AI investments, what returns matter most, and where technology can create measurable asset value.

    Main Stage
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 91 companies show up, and 11 bet on three roles at once?

91 companies. eleven 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
11All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
77Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Agilysys·BLUIP·Bodhi·Canary Technologies·Cloudbeds·Curacity·ElevenLabs·Hapi·IBS Software·Milestone Inc.·Oracle

Speakers by seniority

78% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite4042%
  • Founder / Owner1010%
  • VP-level1920%
  • Director / Head of66%
  • Manager / Lead22%
  • Marketing / Brand11%
  • Advisor / Investor44%
  • Other roles1415%

Of 96 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AgilysysSponsor · Platinum1
2BLUIPSponsor · Gold1
3BodhiSponsor · Gold1
4Canary TechnologiesSponsor · Platinum1
5CloudbedsSponsor · Silver1
6CuracitySponsor · Gold1
7ElevenLabsSponsor · Gold1
8HapiSponsor · Gold1
9IBS SoftwareSponsor · Gold1
10Milestone Inc.Sponsor · Platinum1
11OracleSponsor · Gold1
12Conduit AISponsor · Silver-
13Forbes Travel Guide3
14OpertoSponsor · Silver-
Sponsors by tier
platinum4
27% of 15
gold7
47% of 15
silver4
27% of 15
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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