Travel & Hospitality

NoVacancy Hotel + Accommodation Industry Expo 2026

NoVacancy Hotel + Accommodation Expo is Australia’s largest and most important conference & exhibition for those who own, manage and operate hotels, motels, resorts, serviced apartments and other accommodation properties. The expo brings together more than 5,000 decision makers annually to explore the latest trends, educational sessions, networking opportuni…

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64Speakers
24Sponsors
30Exhibitors
43On the bill · sessions
91Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at NoVacancy, in alphabetical order.
Adam Britton
Product Director · Mews
Adrian Williams
Chief Operating Officer · Accor
Aldijana Imamovic
Marketing Manager · Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney
Alex Carlton
Journalist · Gourmet Traveller
Andrew Hewitt
Group Manager · Rambla Group
Andrew Turner
Group GM Technology & Digital · EVT
Andy Dharmani
CTO & Co_Founder · Myma.ai
Belinda Montgomery
Program Manager · TIME (Travel Industry Mentor Experience)
Brett Salter
Head of Accommodation · ALH HOTELS
Callie van der Merwe
CEO · COOOP.co
Caspar Tresidder
Owner Operator · The Hillcrest Motel - Merimbula
Catriona Dixon
Top Bird · Toothless Parrot Communications
Charlie Pridham
Director | Client Relations · Dezign
Cooper Jitts
Founder · Talk Agency
Damian Corney
CEO · Grafico Group
Dan Ciocoiu-Muntiu
Head of Travel Media · Amadeus Hospitality Americas, Inc.
Darren Karshagen
Senior Director · Expedia Group
David Brook
General Manager · Paradise Resort Gold Coast
David Stubbs
Owner · The Berry View
David Thompson
CEO & Co - Founder · Myma.ai
Dominic Pinto
Director of Sales · Oracle Hospitality
Elizabeth Freeman
Senior Industry Manager, Travel & Export · Google
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amadeus Hospitality Americas, Inc.Platinum
MewsPlatinum
OMF Original Mattress FactoryPlatinum
Oracle Corporation AustraliaPlatinum
Shift4Platinum
AgilysysGold
Canary TechnologiesGold
CendynGold
eegerGold
IDeaS Revenue SolutionGold
MontagueGold
PayPalGold
SiteMinderGold
Technogym Australia Pty LtdGold
Expedia, Inc.Silver
Myma.aiSilver
Talk AgencySilver
Accommodation Australia NSWPartner
ARMA - Australian Revenue Management AssociationPartner
Australian Hotels AssociationPartner
Campus Living Villages
House of PicklePartner
likeMagic AG
Shiji GroupTitle Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 43 sessions on the bill.
  • Sep 23 10:00

    The people who changed my career: Leaders share how guidance set their pathway

    Future Leaders
  • Sep 2310:00

    The people who changed my career: Leaders share how guidance set their pathway

    Future Leaders
  • Sep 23 10:10

    How do you roll out seamless digital guest & team experience - at scale, globally?

    Small Hotelier Summit
  • Sep 2310:10

    How do you roll out seamless digital guest & team experience - at scale, globally?

    Small Hotelier Summit
  • Sep 23 10:15

    Small footprint, big statement: Designing hotel wellness spaces

    Design Talks
  • Sep 2310:15

    Small footprint, big statement: Designing hotel wellness spaces

    Design Talks
  • Sep 2310:40

    Expedia: Traveller & market trends

    Hotel Marketing Summit
  • Sep 2310:40

    From front desk to revenue: How properties are using AI right now

    Keynotes
  • Sep 2310:40

    My Journey - Designer Edit: Tracey Wiles

    Design Talks
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 91 companies show up, and 18 bet on three roles at once?

91 companies. eighteen 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
18All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
12Exhibitingexhibitor only
54Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Myma.ai·Talk Agency·Agilysys·Amadeus Hospitality Americas, Inc.·Mews·Oracle Corporation Australia·Technogym Australia Pty Ltd·Australian Hotels Association·Canary Technologies·Cendyn·eeger·Expedia·IDeaS Revenue Solution·Montague·PayPal·Shift4·SiteMinder·Oracle Hospitality

Speakers by seniority

63% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1219%
  • Founder / Owner1016%
  • Director / Head of1828%
  • Manager / Lead1117%
  • Marketing / Brand35%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles914%

Of 64 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Myma.aiSp·SEx2V
  2. 02Talk AgencySp·SEx2V
  3. 03AgilysysSp·GEx1V
  4. 04Amadeus Hospitality Americas, Inc.Sp·PEx1V
  5. 05MewsSp·PEx1V
  6. 06Oracle Corporation AustraliaSp·PEx1V
  7. 07Technogym Australia Pty LtdSp·GEx1V
  8. 08Australian Hotels AssociationSp·PEx
  9. 09Canary TechnologiesSp·GEx
  10. 10CendynSp·GEx
  11. 11eegerSp·GEx
  12. 12ExpediaSp·SEx
  13. 13IDeaS Revenue SolutionSp·GEx
  14. 14MontagueSp·GEx
Sponsors by tier
platinum5
21% of 24
gold9
38% of 24
silver3
13% of 24
partner4
17% of 24
title sponsor1
4% of 24
unspecified2
8% of 24
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.

Related events · by shared sponsors