IHIF EMEA Digital 2025

Take your pick of highly-curated and expert-led sessions. 

IHIF EMEA Digital brings you the programme of main stage sessions delivered by industry leading speakers at this year's event. Explore the main stage sessions, catch the sessions you may have missed or watch them again featuring speakers from: Hilton, Accor, Wyndham Hotels, Marriott International, IHG Hotels & Resorts, L+R Hotels, Blackstone, Limestone Capital and many more.

Get started by watching IHIF EMEA Unpacked delivered by the Questex team sharing their key takeaways and moments from the event. 

IHIF EMEA Intro

2025 Theme: Own the Moment

With declining interest rates, strong fundamentals, and increasing liquidity, hospitality stands out as a resilient, high-growth asset class for investors. IHIF EMEA 2025 offered a unique platform to navigate the evolving business landscape with its curated tracks, innovative formats, and deep content. By prioritising networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, the event empowered attendees to drive forward momentum amid global challenges.

Now is the time to seize the moment, prepare for the new deal cycle, and shape the future of hospitality investment.

Own the Moment.

Your next big opportunity is just one meeting away.

Where conversations turn into capital.

Power Hour

Power Hour

Our AI-powered matching system connected attendees with ideal networking partners based on their goals. This smart session facilitated meaningful conversations instantly.

Evening Reception

Evening Reception

Co-hosted by HR Group in the Pullman Ballroom.

Bar & Networking Pavilion

Bar & Networking Pavilion

IHIF EMEA 2025 introduced the NEW Booking.com Bar & Networking Pavilion, which offered a relaxed space to grab a coffee by day or a drink by night while connecting with industry peers.

Welcome Reception

Welcome Reception

The Welcome Reception provides the ideal setting to forge connections and discuss the future of hospitality investment.

Investor Reception

Investor Reception

INVESTORS ONLY - An exclusive reception for investors to explore opportunities and discuss strategies over drinks.

Investor Lounge

Investor Lounge

INVESTOR ONLY - An exclusive networking space where investors held private conversations, engaged in strategic discussions, and strengthened relationships with key stakeholders.

Breakfast Roundtables

Breakfast Roundtables

The IHIF EMEA breakfast roundtables offered an opportunity for intimate discussion, Participants shared insights with peers in an interactive setting without formal panels - just meaningful conversations.

Capital Meets

Capital Meets

Capital Meets connected key decision-makers in focused meetings with meaningful discussions between investors, operators, lenders, and emerging leaders.

Forge your own IHIF experience

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For Investors

Find deals and invest with confidence.

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For Limited Partners

Deploy capital. Drive returns.

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For Under 30s

Future leaders. This is your launchpad.

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And more! Tailor your IHIF EMEA experience

Operators, developers, lenders, and advisors—something for you.

IHIF EMEA Personas

Connecting the hospitality industry

2,500+
Delegates
700+
Global Investors
$581bn
AUM
500+
C-Suite Executive, VPs, and Directors
190+
Expert speakers

IHIF EMEA 2025 topics

covered macroeconomic, societal, and technological shifts that present opportunities for the right strategies

Vision

Economy, Geopolitics, Megatrends, CEO perspectives

Alternative Concepts

Hybrid hospitality, Branded residential, Serviced apartments, Alternative living

Asset Management

Investor perspectives, Data-driven decisions, Challenges and results

Destination

Greece, Portugal

Development

Visionary developments, Adaptive reuse, Luxury, 10-minute case studies

Investment and Finance

International trends, US investment, What’s next, Leasing appeal, Lessons from recent deals

Featured sessions

Strategies for a shifting world: Anticipating and managing geopolitical risk 

Speaker: Jon Sopel

Talk of titans: A candid cross-industry perspective on owning the moment 

Speakers from: Accor and WTTC

Megatrends keynote : Visionary leadership for communications, technology, society in a dynamic era 

Speaker: Dex Hunter-Torricke

Colliers Capital talks: Poised for the rebound 

Speakers from: EMEA Hotels, L+R Hotels, Leonardo Hotels, CDL and Covivio Hotels

Development at its best: 10-minute case studies 

Speakers from: BWH Hotels, Goco Hospitality, Studio Puisto Architects and Marriott International

Hospitality performance question time: Owners, operators, and asset managers in the hot seat 

Speakers from: Valor UK & Europe, HR Group, Accor and Radisson Hotel Group

Our testimonials

"It's ​really ​very ​important, ​if ​not ​the ​most ​important, ​conference ​of ​the ​year."

Adela Cristea

Vice President Business Development 
UK & Ireland
Radisson Hotel Group

"I ​think, ​as ​always, ​it's ​connecting ​with ​investors, ​operators, ​all ​our ​colleagues ​and ​people ​we ​know ​across ​the ​industry"

Carine Bonnejean

Managing Director - Hotels 
Christie & Co
 

"It's ​really ​a ​great ​event ​where ​the ​whole ​industry ​comes ​together."

David Kellett

Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, Europe 
Invesco Real Estate

IHIF EMEA 2025 image gallery

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