Optional precharge activities, discover something new about your fellow RECHARGERS - designed to invigorate and set you up for the day ahead!

Choose from:

early morning jog to blow the cobwebs away with your host George Sell

cocktail masterclass start at 8am- how to make the perfect bloody mary cocktail (or virgin mary -it's 'dry' January after all) with your host Katie Houghton

Grab a coffee and pastry and reconvene with your peers, along with our sponsors and speakers to reconnect and do business.

RECHARGE is both the event’s manacle and its energetic spark - what do you want of your event? ask your hosts.

• Piers Brown, CEO, International Hospitality Media
• László Varga, co-founder, Heden & Spaceworks

Presented by STR

Future tech - what kinds of technology will power the hospitality and real estate sectors in 2023 and beyond?
Hosted by Jessica Gillingham, founder, Abode Worldwide

• Markus Feller, CEO, LikeMagic
• Fausto Vieira da Silva, strategic accounts and RM partnerships, PriceLabs
• Maxime Leufroy-Murat, co-founder & CEO, Opago
• Filipa Leitão de Aguiar, founder and CEO, Rent4Rest

30 minutes to freshen up, grab a coffee and get ready for the morning's second half

What do post-pandemic business travellers want from their accommodation and how are their travel patterns and behaviours evolving?

Moderator: Eloise Hanson, Editor, Boutique Hotel News

• Richard Maurin, CEO, Charles Hope Apartments
• Jouke Baimaa, director, Corporate Housing Factory
• Pedro Filipe, head of sales Portugal, ALTIDO
• Nuno Trigo, co-founder, FEEL Porto

Leo Colgan, co-founder and chief growth officer at IMS, talks about how the company and its clients across various asset classes have a shared common goal in making guest experience their primary focus.

Real estate investor, developer and operator Vita Group reveals the key findings from its Future Living Report, a major study of emerging living trends.

Presented by Rob Parker, Head of Vita Labs, Vita Group

A look at the remarkable recent growth of and future prospects for the serviced apartment, aparthotel and extended stay sector.

Hosted by Vivi Himmel, CEO, AltoVita

• Samantha Sheridan, group commercial director, edyn
• Louis Bornens, head of development, acquisition and investment, France, Yays

It’s you! We discreetly introduce a few fellow RECHARGERS in the audience who might have some wise ideas to share over lunch

Optional tour of host venue whilst networking with peers over lunch

A group of leading real estate investors shre their views on a range of hospitality and real estate asset classes.

Hosted by George Sell, editor-in-chief, International Hospitality Media

• Natalia Nikola, head of serviced living, NREP
• André Tomaz Lopes, senior project manager, development, Round Hill Capital
• Andrew Harrington, principal, AHV Associates

How much importance do investors, operators and end users place on brands in the coliving, BTR, PBSA and later living markets?

Hosted by Paul Rands, managing director, Future of Hospitality Institute

• Yianni Tsitouras, founder and CEO, POHA House
• Florian Sonigo, co-founder, Vosenco

At least 30 mins to RECHARGE and re-energise with a happy hour drink - non alcoholic options available

Workshop: the audience will be split in to groups, and tasked with creating a masterplan for a warehouse neighbourhood close to the Recharge location which is being prepared for redevelopment.

Hosted by László Varga, co-founder, Heden & Spaceworks

The teams present their concepts, with feedback from group leaders leaders, and we'll also see the actual development plans for the site.

Group leaders:
• Eloise Hanson, editor, Boutique Hotel News
• Paul Stevens, editor, Short Term Rentalz
• Sean Worker, founder, t5 Strategies

Sean Worker, founder of t5 Strategies, shares some inspiring examples of innovation in the real estate and sustainability space.

Piers Brown, CEO, IHM