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Isabel Al-Dhahir

Isabel Al-Dhahir is a Principal Analyst in GlobalData’s Thematic Intelligence team where she works with clients across numerous industries to understand the impact of emerging disruptive technologies such as AI, robotics, and quantum computing on their business. Isabel holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in Materials Science.

Mohamed Shafraz Hafiz

‘Award-Winning Marketing professional and Industry Panelist with B2C and DTC experience delivering through-the-line digital marketing campaigns that maximise sales and promotes tourism across a portfolio of luxury resorts in the Maldives.’

Experienced Director of Digital Technology & Marketing delivering the end-to-end integration of digital technology solutions into hotel workflows while launching digital campaigns to drive engagement for hotels and resorts. Collaborates to understand tourism priorities while taking ownership in delivering consistency within brand strategies across all deliverable touchpoints. Skilfully balances the demands of teams and creative standards while leading client meetings, writing and managing scopes and promoting new businesses. Continuously improves ways of working to align with campaign objectives by managing timelines and budgets while delivering end-to-end project accountability.

Carl Wee

Carl Wee is Vice President, Technical Services, APAC for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, and leads the technical services and design management functions for the region. He had previously served as Wyndham’s Senior Director, Design, Planning & Construction, Greater China.

Carl heads a diverse integrated Technical Services team across APAC which comprises of 2 subregions: Greater China as well as South-East Asia & Pacific Rim. He is responsible for a development pipeline of more than 450 properties in APAC across 20 brands and tiers, including both Franchised and Managed properties. Under his leadership, his team has successfully opened more than 300 hotels in the last 4 years. In addition, he also develops regional design strategies for respective brands to keep them competitive within the APAC market.

Carl has more than 20 years of experience in design and project management, as well as acquisition and divestments of various asset types. His past portfolio in renowned international real estate and hospitality companies included global projects in Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia; spanning Hospitality, Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Retail projects.