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Keynotes and main-stage conversations from the operators, owners and visionaries shaping global hospitality.
- Opening Keynote
- Leadership Panels
- Welcome Cocktail
A decade of the hospitality industry’s finest minds — returning to the Adriatic for a boldly reimagined 10th edition.
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HOW was built because hospitality told us what was missing — a festival of mainstage, masterclasses and after-hours, from the industry, for the industry. We don’t tell hospitality where it’s going. We host the room where it figures it out.
Every edition has added something the room didn’t know it needed yet: new formats, new voices, sharper conversations, deeper nights. Not because change is a brand strategy, but because the industry never sits still — and neither do the people who fill this room.
In 2026 we’re not here to recap the last ten years. We are here to spark the next ten.
Keynotes and main-stage conversations from the operators, owners and visionaries shaping global hospitality.
The formats built to move the industry forward — Masterclasses, the HOW Fight Club, the Mentorship Programme and the launch of the Young Leader Award.
The network, the party, the feeling — everything HOW has stood for over a decade, and the reason the room comes back year after year.
An award that changes this leader’s career — decided by an industry jury, with the HOW family casting the vote.
Pairing the next generation with the people who built this one — in partnership with EHMA.

President of European Hotel Managers Association

The Leading Legend Award winner 2022

Managing Director at Xenos Deluxe Hotel Group - Marriott Luxury Collection

Senior Director Marketing and Workspaces at Ruby

CEO at Mindsmiths

General Manager at Numa Group SE

Group Vice President Operations & Member of the Executive Board at Ruby Hotels

CEO at Kew Green Hotels












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