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Join us for the 2025 Thailand Tourism Forum! Celebrating 14 years as Thailand's largest and most influential hospitality event, this year's theme, "Seizing Potential," offers a fast-paced, candid look at the future of Thailand's hospitality sector. Explore emerging trends, disruptive innovations, and key strategies shaping the industry.

This forum is organized by C9 Hotelworks, partnering with AMCHAM Thailand, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Horwath HTL, STR, JLL Hotels and Hospitality, QUO, Delivering Asia, AMCHAM Thailand, and Phuket Hotels Association. This forum provides fresh insights and actionable strategies for industry professionals. The program will dive into critical topics, including social media's role in driving travel demand, decoding Thailand's hotel investment landscape, managing lifestyle versus traditional brands, alternative accommodations and exploring the travel preferences of the young generation. This is your opportunity to gain a timely start-of-the-year report card on Thai tourism and shape the future of the industry.

Event Schedule and Program

2 pm onwards Registration Open

3 to 3:50 pm Pre-Event : Bar, Restaurants and Concepts (BRAC)

(Moderator) Sumi Soorian, Restaurant & Bar Consultant, Mrs. B Bar & Table

Episode 1 Time to Evolve

Phillip Pond, Founder @Atelier Pond

Episode 2 F&B in the Digital World

Piyada “Pam” Punnakitikasem, Entrepreneur & Owner of Food Instagram page “ppgallery” (over 470K followers)

Episode 3 The Rise and Fall – Food Outlets

Shane Jameson, Cluster Director of Sales & Marketing @ Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok

Episode 4 Hot Off the Press

Nigel Oakins, Co-Founder and Executive Chair @ Serendipity Media Ltd & NJ Media Ltd, and MediaMagination Ltd (TimeOut & Koktail Thailand Magazines)

Episode 5 Restaurants, Outlets, Dining – Eat, Drink, Love

Thitid 'Ton' Tassanakajohn, Chef & Restauranteur @ Le Du

Episode 6 Concepts – Picture Perfect

Romain Dupuy, Strategist, Head of Branding @ Threaded Creatives & Founder and Creative Director @ The Syllusionist

4 to 6 pm Main Event - Thailand Tourism Forum 2025

Introduction

Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks

Hotel Market Insights

Jesper Palmqvist, Regional Vice President Asia Pacific, STR

Managing Lifestyle vs. Traditional Brands

Siradej Donavanik, Vice President Development Global, Dusit International

David Johnson, CEO, Delivering Asia

Social Media Power: Inducing Travel Demand

Paul Keen, Director of Project Management, QUO

Decoding Thailand’s Hotel Landscape

Orn Yomchinda, Senior Vice President, Investment Sales – Asia, JLL

Rathawat Kuvijitrsuwan,Senior Vice President, JLL

The New Explorers: Young Generation Travel Trends

Viona Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks

Dusit Thani College Students

Beyond Ordinary: Dope Accommodation Alternatives

Koko Tang, Founder, Colourful Earth

Beverly Chen, Co-Founder, Cloud Collective

Willem Niemeijer, CEO, YAANA Ventures

(Moderator) Matt Gebbie, Director, Pacific Asia, Horwath HTL

Green Minute: Sustainability in Tourism

Eric Ricaurte, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Greenview

Bjorn Courage, President, Phuket Hotels Association

6 pm onwards: Networking Cocktails – with compliments of IHG Hotels & Resorts and InterContinental Bangkok

Special Rates for TTF 2025 Participants:

Thailand Tourism Forum 2025_InterContinental Bangkok

Thailand Tourism Forum 2025_ Holiday Inn Bangkok

Unique QR Code - Eventbrite Ticketing

TTF 2025 will again use Eventbrite for event registration, ticketing and access. Only registered and confirmed delegates having an official Eventbrite ticket will be granted entry to TTF 2025. Eventbrite tickets will have a unique user QR code which must be presented for scanning on your smartphone or in paper form upon entry. There will be no exceptions; no ticket, no entry. The Eventbrite ticket will help to ensure delegates safe access and mobility at the event.