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Power up | Rhodes | October
October 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
📅 Date: Thursday, 23 October
🕔 Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EET (followed by networking & drinks at Elissa Lifestyle Beach Resort)
📍 Location: Helea Lifestyle Beach Resort, Leof. Kallitheas 215, Rodos 851 00
An exclusive HSMAI Experience comes to Rhodes!
We’re excited to bring our very first HSMAI Europe Power-Up to Rhodes, Greece! Join this exclusive gathering of industry professionals and explore the opportunities and challenges the hospitality industry has to offer.
Program & Speakers:
Registration & Coffee
17:30 – 18:00 hrs
Welcome from HSMAI Europe and Introduction of Todays Moderator
18:00 – 18:10 hrs
Ingunn Hofseth
President & CEO
HSMAI Region Europe
Nikos Giokas
Business Development Director, EMEA at Plusgrade
Chair of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Vasilios Riavoglou (moderator)
Chief Growth Officer at Hotel Insider / HBIS
Member of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Keynote: Hospitality Reimagined: How AI Is Reshaping Travel Experiences
18:10 – 18:40 hrs
Giannis Aggelakis is an AI Strategist and Marketing Director at Vortex Software, as well as an experienced trainer and consultant in artificial intelligence and digital transformation. He delivers programs for executives, entrepreneurs, and students in Greece and abroad, focusing on how AI reshapes business growth and travel behaviors. With a background in senior marketing roles at Kathimerini and Forthnet/Nova Group, he now advises hospitality businesses on digital growth, innovation, and operational excellence through real-world, actionable strategies.
Mr. Giannis Aggelakis
AI Strategist – Marketing Director
Vortex Software and AI & Digital Transformation Trainer
KPI’s on the Agenda
18:40 – 19:00 hrs
Vasilios Riavoglou will present the outcomes from HSMAI Europe’s virtual Curate on KPIs.
Vasilios Riavoglou
Chief Growth Officer at Hotel Insider / HBIS
Member of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Revenue Management for Resorts
19:00 – 19:20 hrs
Alberto Plaza from IDeaS will be interviewed by today’s moderator, Vasilios Riavoglou, Chief Growth Officer at Hotel Insider / HBIS.
Alberto Plaza
Senior Director of Sales Southern Europe at IDeaS Revenue Solutions
3 Sales Moves High-Performing Hotels Will Make in 2026
19:20 – 19:30 hrs
Markos Georgiou
Managing Director at Loguers
Revenue Management meets Embedded Insurance: The New Standard in Room Pricing
19:30 – 19:40 hrs
Evgenios Petoumenos
Head of Growth & Affinity Partnerships at Wallbid
Closing Remarks
19:50 – 20:00 hrs
Nikos Giokas
Business Development Director, EMEA at Plusgrade
Chair of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Sybil Hofmann
President at Alpine Center, the Swiss Business School for Hotel & Tourism Management
Member of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Elena Klouda
Market Director Mediterranean Markets at The Hotels Network
Member of the HSMAI Europe Advisory Board Greece
Drinks & Networking
20:00 – 21:30 hrs
For questions, please reach out to us at postbox@hsmai.eu
GOLD PARTNER
SILVER PARTNERS
Mingling, pizza og noe godt i glasset
Det blir også god tid til nettverksbygging, konkurranser og sosialt samvær. Vi serverer pizza fra Carls’ eget kjøkken – og selvfølgelig noe godt i glasset.
Meld deg på i dag for å sikre din plass!
Dette arrangementet er satt sammen av CFL-komitteen bestående av deltagerne under som også vil være til stede å ønske deg velkommen sammen med Marius Flåskjer fra HSMAI:
