Meet the Speakers
Our speakers have been hand-selected to ensure presentations and panels that provide you with the insights you need for a successful 2025 and beyond.
From topics covering marketing, motivating teams, finance and more, explore our full range of speakers below.
James Peach
Global Business Leader and Keynote Public Speaker
Keynote Presentation
Day 1 - 1:15PM - 2:15PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Simon Bullingham
CEO & Founder of Journey Hospitality
Panel Discussion - Managing and Marketing Your Hotel Successfully
Day 1 - 2:15PM - 3:00PM
Simon Bullingham is CEO and Founder of Journey Hospitality, a leading hotel technology business. Simon has been influential in shaping the evolution of marketing technology in the hotel space for the past decade.
Simon’s talents lie in his entrepreneurial vision and spotting opportunities as to how technology can solve problems and generate revenue. Relentless in the pursuit of his goal; to revolutionise ecommerce within the hotel space, Simon is constantly pioneering product innovation and challenging the status quo.
His portfolio of products include onejourney - the world’s first all-in-one ecommerce platform; Premier - the UK’s top spa and leisure management software and Gifted - the UK’s market leading hotel gift voucher platform.
At Journey, Simon works with over 650 luxury hotel partners around the world including Claridge’s, Beaverbrook, Calcot Collection, The Londoner, Soneva (Maldives) and Grantley Hall. His company won the ‘Innovation in Tech’ award at the Business Awards - Travel 2023 and ‘Best Website’ (for The Elms) at the Hotel Marketing Awards 2023.
Kalindi Juneja FIH
CEO, PoB Hotels
Panel Discussion - Managing and Marketing Your Hotel Successfully
Day 1 - 2:15PM - 3:00PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Ian Miller
CEO, Crafted
Panel Discussion - Managing and Marketing Your Hotel Successfully
Day 1 - 2:15PM - 3:00PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Joss Croft OBE
CEO, UKinbound
An Outlook on Travel and Tourism and the Impact on the UK
Day 1 - 3:30PM - 4:00PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Bob Wigley
Chairman of UK Finance and author of "Born Digital"
The Financial Forecast
Day 1 - 4:00PM - 4:45PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Andrew Henck
Business School Lecturer - Glasgow Caledonian University
Developing High Performing Teams
Day 2 - 9:15AM - 10:00AM
Profile bio coming soon.
Michael Heppell
Motivational Speaker
Let's Get Going
Day 2 - 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Profile bio coming soon.
Nick Jones
Founder of Soho House
Interview with Nick Jones
Day 2 - 11:30AM - 12:00PM
Profile bio coming soon.
Peter Hancock MI
Professional conference and awards host
Peter Hancock will be the Hotel Leadership Conference's host for both days of the event.
With over 40 years in the hospitality industry, including 21 years as CEO of Pride of Britain Hotels, Peter has a wealth of experience which has fuelled his keen sense of humour and his ever-growing reputation for relating stories that have been entertaining guests and delegates at events up and down the country.