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What is it?

The first Hospitality Kick-Off Summit will take a deep dive into the dynamic innovation taking place in hospitality— particularly as relates to the built world and the crossover between hospitality and real estate. Speakers will look at tech and innovation powering the growing intersection of multifamily, hotels, and short-term rentals. As major owners and operators change their strategies, new paradigms are emerging.

While most events focus either on technology, hospitality or real estate, we aim to break down those barriers and take a higher-level view, creating a novel and engaging block of content. Attendees come from tech start-ups, venture and private equity investors, hotel owners and operators, hotel and alternative accommodations brands, multifamily owners, property managers, and developers across hospitality, residential and mixed-use.

Following the Hospitality Kick-Off Summit, please join the Fifth Wall Climate Summit panel "Where Climate Action Meets Hospitality: The Rise Of Sustainably Progressive Hotels" moderated by Jeremy Fox, Co-President & Head of Global Partner Coverage with Fifth Wall. He will be joined by the panelists, Michael Chang, VP of Energy & Sustainability at Host Hotels & Resorts as well as Henry Shields, VP, Research & Analytics at MGM Resorts International.

Partners & Attendees

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, September 17th

12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Introduction to Hospitality Kick-Off Summit

12:05 pm - 12:35 pm

The Next Generation of Alternative Accommodations

12:40 pm - 1:10 pm

How Proptech Overlaps in Hotels and Residential

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Building Brands with OpCo / PropCo Approaches

1:50 pm - 2:20 pm

Alternative Ownership & Membership Models

2:25 pm - 2:55 pm

The Surge of Branded Residential

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Fireside Chat

3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

Where Climate Action Meets Hospitality: The Rise Of Sustainably Progressive Hotels (During the Fifth Wall Climate Summit)

Who is Speaking

Jim Alderman

Head Of Residential

Airbnb
Austin Allison

CEO & Co-Founder

Pacaso
Tyler Carrico

Managing Partner

Derive Ventures
Bryan Dunn

CEO & Co-Founder

Cardinal Lands
Jason Fudin

CEO & Co-Founder

Placemakr
Edwin Hendriksen

Managing Partner & Founder

&Partners Capital
Young Hill

Managing Director

Greystar
Jordan Hollander

Co-Founder

Hotel Tech Report
Merilee Karr

CEO & Founder

UnderTheDoormat Group
Sief Khafagi

Partner & Co-Founder

Techvestor
Paul Kromidas

CEO & Founder

Summer
Christian Lee

CEO

Mint House
Eliza Lochner

Sr. Marketing Lead For Real Estate

Airbnb
David Madrid

VP Of Innovation & Venture

AvalonBay Communities
Andrew Miele

Chief Development Officer

Proper Hospitality
Roman Pedan

CEO & Co-Founder

Kasa Living
Kanishk Roy

VP, Transactions & Residential

Hyatt Hotels
Lisa Sexton

SVP

Marriott International
Alex Shtarkman

Vice President

Revolution Ventures
Paul Stanton

Partner & Co-Founder

PTB
Richard Valtr

Founder

Mews
Nina Vascotto

VP Of Real Assets

ICONIQ Capital
Jonathan Wasserstrum

Founding Partner

Unwritten Capital

Jim Alderman

Head Of Residential

Airbnb

Jim brings over 35 years of hospitality and branded residential real estate experience to his new position at Airbnb as head of residential development. During his career Jim has been a Principal, Senior Executive and Consultant on real estate projects throughout the world with a singular focus for the past 30 years in hospitality development, strategy, finance, and branding. He was most recently a Principal with his own consulting firm after leaving the position of CEO at Radisson Hotel Group Americas where Jim and his team successfully led the company through COVID and it to profitability enjoying the most productive development period in 20 years, positioning Radisson for its sale to Choice Hotels.

Austin Allison

CEO & Co-Founder

Pacaso

Austin co-founded Pacaso to make the dream of second home ownership a reality for more people after experiencing the profound effect it had on his own life. Pacaso is Austin’s second startup. In 2009, he founded dotloop in his hometown of Cincinnati, a company that created software to seamlessly manage real estate transactions. Zillow acquired dotloop in 2015, and Austin continued to run dotloop as a Zillow executive until 2018. Austin started selling real estate at the age of 18 and worked in residential and commercial real estate for a decade. Austin enjoys running, mountain biking and flying. He lives in Napa, CA with his wife Angela and their son.

Tyler Carrico

Managing Partner

Derive Ventures

Tyler Carrico is passionate about bridging the gap between traditional silicon valley technology and the hospitality, travel and real estate sectors which led him to co-found Derive Ventures. A firm dedicated to investing in the Derivatives of Travel and Hospitality with investments in companies like Mews, Canary Technologies, MarginEdge and Bilt Rewards. Prior to Derive, Tyler was an investment professional at Thayer Ventures and Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation. Tyler began his career in BoA Merril Lynch's Tech, Media and Telecom group. He graduated from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.

Bryan Dunn

CEO & Co-Founder

Cardinal Lands

Bryan is founder at Guidepost, an investment and management company focused at the intersection of the residential real estate and hospitality operations in leisure travel destinations. Bryan is an active investor and advisor supporting fast-growing PropTech and consumer businesses including Way, Kindred, Naya Homes, HostGPO, GravityHaus, and many more. Bryan is a graduate of Cornell University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration and concentration in real estate finance.

Jason Fudin

CEO & Co-Founder

Placemakr

Jason Fudin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Placemakr (formerly known as WhyHotel). Placemakr is a tech-enabled operator and real estate investor that blends hospitality and multifamily (with over $1B of real estate on the platform). Before founding Placemakr, Jason managed multi-billion dollar portfolios and developments for large public companies and private developers.

Edwin Hendriksen

Managing Partner & Founder

&Partners Capital

Edwin is the founder and Managing Partner of &Partners Capital LLC, a private investment company focused on growth and real estate capital for real estate operating companies with a strong focus on hospitality and the ‘adjacent’ spaces. Prior to forming &Partners, Edwin held positions such Global Head of Mixed-Use Real Estate at WeWork and Senior Vice President of Investments & Development for citizenM hotels. Edwin started his real estate career at CNL Financial Group after which he co-founded Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a hotel REIT (now publicly traded), where he held the role of Head of Investments during his tenure. Edwin continues to be active as a strategic advisor and board member to various start-ups and growth companies and organizations that continue to focus on disruption and innovation in and around the broader real estate asset class.

Young Hill

Managing Director

Greystar

Young Hill is Managing Director of Flexible Living Strategic Services at Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, global leaders in the investment, development, and management of high quality real estate. In Young’s role she oversees teams who pilot, implement, and monitor flexible living solutions.. Young consults with operational leaders and clients on strategies to implement Flexible Living options. During her 18 years in the multifamily industry, she has held leadership roles in corporate housing and property operations.

Jordan Hollander

Co-Founder

Hotel Tech Report

Jordan is the co-founder of Hotel Tech Report, the #1 ratings and review platform for the hotel technology industry. He was previously on the Global Partnerships team at Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Prior to his work with SPG, Jordan was Director of Business Development at MWT Hospitality and an equity analyst at Wells Capital Management. Jordan received his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management where he was a Zell Global Entrepreneurship Scholar and a Pritzker Group Venture Fellow.

Merilee Karr

CEO & Founder

UnderTheDoormat Group

Merilee Karr is an accomplished entrepreneur and the visionary leader serving as the CEO and Founder of UnderTheDoormat Group - an award-winning short-term rental company. The Group has three pillars covering all parts of the short-term rental value chain Veeve is a “distributed hotel”, the market leader in professionally managed short term and holiday rentals in London and Paris. Hospiria is an integrated technology, with SaaS only or SaaS + service options that simplifies distribution and operations of short-term and holiday rentals. Finally, TrustedStays is an accredited short-term accommodation and flexible letting booking platform for professional operators with unique access to corporate and government professionals.

Sief Khafagi

Partner & Co-Founder

Techvestor

Sief Khafagi is an ex techie turned real estate investor who has helped thousands diversify into real estate after spending nearly 5 years at Facebook where he built the 2nd largest engineering organization across the world. Today, he’s the founder of Techvestor, which helps accredited real estate investors and busy professionals passively invest in the emerging asset class of short term rentals (aka Airbnbs). Investors can invest as little as $25,000, get all the benefits of real estate like cash flow, tax benefits and more, without doing any of the work. But this isn’t your average real estate investment company. Techvestor built it’s own proprietary sourcing technology where they can underwrite over 100,000 properties a month and acquire the highest performing properties backed by data. They're advised and led by elite talent from the likes of AirDNA, Realtor.com, Apple, Facebook and D R Horton. Techvestor is the leader in short term rentals as-an-asset- class and has raised $75M+ with 140+ acquisitions under their belt. You're invited to learn more at techvestor.com.

Paul Kromidas

CEO & Founder

Summer

As CEO and Founder of Summer, Paul Kromidas is a mission-driven entrepreneur pioneering an innovative approach to vacation home ownership. With the vision to carve a new path for homeowners seeking to own a second home, Kromidas leads the Summer team to open access to vacation homes by eliminating the headache and risk associated with buying. Bringing over a decade of experience in accelerating growth and scaling teams across the technology, real estate, finance and strategy sectors, Kromidas has a proven track record with industry leaders such as Airbnb, Deloitte, Alfred and Moody’s. With extensive experience in leadership at venture-backed businesses in the housing and hospitality industries, Kromidas founded and continues to build Summer with the mission to help American families achieve their long-term goals. Prior to founding Summer, he was a Product and Strategy leader at Airbnb, where he led the integration of Luxury Retreats and the creation of the Airbnb Luxe product. Kromidas holds a graduate degree from Columbia University, where he graduated with distinction.

Christian Lee

CEO

Mint House

Christian Lee currently serves as the CEO of Mint House, a leader in flexible living that combines the comfort of home and the convenience and reliability of a hotel. Powered by technology that makes every step of the process easy-to-use and personalized, Mint House is a new option for nightly, short-term, or long-term stays. Prior to Mint House, Christian served as CFO of Transfix (a leading transportation solutions provider), Managing Director of WeWork Asia, and led Corporate Development at Time Warner Cable, playing a key role in Time Warner Cable’s spinoff. Christian serves as trustee of his alma mater, Carleton College, and is on the board of Bronxworks, a non-profit serving the needs of residents of the Bronx.

Eliza Lochner

Sr. Marketing Lead For Real Estate

Airbnb

Eliza is Airbnb’s Senior Marketing Lead for Real Estate. She joined Airbnb from Urbandoor, a global platform focused on flexible living in Multifamily communities. ○ She has deep expertise in consumer brand and performance marketing, as well as marketing to businesses. ○ Eliza oversees Airbnb’s marketing strategy to support new supply and growth opportunities through real estate development projects and partnerships. ○ Prior to her c

David Madrid

VP Of Innovation & Venture

AvalonBay Communities

David Madrid is the Vice President of Innovation and Venture at AvalonBay. In this role, he leads the incubation of new products and programs to drive Net Operating Income, manages a sizable strategic investment portfolio, oversees profit and loss responsibility across diverse areas, and chairs the Innovation Committee. With a background as an architect-turned-investor and operator, David has a proven track record in partnerships, business building, theme development, sourcing, investments, and portfolio management. His extensive real estate experience includes positions at both a venture-backed startup and a global alternative asset management firm. In these roles, he developed relationships with operators, structured investments, and oversaw investment strategy and management.

Andrew Miele

Chief Development Officer

Proper Hospitality

Andrew Miele has over 17 years of experience in the industry, with key roles at Four Seasons, Six Senses, and as CEO of Nomade People. Now leading growth as Chief Development Officer at Proper Hospitality, he brings deep expertise in luxury and experiential hospitality development, strategic acumen, and a passion for innovation. Recognized for his industry contributions, Andrew also serves on various boards and councils and resides in Florida with his family.

Roman Pedan

CEO & Co-Founder

Kasa Living

Roman Pedan is the Chief Executive Officer of Kasa Living, Inc., the leading flexible accommodations brand and manager which he founded in 2016. Roman has over a decade of experience in real estate investing and technology entrepreneurship. He was an early team member at KKR's Real Estate Private Equity group where he worked on hotel transactions totaling $1.2 billion across the U.S. and was involved in every hotel transaction that KKR closed during his tenure. Roman was also an early team member at Juniper Square, a market-leading investment management platform, and was the founder of a startup called book.ly, a profitable, vertical e-commerce website that sold more than $15mm of textbooks.

Kanishk Roy

VP, Transactions & Residential

Hyatt Hotels

Kanishk is Vice President, Transactions and Residential with Hyatt Hotels Corporation and oversees Hyatt's residential business globally including Branded Residences, Serviced Apartments, Vacation Rentals and Vacation Ownership properties. As part of the Transactions team, Kanishk is also responsible for driving inorganic growth for Hyatt.

Lisa Sexton

SVP

Marriott International

Lisa Sexton is Senior Vice President for Marriott International. Ms. Sexton is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is responsible for leading the development of Marriott’s Premium Full Service brands as well as JW Marriott and The Luxury Collection brands in the Eastern Region of United States. Ms. Sexton joined Marriott in 2015 and brings more than 20 years’ experience in the lodging industry with expertise in hotel development, transactions and finance. Ms. Sexton previously served as Vice President on Marriott’s Eastern Region team where she was responsible for hotel development for Marriott, JW Marriott, The Luxury Collection, Westin, Le Meridien, Renaissance, Sheraton, Delta Hotels, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Design Hotels and Gaylord Hotels.

Alex Shtarkman

Vice President

Revolution Ventures

Alex Shtarkman is an early stage VC with hands-on operating, restructuring, turnaround, and M&A experience. Alex is focused on proptech, consumer / marketplace, and SMB / enterprise software verticals. His portfolio companies include Homesnap (acquired by CoStar), Mint House, eSub, Casted, Grid & Pixel, and more. The Venture Capital Journal named Alex a 40 Under 40 Rising Star of Venture Capital and Alex sits on the board of the Center of Real Estate Technology and Innovation (CRETI) and on the Washington DC Innovation and Technology Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Paul Stanton

Partner & Co-Founder

PTB

Paul Stanton is a Co-Founder and Partner of PTB, an investment banking boutique focused on joint ventures, capital raising, and M&A advisory for innovative real estate operators and technology companies. Prior to PTB, Mr. Stanton led asset management and leasing for Alliance HP’s core portfolio and was the Head of Strategy for Equiem, a global property technology company. He holds a BS from University of Richmond.

Richard Valtr

Founder

Mews

Richard Valtr is an entrepreneur and ex-hotelier with an extensive background in hotel investment and management. He project managed a number of property developments, culminating in the creation of the Emblem Hotel. While working at the property, he realized that hotel management systems had failed to keep pace with hotels or their guests, and he founded Mews to bring modern, seamless hospitality to hoteliers and guests alike. In his time at Mews, Richard has pushed hoteliers to think differently, from operations and payments to optimizing every square inch of their properties.

Nina Vascotto

VP Of Real Assets

ICONIQ Capital

Nina Vascotto is Vice President of Real Assets for ICONIQ Capital where she oversees the day to day of their hospitality-driven residential fund that holds over 3500 class A multifamily apartments and is the largest investor of the property management company, Sentral, where she sits on the board. She is also a board member of the Madison Square Park Conservancy, the University of Virginia’s White Ruffin Byron Center for Real Estate, and a member of the ULI Technology in Real Estate Product Council. Nina was previously at Jamestown Properties and graduated from the University of Virginia with a Civil Engineering degree.

Jonathan Wasserstrum

Founding Partner

Unwritten Capital

Jonathan Wasserstrum is Founding Partner at Unwritten Capital an investment manager playing at the intersection of real estate and technology. He's the Chairman and Co-Founder of SquareFoot where he served as CEO from it's founding until 2022. Jonathan started his real estate career in the International Capital Group at JLL. He has a MBA from Columbia and a B.A. in Economics from Emory. He lives in Westchester with his wife and sons where he is often found behind the grill or in the hammock.

Blueprint Vegas 2024
Hospitality Kick-Off Summit

Partners & Attendees

Schedule of Events

Who is Speaking

Venue

The Venetian Las Vegas

Partners & Attendees

Schedule of Events

Who is Speaking

Venue

The Venetian Las Vegas

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