SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS 2021 KNOWLEDGE HUB
The virtual Summit of the Americas 2021 event will host a series of conferences, panel discussions, talks and case studies from thought leaders, innovators and disruptors, with the aim of providing unique insights on the trends and challenges in the market.
Corporación America Airports CEO (and ACI World Chair) Martín Eurnekian
3Sixty Chief Operations Officer Alex Anson
Motta Internacional Senior Vice President Aurelio Barria
Dufry General Manager Sub-Cluster South America Enrique Urioste
Hershey International Chief Commercial Officer William Pritchett
Essence Corp Vice President Sales TR North & South America Antoine Bona/ Vice President Sales Caribbean Guillaume Bona
Bacardi Global Travel Retail Global Head of Marketing Ignacio Vázquez
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport CEO Sean Donohue
The Points Guy Executive Editorial Director Scott Mayerowitz
Spark Business Services Group Founder and CEO Heidi van Roon
ARI-North America General Manager Jackie McDonagh
Dufry Chief Operating Officer South America Gustavo Fagundes
Servy CXO Jeff Livney
Designhouse Creative Director Peter Dobie
JFKIAT (New York T4) President & CEO Roel Huinink
Neutral by Luryx Duty Free Shop CEO Marcelo Montico
Duty Free Americas CEO Jerome Falic
IGL Vice President Justin Guay
This year’s awards from DFNI magazine have been adapted to focus on the positives to emerge from the past year, with new categories that celebrate positivity, partnerships and community as well as travel retail excellence.
Marshall Retail Group Chief Development Officer Roderick McOwan
Stellar Partners CEO Padraig Drennan
Hudson CEO Roger Fordyce
Paradies Lagardère President & CEO Gregg Paradies
ALTA (Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association) Executive Director & CEO José Ricardo Botelho
Starboard Cruise Services President & CEO Lisa Bauer
Harding Deputy Managing Director Mark Birnie
Heinemann Americas CEO Nadine Heubel
SMT Duty Free Executive Vice President Eddie Ferenczi
TRBusiness brings together industry leaders to discuss current activities and future plans on creating a cleaner, greener future for travel retail.
Cheryl Nashir, Retail Revenues Director, San Francisco International Airport
Mark Birnie, Business Development Director and Deputy Managing Director, Harding
Andy Battjes, Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Brown Forman
Jill Stoneberg, Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Virgin Voyages
A panel led by the Airport Restaurant & Retail Association
A discussion of the state of health of airport concessions in North America touching on 2020 financials, expected recovery in 2021; themes include capital, debt, fees/MAGs, operations, staff, investment and competition. And what airports and government can and should do to support the industry. Featuring leading travel retailers/restaurateurs from North America.
SSP America Executive Vice President Pat Murray
Byrd Retail Group LLC President and CEO Judith Byrd
Hudson Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Quinn
Areas USA CEO Carlos Bernal
Case study: PT&M Managing Director Eric Trichot
International Shoppes Director Matthew Greenbaum
Midway Partnership CEO (and Vantage Airport Group Chief Commercial Officer) Sammy Patel
Walmart Senior Vice President Sustainability Jane Ewing
José Ricardo Botelho

Eric Trichot

Ben Milne

René Riedi

Eddie Ferenczi

Andy Battjes

Jill Stoneberg

Jane Ewing

Roel Huinink

Scott Mayerowitz

Guillaume Bona

Tamara Vrooman
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Peter Dobie

Mark Birnie

Carlos Bernal

Brian Quinn

Pat Murray

Judith Byrd

Heidi Van Roon

Marcelo Montico

Justin Guay

Roderick McOwan

Jerome Falic

Padraig Drennan

Nadine Heubel

Carlos Melconian

Sean Donohue

William Pritchett

Matthew Greenbaum
Lisa Bauer

Antoine Bona

Alexander Anson-Esparza

Enrique Urioste

Jackie McDonagh

Gregg Paradies

Sammy Patel

Ignacio Vázquez

Jeff Livney

Aurelio Barria

Roger Fordyce

Olivier Ponti

Gustavo Fagundes

Michael Taylor

Martín Eurnekian
Martin Moodie

Dermot Davitt
