Conferences

Melvin is present at many hotel industry conferences and events. In February 2020 he was a panellist in a discussion on the impact of Brexit on the UK Hotel Sector at the Top Hotel World Tour in London, a lively start to the year. Melvin attends a host of industry events including presentations on hotel industry issues for banks and industry bodies. He has stimulated and moderated discussions at a series of Forums hosted by the Good Hotel Guide and in March 2019 was a speaker at the Hospitality Network, discussing headline data from the Institute of Hospitality’s Spotlight on Hospitality publication. He is a regular attendee during the largest UK industry conference, the Annual Hotel Conference in Manchester annually in October, and is typically present at other major events. He moderated a session between owners and operators, Power Couples, at the Independent Hotel Show in October 2017. Earlier that year he delivered a speech entitled 'Why have meeting rooms in hotels?'at the BDRC Hotel Insights Forum, moderated a 'New Owners on the Block' session at the Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit and participated in a Revenue Management panel session at the Great Hospitality Show, NEC, Birmingham in January. In the prior year he presented two panel sessions at the Independent Hotel Show 2016 launching his report on the Independent Hotel sector, and moderated a debate on brand value at HOSPACE in November 2016. Apart from private client events, in 2011 he moderated a round table discussion on hotel pricing and related issues for the Institute of Hospitality and the same year was the keynote speaker at The Caterer's Innovative Marketing in Hospitality Conference in London in November 2011. Click here for Melvin's powerpoint from the event. He was also one of the 'experts' offering free advice and consultancy at the Business Clinics at the The Caterer Business Summit in June 2012. Melvin was a panellist at Visit England's Visitor Economy Forum 2012 on the panel covering "A sector-based analysis of the opportunities for growth in the visitor economy in England post- Olympics and towards 2020". He was present at The Master Innholders' Hotel General Managers' conference in January 2013. In October 2013 he was a panellist discussing planning and bedstock exiting the market at the Annual Hotel Conference in Manchester and was also the keynote speaker at the Conference Centres of Excellence Members Forum. 2014 saw an appearance at the St Julian's Scholars spring conference on a panel discussing Low Pay and the Minimum Wage. He was also a guest speaker at The Hotel Summit in May on the subject of "The UK Hotel Industry - Structurally Changing" and moderated a session at The Independent Hotel Show. In May 2015 Melvin was a panellist at The Caterer Conferences Digital Summit and moderated the Finance panel at The Annual Hotel Conference.