2025 Dallas Hotel Conference
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Thompson Dallas
Thank you to the 400+ attendees who joined us for this year’s 2025 Dallas Hotel Conference. We had an impressive group of senior hospitality executives who discussed some of the industry’s most pressing issues and trends. The conference program included a Market Update: Key Indicators Shaping the U.S. and Dallas Hospitality Landscape, Legislative Update, Chief Executive Officer Panel, Hotel of the Future Panel, and the presentation of the Dallas-Fort Worth 2025 Hotel Transaction-of-the-Year Award to the General Manager on behalf of the Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas. A lively cocktail reception followed the program for networking and connecting.
If you would like to view the program content, below please find links for your convenience:
To access the 2025 Program Agenda PDF, please click here.
To access the 2025 Market Update PDF presented by Daniel Lesser, Co-Founder, President & CEO,LW Hospitality Advisors, please click here.
To access the 2025 Legislative Update PDF presented by Jessica Brady, Vice President, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, American Hotel & Lodging Association, please click here.
If you have any questions or are interested in 2026 sponsorship opportunities, please contact Christina Wallace Cooper at [email protected].
We invite you to join us in the fall of 2026 as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary Dallas Hotel Conference, a milestone year for this dynamic industry event. We will update this website with the 2026 date as soon as it is finalized.
Panelists and Presenters
Daniel Bachrach, Partner, Hospitality & Leisure Team, Foley & Lardner LLP
Jessica Brady, Vice President, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, American Hotel & Lodging Association
Lena Combs, Partner and Practice Leader, Hospitality Services, Withum
Paul Coury, Founder & CEO, Coury Hospitality
Warren Fields, President & CEO, Pyramid Hotel Group
Matt Greene, Executive Vice President, Luxury & Lifestyle, Dreamscape Hospitality
Aubrey Hartman, Principal and Studio Design Leader, Hospitality, HKS
Amy Jakubowski, Principal and Managing Director, Pierre-Yves Rochon
Phil Keb, Senior Advisor, Global Corporate Investments and Transactions, IHG
Daniel Lesser, Co-Founder, President & CEO, LW Hospitality Advisors
Cliff Risman, Partner, Co-Chair, Hospitality & Leisure Team, Foley & Lardner LLP
Craig S. Smith, CEO, Aimbridge Hospitality
Richard Stockton, CEO, Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.