Align your brand with excellence in luxury residential hospitality
The Judges
Eloise is an emerging voice in hospitality and travel trend commentary. She is the editor of Boutique Hotel News - the leading online B2B media platform covering boutique, lifestyle, luxury hotels and branded residences worldwide.
As a trained multimedia journalist and expert conference, awards, webinar and podcast host, Eloise regularly connects with industry leaders through interviews, panels and live events, sharing practical strategies and fresh viewpoints.
Eloise Hanson
Head Judge of the Awards
Former Group Marketing Director at Hamptons International, Chris founded Graham Associates in 2008 as a marketing consultancy specialising in international luxury residential real estate. For over two decades he has worked with landmark developments around the world, creating distinctive strategies to ensure standout and drive sales in a crowded marketplace.
A regular commentator and speaker on residential real estate, he is author of the industry’s #1 reports Branded Residences: An Overview, now in its 6th edition, and Branded Residences: A Compendium, a comprehensive listing of over 230 brands active in the sector.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chris has picked up many industry awards including the Overseas Property Professional Gold Award for Marketing; Best Development Marketing (x6), Best Property Website, and Best Estate Agency Marketing at the International Property Awards; TITAN Platinum Award for Property Strategic Program (Project Launch), and twice a finalist inCIM’s Excellence Awards (Digital Media and Hotels & Leisure categories).
Chris Graham FCIM
Founder & Managing Director, Graham Associates
Bill Barnett’s life passion can best be summed up as hotels and travel. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Asia-based C9 Hotelworks and is considered a globally recognized hospitality, tourism, and real estate advisor. With over 39 years’ experience in the Asia Pacific region, he has an extensive background in hotel operations, development, and asset management. His career highlights include Senior Corporate roles at international hotel chains and publicly-listed companies. Bill is considered to be one of the foremost industry experts in the branded residences sector.
As an entrepreneur, Bill has developed successful residential projects in Thailand and is actively involved in multiple technology start-ups in PropTech and an online marketplace. In addition to being a leading consultant, he is a sought-after speaker at industry events and conferences. To date, Bill is the author of four books on travel, property, and hotels under the titles of Slave to the Bean, Collective Swag, It Might Get Weird and Last Call. He is the Founding Advisor of the Phuket Hotels Association and leads Asia’s preeminent annual sustainability event PHIST (Phuket Hotels Islands Sustaining Technology)
Bill Barnett
Founder & Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks
Stefano Saporetti is an experienced luxury brand strategist serving as Director of Brand Diversification at Aston Martin Lagonda. In this role, he leads the company’s efforts to expand the storied British automotive brand beyond high-performance cars into new lifestyle and experiential categories — including branded residences, hospitality projects, watches and collaborations with other luxury brands.
Stefano Saporetti
Director of Brand Diversification, Aston Martin
Christophe has over 30 years of experience in luxury hospitality development and branded residences. A former Chief Development Officer of Kempinski Hotels, he pioneered branded residence strategies across Europe, the Middle East and beyond. He also managed a €4 billion real estate portfolio at Credit Suisse. He now leads StrategHos, an independent strategic hospitality consulting firm advising brands, developers and institutional investors.
Christophe Piffaretti
Former CDO, Kempinski Hotels
Helena Amaral Neto, founder and mentor of LUXULTING, combines business and finance experience with luxury branding expertise. After a successful career in investment banking at Chase Manhattan in London, and an entrepreneurial period as founder of an eco-design brand, Helena has been focused on the luxury market.
With over 20 years’ experience as a university lecturer, Helena teaches the highly regarded luxury management courses, as well as providing training to the branded project teams.
Growing fast, LUXULTING is more than a consulting brand. It’s the ideal brand partner with whom to explore the expanding branded real estate market.
Helena Amaral Neto
Founder, LUXULTING
Jenny Naylor is Managing Director-Advisor at Brand Atlas, specialising in global branded residences strategy and delivery. She has played a key role in the launch and positioning of landmark schemes including The OWO Residences by Raffles in London, Four Seasons Private Residences, Atlantis The Palm Dubai and One&Only resorts.
With deep expertise in brand alignment, buyer behaviour and international sales strategy, Jenny advises luxury brands and developers on creating commercially successful residential offerings. She brings a global, brand-led perspective to her role as a judge for the Global Branded Residences Awards.
Jenny Naylor
Managing Director-Advisor, Brand Atlas
With experience overseeing development marketing projects such as Gramercy Square, The Belnord, 100 Franklin Street in TriBeCa, and most recently The Beekman Hotel & Residences, Eleonora is a veteran in the field skilled in all aspects of real estate. Whether it be working with experienced Manhattan buyers and sellers or foreign investors purchasing in NYC for the first time, Eleonora makes the real estate process seamless and efficient with her hard work and ingenuity. I offer a full-circle approach to every deal, and am involved with my clients for the long haul in building their real estate portfolios,” she says. As important are the relationships she forms along the way, and the creativity with which she negotiates deals so that they benefit both parties.
She serves as Vice President on the board of the Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association and has founded the highly acclaimed Mentoring Program for NYC High School students.
In 2022 Netflix reached out to Eleonora to develop and produce ‘Selling the City’ which premiered in 2025 an unscripted series that follows her coaching newer agents through the cut throat world of NYC Real Estate.
Eleonora Srugo
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Tea is a global hospitality investment advisor and Founder of Strategic HotelConsulting. With 20+ years of international experience, she has advised on overUSD 4 billion of hospitality, mixed-use and branded residence developments.Having worked across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, shebrings deep expertise in evaluating branded residential concepts, positioning,branding and investment viability. Her background includes roles with FourSeasons, Rosewood, Starwood, JLL and TRI. Tea holds various Board andAdvisory Board positions, including Chair Emeritus of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC).
Tea Ros
Founder & Managing Director, Strategic Hotel Consulting
David Johnson came to Asia as a journalist 35 years ago before founding Delivering Asia in 2006. Over 20 years, Delivering Asia has grown to be recognized as the regional leader in PR and Digital Communications specializing in the travel and tourism industry – across hospitality, airlines, cruises, destinations and branded residences.
At the heart of the agency is the ability to craft and communicate stories that influence opinions, build brands, grow businesses, encourage purchase and drive travel. Headquartered in Bangkok, with offices across the region, Delivering Asia is a trusted partner of many of the world’s leading luxury travel and tourism brands. David is well-known on the regional conference circuit and is invited to speak at key shows across Asia.
David Johnson
Founder and CEO, Delivering Asia