Patrick van der Wardt

Patrick van der Wardt is an entrepreneurial travel and hospitality IT executive with over 30 years of experience in the global hospitality technology space. A former Amadeus executive and co-founder of Brilliant Hotelsoftware (later Itesso), Patrick has worked extensively with hotels and hotel chains worldwide, helping them navigate complex technology challenges. With deep expertise in property management systems, distribution systems, fintech, and cloud migration strategies, he advises both independent properties and large chain hotels on integrating technology across their entire stack and ecosystem. His specialties include consultative selling, product strategy, leveraging the cloud, scaling startups, and people management and mentoring.