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Bringing together hoteliers, innovators, and thought leaders to reshape the hospitality industry, HIGH5 covered hot topics like alternative accommodation concepts, tech-enabled operators, customer data privacy, or the latest real estate developments.

Panel: The Power of Communities

COMMUNITIES, JUST A NEW BUZZWORD? What does it take to build an impactful & lasting community? Can it become a key to your business's success? How do in-person & virtual communities differ?

Speakers:

  • Susan Kabani, CEO & co-founder Ugenie.io
  • Laura Schmidt, Co-Founder & publisher @ elevatr
  • Lito Coen, Founder @ Cryptotesters
  • Florian Färber, CEO & founder @ theBase
  • Vanessa Borkmann, Deputy Head of Business Field Urban Systems Engineering & Innovation Systems @ Fraunhofer IAO (Moderator)

 

About Apaleo

Apaleo is the world's most open API-first property management platform for hospitality businesses. Powering over 2,000 properties in more than 30 countries, Apaleo streamlines operations and elevates guest experiences across hotels, vacation rentals, serviced apartments, and residential living. The modular core infrastructure allows operators to fully customize their tech stack and automate workflows without vendor lock-in. It replaces single-vendor suites with best-of-breed technology. Apaleo's Agent Hub–the first-ever AI agent marketplace for hospitality–helps operators adopt autonomous agents to improve business performance. Customers include citizenM, easyHotel, limehome, Korner Hotels, Miiro Hotels, and Numa. Apaleo is Phocuswright's 2025 EMEA Travel Innovation Award winner. For more, visit apaleo.com.

Thibault Gence
VP of Growth
Apaleo GmbH