About Us

Over the last twelve years, Bench Events and their partners, have developed and launched the gold standard in hotel investment events across Europe and the Middle East. Our hotel events in Berlin, Moscow, Dubai, Istanbul and Africa are the definitive meeting places for the hotel investment community to learn, network, and most importantly do deals. Speakers and delegates are the leaders of the hotel industry and investment community. Due to the success and consistent growth of our events in Berlin, Dubai, Moscow, Istanbul and Africa; our events are synonymous with the phrase 'must attend'.

Bench Events Team

Jennifer Pettinger

Production & Project Manager

Jennifer has been a member of the Bench Events team since November 2008. Originally from Australia, she has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. Prior to joining Bench Events she spent two years as a project manager in London for a conference company. She is presently working from Dubai as project manager of the successful Arabian Hotel Investment Conference. Currently she is focusing on programme development and speaker acquisition in addition to overseeing AHIC’s operations.

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• Jonathan Worsley
  Chairman
• Matthew Weihs
  Managing Director
• Sally Marwaha
  Event Manager
• Jennifer Pettinger
  Event Manager
• Joanne Howell
  Event Manager
• Sarah Walker
  Assistant Project and Events Manager