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 and Dubai 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 and Moscow; our events are synonymous with the phrase 'must attend'.
Bench Events Team
Managing Director
Matthew Weihs is Managing Director of Bench Events. He joins us with over 10 years experience in the conference industry and most recently creating a sales division for the Guardian Newspaper’s business to business event division. His main duty is to support growth across the whole event portfolio. His responsibilities include supporting the direction of the business, generating new business across the existing products and providing commercial support for new event launches.
T: +44 (0)1372 466209
M: +44 (0)7858 511012
E: Matthew Weihs
- Jonathan Worsley
Chairman - Matthew Weihs
Managing Director - Sally Marwaha
Event Manager - Jennifer Pettinger
Event Manager - Gillian Powell
Sponsorship Manager JW Bench Team
- James Parsons
Managing Director - Per-Anders Pettersson
Partner - Gabriel Felissent
Sales and Support Manager


