Our Mission

Prior to joining techtalk.travel, Lea was Managing Director of the German Hotel Association, HSMA Deutschland e.V. Lea strongly believes in the need of unbiased industry knowledge and is passionate about building the leading travel technology community. Lea worked in the hospitality industry across Europe and is a graduate of Business and Hospitality Management from Hotelschool The Hague in the Netherlands.

André’s experience derives from a career spanning over 25 years across the globe, with senior IT and operational positions with leading hotel chains and technology providers. André creates relevant content for the travel industry by speaking to movers and shakers about all that is happening in this dynamic vertical.

Daphne is a dutch student, currently in her last phase of the Business and Hospitality Management program at Hotelschool The Hague. In her position as Business Development and Marketing intern, she is excited to join techtalk.travels’ mission to foster transparency, innovation, and collaboration in the hotel technology space.

David is an established hospitality, travel and technology leader, supporting a variety of companies in an advisory and board capacity. Championing progressive approaches to hotel revenue management, distribution and data management for more than 20 years, for brands including citizenM, 25hours and design hotels, David co-founded in 2012, SnapShot, the first and largest independent hotel data platform.

Daniel comes with 12 years of travel industry background, having worked in director positions for companies such as MICROS-Fidelio (today Oracle Hospitality), Pegasus Solutions and ReviewPro before he founded opensmjle at the beginning of 2013.