2025 schedule

A ‘one of a kind’ urban experience for innovators at the cutting edge of contemporary hospitality, real estate and living.

12:30 - 14:00
Welcome lunch, networking and the best conversation

Join your fellow RECHARGERS for lunch, networking and the best conversations. Venue TBC 

14:00 - 19:00
Explore Porto - unlocking the neighbourhood

Curated experiential urban expedition as we explore Porto; visiting some ground breaking hospitality and real estate properties followed by drinks at our final venue, Vertical Firmeza.

Venue 1: AMRO Porto University Residences

Venue 2: M-ODU: Matadouro Outro Destino Urbano 

Venue 3: Vertical Firmeza

A maximum of 40 places are available for the tours on Day 1! Registrations will open two weeks prior to the event.

Confirmed 'RECHARGERS' only will receive an online sign up form link to complete to secure your place. 

Please contact meg@internationalhospitality.media for more details.

 *Please note tour venues are subject to change

 

Property tour map PDF VIEW HERE

Transport will be provided.

19:30 - Late
Nightcap drinks and free time to explore Porto's nightlife

Join us for a celebratory nightcap and first drink on us, for those that are more adventurous you may wish to tour some of the hottest nightlife hubs in Porto!

 

07:30 - 08:30
Precharge activities

Optional precharge activities, discover something new about your fellow RECHARGERS - designed to invigorate and set you up for the day ahead!

07.30am - 5km run with your tour leader George Sell (we've got you and your January resolutions!) around the city centre of Porto!
07:30am - yoga class (max 15 places)

08:45 - 09:45
Breakfast

Grab a coffee and pastry and reconvene with your peers, along with our sponsors and speakers to reconnect and do business.

09:45 - 10:00
Special RECHARGE welcome and meet the team

RECHARGE is both the event’s manacle and its energetic spark - what do you want of your event? ask your host.

• Piers Brown, CEO, International Hospitality Media
• Nuno Trigo, co-founder and co-CEO, Feel Group
• Catarina Santos Cunha, city councillor - Tourism and internationalisation

Day 2 2025

Piers Brown

International Hospitality Media

Day 2 2025

Nuno Jorge Trigo

FEEL PORTO

10:00 - 10:20
Keynote speech

Keynote speech - a snapshot of Porto's regeneration and the role of the living, workspace and hospitality sector's roles within the process.

• Susanna Pinto, head, Invest Porto

10:20 - 11:00
Investment, development and operations

A panel of investors and developers discuss the challenges and opportunities they are facing in buying, funding, delivering and operating real estate across the living and hospitality sectors.

Topics:

  • Funding sources
  • Regulatory hurdles
  • Market analysis
  • Development challenges
  • Sustainability initiatives

 Moderator: George Sell, editor, Urban Living News
• Antionio Fragateiro, director of real estate, Portugal, numa
• Horacio Morales Blum, institutional business development advisor, Joivy
• María Lascasas, residence manager, Amro Porto
• David Woodward, CEO, Global Apartment Advisors

Day 2 2025

George Sell

Urban Living News

Day 2 2025

Horacio Blum

Joivy

Day 2 2025

María Lascasas

Amro Porto

Day 2 2025

David Woodward

Global Apartment Advisors

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and catch up

30 minutes to freshen up, grab a coffee and get ready for the morning's second half

11:30 - 12:00
Presentation: The growth of the living sector in Portugal

Presentation: The growth of the living sector in Portugal by John Rowlands, director of international business, CBRE

Topics:

  • Demand drivers
  • Investment opportunities
  • Growth markets
  • Emerging asset classes (eg. coliving, student housing)

 

John Rowlands, Director of International Business, CBRE

12:00 - 12:25
Presentation: Case study - vertical living

Presentation: Case study - vertical living

Topics:

  • Economic viability
  • Design 
  • Sustainability 
  • Tenant demand

    Ana Sousa, general director, Vertical Coworking

Day 2 2025

Ana Sousa

Vertical Coworking

12:25 - 13:00
Panel: The art of mixed-use development

Panel: The art of mixed-use development

Moderator: Rui Santos, co-founder and CEO, Feel Discovery

Panellists:
• László Varga, founder and CEO, SpaceWorks; co-founder, Heden
• Andrew Coutts, CEO, ILM Real Estate Group
• Ricard Valente, managing director, Savills Porto

Topics:

  • Urban planning and zoning regulations
  • Community engagement
  • Best practices
  • Future trends

Day 2 2025

László Varga

SpaceWorks

Day 2 2025

Rui Santos

Feel Discovery

Day 2 2025

Andrew Coutts

ILM Real Estate Group

14:00 - 14:15
Hospitality market performance review

Hospitality market performance review

Topics:

  • KPIs (occupancy, RevPAR, ADRs)
  • Market segmentation
  • Regional variations
  • Six month forecast

• Ryan Bains, Senior Account Manager, Industry Partners – STR

14:15 - 14:45
Case study: M-ODU - a new urban destination

A deep dive in to M-ODU, a new mixed-use quarter which combines the reuse of historical buildings and new construction to deliver workspace, cultural, leisure and F&B spaces.

• Pedro Ramos, chief business development officer, Mota-Engil Real Estate Management/Emerge

Day 2 2025

Pedro Ramos

Mota-Engil Real Estate Management/Emerge

14:45 - 15:15
Afternoon happy hour

Afternoon happy hour - it’s 5pm somewhere in the world!

15:15 - 15:55
Workshop part 1: Monetising the guest or tenant journey

Monetising the guest or tenant journey

Hosted by Matthew Prosser and Paul Finch of Agilysys.

Rather than looking solely at income streams from the space in assets, how can owners, developers and operators think about additional revenue streams from their end users, and what is the role of technology in enabling these new revenue streams?

The attendees will be split in to five groups and each given a fictional asset in Porto. Their role will be to devise a series of extra revenue streams generated from the end user of each asset.

One of the groups will be using an ai app to see how its ideas compare with human brain power!

The assets will be:
• A boutique hotel
• A student accommodation building
• A serviced apartment building with ground floor workspace
• An apartment block used for vacation rentals
• A coliving building 

Day 2 2025

Matthew Prosser

Agilysys

Day 2 2025

Paul Finch

Agilysys

15:55 - 16:15
Workshop part 2: Monetising the guest or tenant journey

Workshop part 2

The group leaders feed back their ideas to the room.

16:15
Closing remarks

Closing remarks.

“I think Recharge is one of the most interactive and interesting events I've been to for some time. Made new friends and business contacts. Loved it.”

Iain Murray, Senior Director BTR Consultancy (Europe), Cortland Consult

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