Philip Ryan

Philip Ryan is Director of Development for Japan and Director of Capital Investments & Transactions for Asia Pacific. Based in Tokyo, he is responsible for working with hotel investors and owners on new hotels and conversions and executing IHG’s strategic growth in Japan and the region.

Abhijay Sandilya

Abhijay Sandilya is Managing Director - Japan at IHG®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. He is responsible for the company’s strategic growth, performance and operations in Japan.

Prior to taking on this role in October 2021, Abhijay spent nearly 6 years with IHG in Australia where he most recently led IHG’s Development team as VP Development - Japan, Australasia, Pacific. Together with his team in Sydney and Tokyo, he was responsible for IHG’s biggest years of signings and openings on record in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia and Micronesia – signing almost 60 deals and reshaping the JAPAC region from 60 operating hotels in 2016 to more than 140 open and pipeline hotels today.

Key signings in his time with IHG have included the Appi Kogen portfolio, IHG’s biggest conversion deal in more than a decade in Japan, the first voco and Vignette Collection hotels globally, and market entries for Hotel Indigo, Kimpton and Regent.

Prior to his time at IHG, Abhijay worked for Whitbread PLC and the Jumeirah Group in Singapore and Dubai holding key leadership positions working on hotel real estate acquisitions for the groups working across markets in the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific regions.

Abhijay has lived and worked in eight countries and holds a Master’s degree from Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management.

Matthew Tripolone

Matthew Tripolone is Managing Director - Australasia & Pacific at IHG®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. He is responsible for the company’s strategic growth, performance and operations in the Australasia & Pacific region.

Matthew was previously based in Dubai as Vice President of Development for IHG’s Middle East & Africa region since 2018, where he built and led the team that signed 17,000 keys, delivering unparalleled growth and signings for the Group, including the first Kimpton in MEA, and the world’s largest Crowne Plaza and voco hotels in the world.

Prior to that, Matthew headed development for IHG in Australasia & Japan, where he was responsible for IHG’s growth and doubled the annual signings, including iconic properties including InterContinental Perth, Crowne Plaza Christchurch, Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour and InterContinental Hayman Island Resort, as well as the renewal of several strategic portfolios for the group.

He joined IHG in 2014 from Accor Hotels where he held the role of General Manager, Development – Pacific, since 2008. Prior to that Matthew has worked for a number of leading real estate and advisory companies specialising in development, planning and site acquisition.

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Sydney.

Yuri Tsujimoto

Yuri Tsujimoto is Senior Development Manager for Japan at IHG^®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. She is responsible for the development and growth of IHG’s portfolio of brands across Japan. 

Yuri has more than a decade of experience in hotel industry. Before joining IHG in 2022, she was Development Manager at Hilton, where she supported the signing of major portfolios in Japan. Prior to that she held roles in e-commerce strategy at Hilton and at Ishin Hotels Group, where she started her hospitality career as a management trainee.

Yuri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University Los Angeles in the U.S.

Gautam Tyagi

غوتام تياجي هو مدير التطوير لجنوب غرب آسيا في فنادق ومنتجعات IHG ، إحدى الشركات الفندقية الرائدة في العالم. وهو مسؤول عن توسيع مجموعة العلامات التجارية في مجموعة فنادق إنتركونتيننتال في جميع أنحاء المناطق.

مع أكثر من 10 سنوات من الخبرة في مجال العقارات ، شغل غوتام مناصب بارزة في جونز لانغ لاسال (JLL) ، و HVS ، و Hotelivate ، و Indian Hotels الشركة Limited (IHCL) في نيودلهي.

تشمل مجالات خبرته مبيعات الاستثمار الفندقي ، والاستشارات الاستراتيجية ، وتقييمات الفنادق ، وجدوى السوق ، وإدارة الإيرادات.

يحمل Gautam درجة الشرف في إدارة الضيافة.

Takahiro Yamamoto

Takahiro Yamamoto is Development Director for Japan at IHG®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. He is responsible for the development and growth of IHG’s portfolio of brands across Japan. During Takahiro’s time with IHG, he was instrumental in the signing of the Appi Kogen Ski Resort deal, the first IHG multi-brand deal in Japan which will see the InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn brands debut in a single site with over 1000 keys, marking the largest deal that IHG has signed in Japan since the IHG ANA joint venture in 2006.

Prior to joining IHG in 2018, Takahiro built his career for over 20 years in the hospitality industry, with experience in roles including operations and development for hotels in the U.S. and Japan, hotel consultation for financial advisory firms and acquisition of hotel assets for an inbound family office investor.

Takahiro holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in hotel administration from University of Nevada Las Vegas in the U.S.

Emma Yap

Emma Yap is the Senior Development Manager for Southeast Asia & Korea at IHG^®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. She is responsible for the expansion and strategic growth of IHG’s portfolio in Malaysia.

Emma brings over 10 years of experience in hospitality. Prior to IHG, she was with Capella Hotel Group, Horwath HTL and Accor, holding various roles including Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Revenue Management, Feasibility Studies, and Development.

With a well-rounded hospitality background, Emma is an alumnus of École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). She continues to grow her real estate expertise through coursework at Singapore Management University (SMU).