The Programme - Global Travel & Tourism Summit

ProfilesSTEVAN D PORTERPresident, The AmericasIntercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)Stevan Porter serves as President, the Americas, for IHG (InterContinental HotelsGroup) and holds additional duties as Global Leader franchise strategy and ExecutiveDirector of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC in the UK.As President, the Americas, Stevan is responsible for the company’s largest operating region with a portfolioof more than 3,000 hotels and resorts under the InterContinental ® , Crowne Plaza ® , Hotel Indigo , HolidayInn ® , Holiday Inn Express ® , Staybridge Suites ® and Candlewood Suites ® hotel brands.A 32-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Stevan joined IHG in 2001 as Chief Operating Officer, theAmericas. Prior to that he served with Hilton Hotels Corporation starting in 1990, then known as PromusHotel Corporation.Stevan is immediate Past Chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association Government AffairsCommittee, a member and past Chairman of the Business Advisory Council of the Richard T Farmer Schoolof Business at Miami University and Vice Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable. He is also on theBoard of Directors for the International Association of Holiday Inns.Stevan is a graduate of Miami University and received his Master’s of Business Administration degree fromXavier University.INDUSTRYBill ReinertNational Manager of Advanced TechnologyToyota Motor Sales, USABill Reinert is National Manager of Advanced Technology for Toyota Motor Sales, USA.His main role is to coordinate Toyota’s various research, development and marketingactivities relating to alternative-fuelled vehicles and emerging technologies. He is currently working onseveral advanced hybrid electric products, direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, reformed fuel approaches forhydrogen, full-featured electric vehicles, city electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid concepts, ethanol fuels andsustainable transportation systems.Bill and his team launched the first hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles in commercial operation in theUnited States. Bill also helped develop the I-4 program (with a team from Air Products, BMW, Honda, Nissanand Toyota) to respond to the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Validation Program RFP. Prior to this, Billand his team were responsible for the Product Planning of the current generation Prius.Bill spent several years developing advanced neural network applications and advanced energy systems forHewlett Packard and developed alternative energy solutions at Bell Labs.Bill graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a Masters in Energy Engineering and receivedhis Bachelors Degree in Biopsychology from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.Bill serves on the Energy Advisory Group for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)and is part of the Principal Voices Program with CNN, Fortune and Time.57