NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference

The NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference — known widely as the NYU Hotel Conference — is the most internationally recognised gathering in the global lodging investment calendar. For more than four decades, the conference has convened at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square to bring together the most senior executives in hospitality investment from across the world.

The NYU conference is defined by its keynote conversations. Industry leaders from major hotel groups, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, and branded operators use the NYU stage to signal strategic direction and share unfiltered assessments of the global operating environment. The 2026 programme addresses the recalibration of international capital flows following two years of rate volatility, the competitive dynamics between branded and independent hotels in gateway markets, and the technology investment priorities that will define operating efficiency over the next decade.

Attendance at NYU is a signal in itself — the conference draws the CEOs, chairmen, and chief investment officers whose decisions shape the global lodging industry. The hallway conversations and dinner meetings that accompany the formal programme generate as much business activity as the sessions themselves.