Featured Speakers at Oracle Hospitality Summit

Debbie Stuempfig

Corporate Director of IT, Omni Hotels

Debbie Stuempfig is a highly accomplished hospitality professional with over 30 years of hands-on experience working with multiple generations of OPERA software, including FTCRS, Fidelio, OPERA V5, and the latest OPERA Cloud. Throughout her career, she has developed deep expertise across key areas of the hospitality industry, including revenue management, channel distribution, reservations, operations, loyalty programs, and IT systems integration.

Known for her ability to bridge the gap between business and technology, Debbie excels at ensuring hospitality systems are not only operationally efficient but also optimised to drive revenue and enhance the guest experience. Before joining Omni, Debbie spent 18 years with Wyndham Hotels, where she held several leadership roles and made history as the company’s first Revenue Manager in 1995. Debbie currently resides in Texas, where she and her husband are enjoying life as empty nesters.

Jean Noel Lau Keng Lun

Chief Distribution Officer, Accor

Jean Noel is currently serving as Chief Distribution Officer at Accor. He is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of senior leadership in travel and hospitality technology. This role follows strategic leadership in Accor's global product management. Previously, as Senior Director of Product Marketing at Expedia Group, he established the foundational product marketing function for Egencia. His background includes pivotal product management roles at Amadeus IT Group, where he led global Product for core reservation, fulfillment, and e-commerce platforms, driving significant market expansion and technology transformation. He possesses a proven track record in P&L management, large-scale global distribution, and scaling technology.

Lars Schottker

Director Digital Solutions, TUI Hotels & Resorts

Lars Schöttker is Director Digital Solutions at TUI Hotels & Resorts and a recognised Digital Hotel Experience Leader. He leads the Digital Hotel Platform for more than 400 hotels worldwide, shaping the end-to-end guest journey across multiple brands and regions.

Lars drives TUI’s global OPERA Cloud adoption and the transformation toward data-driven, personalised and seamless digital journeys. His work focuses on cloud modernisation, real-time integrations and AI-enabled experiences — guided by his core belief that digital hospitality succeeds when technology becomes invisible and the guest experience becomes effortless.

He collaborates with leading international technology partners and innovators to accelerate digitalisation, enhance operational efficiency and redefine how guests interact with hotels.

Before joining TUI, Lars held several senior leadership roles in digital product, engineering and transformation. He is known for building high-performing teams and influencing the evolution of digital hospitality at scale.