World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo 2027 Exhibitor List

<p>Jo Austin is part of the Compass UK &amp; I leadership team, Sales Director for Lime Venue Portfolio and The Venues Collection, and Conference &amp; Events Sustainability Lead for Compass UK &amp; I. She is also a board director for the MIA. </p> <p>Under her leadership, both Lime Venue Portfolio and The Venues Collection have become multi-award winning, high performance, and highly respected businesses within the marketplace. Added to their commercial success, both brands have also become known for their high levels of innovation, training, and their ability to challenge as well as cheerleader for the industry. </p> <p>Jo is a passionate advocate for the sustainability agenda in the meeting, conference and events sector. Most recently this has been demonstrated by the brand’s Meetings for Change initiative that has caused mass change within the industry through a closer understanding and interrogation of the impacts on events, food and the environment.</p>

Vimal is a recognized commercial aviation expert and a Service Excellence and Leadership practitioner who helps service-led organizations in Travel, design and deliver transformative internal and customer programs. A champion for Customer Excellence, he has guided several aviation brands in building the necessary customer-centric mindsets, journeys and processes to grow commercial revenues and customer and employee loyalty.

Kai Kosicki is the founder of ExpAir, an inflight consulting company dedicated to optimizing onboard experiences at minimal cost. With a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Germany, he entered the airline industry in 1991 and spent over 18 years in middle and senior management roles within the Lufthansa Group. He later led business development at LSG SkyChefs, launching Latin America’s first buy-on-board models and introducing sustainable sugarcane-based equipment. Kai also helped transform Sky Airline into an LCC. Since founding ExpAir in 2016, he has implemented buy-on-board concepts across Latin America and represents leading European suppliers in the Americas.

After a global career spanning 30 years in the aviation services and consultancy space, including nearly 20 years in senior roles at gategroup, Mike now runs 'purposeful' a niche, independent business clinic enabling and empowering individuals to be the very best version of themselves. Mike focuses on new and developing talent and identifies the ' fit for purpose ' attributes that demonstrate what employability really looks like. He also serves as a Visiting Industrial Fellow at Oxford Brookes Business School and as a Partner at the Hayward Partnership specialising in people centric activities such as search, lecturing, and mentoring.

Sarah Rogers is a Lecturer in Marketing and Digital Marketing at Oxford Brookes University and Founder of her own consultancy business Watermark Collective with specific attention to marketing, digital technologies and business development in the arts, cultural heritage organisations and social enterprises. As a Lecturer at Oxford Brookes Business School, she runs Applied Consultancy for Marketing projects with students and industry partners with a focus on strategic decision making based on Market Research and Marketing Analytics.

Mirko Brenzinger currently serves as Senior Manager Guest Experience Catering at Riyadh Air, where he leads the start-up and long term strategy for inflight catering, overseeing planning of Catering Operations, Culinary, Commercial, Systems &Digital Product, driving networkwide readiness & mobilization for the airline’s launch and Entry-Into-Service (EIS). Prior to this Mirko led consulting projects for aviation, specializing in business excellence modelling, operational & commercial strategy development and execution. He held senior leadership roles as Senior Director at Aviva, SVP at SafeGo.ai and for 10 years multiple senior leadership roles at Etihad Airways including Senior Manager Catering Commercials and Senior Manager Planning.

Puneet Arora, the Chief Executive Officer of SATS Food Solutions (India). 25 years industry experience in the hospitality / culinary industry and 15 years of these have been Managerial/Director level. Having a vast exposure, working with some of the world’s most influential business leaders in the food industry. Puneet specializes in designing and operationalizing large scale food factories across chilled, frozen and ambient product formats.

Anne is the Founder of IN Air Travel Experience, a boutique consultancy focused on Customer Experience and Innovation for Airlines. IN Air Travel Experience curates tranformational travel experiences that are impactful, sustainable and drive strategic growth. www.in-atx.com

With a background in industrial design, Sam has over 15 years of experience creating onboard product solutions for airlines. At Buzz, Sam leads the organisation’s innovation function, focusing on embedding innovation across every product category, including tableware, amenities, textiles and kids’ products. Sam brings a thoughtful approach to projects, seeking to empathise with passengers to gain insights that form the foundation for product ideation. Recognising that innovation is not a solo endeavour, he also champions cross-industry collaboration, believing it can drive new ways of thinking across the industry.

Nathan Sparshott is a British designer and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the design industry. Following his education at Brunel University Runnymede he held design roles at Philips design both in the UK and Holland. From there he spent more than a decade at Virgin Atlantic designing customer experiences both in the cabin and on the ground. He is a founding partner at Viewport Studio.

Vassilios brings unique dual perspective—leading CX transformation for both airlines and global suppliers. His cross-industry insight delivers rare empathy for operational realities on both sides. Transforms hospitality, service design, and passenger experience into measurable brand differentiation across multicultural, safety-critical environments. 25+ years shaping enterprise strategies across Europe, Asia, and Middle East. Partners with Senior Executive teams to make experience a commercial advantage—balancing human connection with operational discipline.

Jorge de Luis is a Strategic Cabin CMF & Brand Experience Consultant with over 12 years of experience shaping passenger experiences for global airlines and next-generation mobility. Former Senior Cabin Interior Design Manager at Airbus and CMF Customisation Manager at Lilium, he bridges aesthetics with technical feasibility, aligning brand ambition with certification, weight and cost constraints. Jorge specialises in translating airline identity into coherent cabin product strategies across materials, finishes and experience design for commercial and private aviation.

Manoj blends bold innovation with practical, passenger-centric thinking, collaborating across disciplines to turn strategy into tangible products that boost brand value and passenger satisfaction. A passionate sustainability advocate, Manoj champions lightweight materials and efficient design practices to reduce environmental impact while enhancing comfort and operational performance. With 15+ years in aviation-focused design, delivering award-winning solutions across luxury, lifestyle, and travel, he still treats every opportunity as a first.