Tim Davis
Founder & Managing Director / PACE Dimensions
Tim Davis is one of the travel and hospitality industry's most compelling voices — a strategist who brings together 30 years of frontline experience, board-level leadership, and proprietary research to help organisations navigate a period of profound transformation.
As Founder and Managing Director of PACE Dimensions — a research-driven management consulting firm established 15 years ago — Tim works with global supplier brands, technology firms, and investors to sharpen commercial strategy, accelerate digital maturity, and drive lasting competitive advantage. His work sits at the intersection of insight and action: grounded in data, built for boardrooms.
Before founding PACE Dimensions, Tim spent 12 years at Hilton, where he progressed from leading Marketing, to a member of the Management Board, overseeing global distribution, commercial development, and worldwide technology.
Why Tim Makes an Exceptional Speaker
Tim is not a generalist commentator. He brings rare depth and real expertise. The kind that only comes from having held P&L responsibility across marketing, technology, and commercial strategy at a global scale, then spending 15 years studying what separates high-performing hospitality businesses from those that fall behind.
Audiences respond to Tim because he connects macro trends to micro decisions. Whether the topic is AI adoption, digital transformation, ESG as a commercial lever, or the future of hotel operations, he translates complexity into frameworks that leaders can act on immediately. His proprietary research — covering performance benchmarking, digital maturity, and sustainability — gives his presentations a credibility and specificity that generic keynotes simply cannot match.
His style is calm, authoritative, and conversational. He challenges assumptions without grandstanding, and he leaves audiences with more clarity than they arrived with.
Key Speaking Topics
AI Adoption & Digital Transformation in Hospitality
Commercial Strategy & Business Performance
ESG as a Performance Lever — Not a Compliance Exercise
Leadership & Organisational Transformation Under Pressure
The Future of Travel & Hospitality
Credentials at a Glance
30 years of industry experience; 25 years at board level
12 years at Hilton — board roles spanning global distribution
commercial development & technology
Founder of PACE Dimensions
advising global brands
technology firms & investors for 15 years
Host of Setting the PACE podcast — featuring leaders from Microsoft
Google
Hilton & Mandarin Oriental
Trustee & board member
Worldwide Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Proprietary research published across Hospitality Net
HOTELS Magazine
Hotel Owner & Institute of Hospitality
Private pilot — a reflection of the precision and focus he brings to everything he does