Highly respected in the hospitality industry as an accomplished entrepreneur, leader, writer, and speaker, Michael Bonadies is currently President of Bonadies Hospitality LLC, an international hospitality firm with projects in the U.S., and across the globe. His projects range from developing the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans to assisting Marriott International and Edition Hotels in designing the food & beverage experience for new projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to coaching the management teams of emerging hospitality brands and start-ups. Among his clients are the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans, Grace Bay Resorts, Morgans Hotel Group, Marriott International, Edition Hotels, Langham Hotels & Resorts, the Walton Family, El Cortez Hotel & Casino, Salamander Resort & Spa, the Empire State Building, BuzzTable and WeWork.

Previously, Michael was President & CEO of the award winning 21c Museum Hotels; and, before that a co-founder of Drew Nieporent’s Myriad Restaurant Group where he helped create and operate such world-famous restaurants as Nobu, Tribeca Grill and Rubicon. Michael has been a contributor to Food Arts, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Wine & Spirits and Santé and won the James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Magazine Writing on Spirits, Beer and Wine in 1996. In 1998, he published Sip by Sip—An Insider’s Guide to Learning All About Wine. Michael began his hospitality career washing dishes at Clyde’s, in between rugby games, while attending Georgetown University in Washington, DC, from which he graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.