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BLLA
(Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association) 2nd Annual
Boutique
Hotel Investment Conference Speaker Line-up Revealed
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Being held
June 4th at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Auditorium on Broadway
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Los
Angeles, CA – May 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / BLLA
announces its’ Boutique Hotel
Investment Conference line-up of hospitality industry speakers
for the 2014 event which is organized to gather the boutique and lifestyle
investment and development community in an intimate setting focused on
this micro-targeted hospitality niche.
This
conference, organized and powered by BLLA, was established to focus squarely
on the capital investment and financing side of the boutique lifestyle
hotel sector. The program includes a keynote from industry icon Horst Schulte,
who defined the luxury hotel experience through his long tenure as President
of the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company (now CEO of Capella Hotels) and on-stage
interviews with Ian Schrager, the godfather of boutique and CEO of the
Ian Schrager Company as well as Eric Danziger, the newly named CEO of lifestyle
brand, Hampshire Hotels and past CEO of the Wyndham Hotel Company.
The
NYIT Auditorium has limited seating, so interested parties desiring to
attend should register here as soon as possible: bit.ly/BLLANYRegistration.
This
conference is known for its intimacy allowing attendees to get up close
with these industry executives. It is a micro-targeted version of
other hotel investment conferences and everyone who attends is there for
a very specific reason. It is small enough that the networking is great
and you don’t get lost in the crowd. The venue and program are much more
focused, targeted and easier to navigate.
AGENDA
for the conference includes:
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Boutique
Hotel - Start to Finish
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Independent
vs. Branded Hotels
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Food,
Drink & More
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Shotgun
Speakers - Bankers including UBS Investment Bank & Moelis & Company
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CEO Panel
including:
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Michael
Achenbaum, Founder & President, Gansevoort Hotel Group
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Benjamin
'Patrick' Denihan, CEO, Denihan Investments
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Tom Gottlieb,
Partner, Geolo/Commune
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Ed Scheetz,
CEO, King & Grove
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Brad Wilson,
President, Ace Hotel Group
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Equity
& Acquisitions
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Debt Financing
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Veronica
Stoddart, Editor in Chief, USA Today interviews on center-stage, Eric Danziger,
President & CEO, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts
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Christina
Trauthwein, Editor, Hotel Business interviews on center-stage, Ian Schrager,
Founder & Chairman, Ian Schrager Company
Panelists
include: Craig Greenberg, Brad Wilson, Tom Dillon, Richard Bosworth, Horst
Schulze, John Bralower, Michael Tall, Benjamin 'Patrick' Denihan, Michael
Achenbaum, Will Obeid, Tom Gottlieb, Glyn Aeppel, Eric Danziger, Christina
Trauthwein, Kenneth Villamil, Ian Schrager, Jonathan Falik, Paul Ruffino,
James Lin, Ed Scheetz, Morgan Plant, Bruce Ford, Daniel Lesser, Larry Kwon,
Josh Fluhr, Ben Greazal, Jonathan Bortz, Robert Mandelbaum, Michael H.
Sonnabend, Bob Puccini, Richard Sandoval, Evan Hurd, Bob Sonnenblick, Paul
James, Jan D. Freitag, Andrew Zobler, Karrie Drinkhahn, Lou Plasencia,
Jason Pomeranc, Todd English, Mark Gordon, Richard Millard, Veronica Stoddart,
Oliver Striker, John Keeling, Jim Coyle. The full list of speakers can
be accessed here: bit.ly/BLLANY2014Speakers.
BLLA
thanks its’ Sponsors: The New York Institute of Technology – School of
Hospitality Management, JF Capital Advisors, Vauxhall Advisors, Coyle Hospitality,
Richard Sandoval Restaurants, Simply Spotless, Real Estate Alert, CohnReznick,
Greenberg Traurig, Vizergy, Trendy Tripping.
BLLA’s
other conferences include:
July
30 – August 1, Travel Industry Executive Women’s Conference, Los Angeles
– bit.ly/TIEWN2014
September
17-19, Boutique Lifestyle International Leadership Symposium, Las Vegas
– bit.ly/2014BLLASymposium
About
The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA)
The
Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) is the first and only
alliance association dedicated to uniting the world's independent boutique
and lifestyle hotels and small brands. This organization was created to
be the unifying voice of this distinctive subset within the hospitality
industry. BLLA's goal is to unite the world's collection of independent
boutique & lifestyle properties and the suppliers that sustain them,
offering them the opportunity to successfully compete on a level playing
field with major hotel companies, as well as market themselves to meet
the ever-increasing demand from discerning boutique-seeking clients. For
more information or to become a member visit www.BLLA.org.
Contact:
Frances
Kiradjian
Boutique
& Lifestyle Lodging Association
818-883-4363
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