Program
Monday, May 3, 2010
6:00 p.m. Wine bar mixer for early arrivals, Century Foyer
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
7:00 a.m. Registration, Networking and Breakfast – Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:45 a.m. Welcome by Jim Butler – Grand Ballroom
8:00 a.m. State of the Industry Alerts
Smith Travel Research
U.S. Lodging Industry – Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Greg Hartmann, STR Analytics
PKF Consulting
PKF Forecasts
Mark Woodworth
What’s Happening in CMBS
Kevin Donahue – Midland Loan Servicing
What a Difference a Millennium Makes
Then & Now – “It was 20 years ago today …”
Benoit Gateau-Cumin – The Boutique Search Firm
9:00 a.m. Panel 1: Game Changers Panel – Investment Strategies Past and Present
Moderator: Guy Maisnik, JMBM
Panelists: Jonathan Roth, Canyon Partners
Rick Kleeman, Wheelock Street Capital
Patrick Deming, Eastdil Secured
Mike Levy, Morgan Stanley
John Arabia, Green Street Advisors
9:55 a.m. Coffee Break
10:10 a.m. Special Presentation
California Markets – Defaults and Transactions
Alan X. Reay, Atlas Hospitality Group
10:20 a.m. Panel 2 Driving the revenues and controlling the cash
Navigating the storm – when to hold, fold and double down
Moderator: Jack Westergom, Manhattan Hospitality Advisors
Panelists: Ed Balazs, Eurohypo AG
Thomas Prins, Gemstone Hotels & Resorts
Alfred Frazzini, Trinity Hotel Investors
Bill Linehan, Richfield Hospitality
Abid Gilani, Marriott International Inc.
11:15 a.m. Move to Breakouts
11:25 a.m. Breakout 3A CMBS Panel
Grand Moderator: Steve Van, Prism Hotels & Resorts
Ballroom A Panelists: Kevin Donahue, Midland Loan Services
Jackie Brome, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC
Curt Spaugh, Helios AMC
Bob Massey, TriMont Real Estate Advisors
Ann Hambly, 1st Service Solutions, Inc.
Grand Breakout 3B Receivership Panel
Ballroom F Moderator: Marty Taylor, JMBM
Panelists: Bill Hoffman, Trigild, Inc.
Mark Burden, Rim Hospitality
Greg Mount, Richfield Hospitality
Bill Howell, HAI Advisors
Jeff Kolessar, GF Management, Inc.
Gateway Breakout 3C Profit from Opportunities in Vacation Ownership (fractionals
Ballroom timeshares and clubs) – Q&A with the Industry Leaders,
Moderator: David Sudeck, JMBM
Panelists: Howard Nusbaum, ARDA
Richard Ragatz, Ragatz Associates
Robert McGrath, RCI
Jamie Klein, The Lore Institute
David Cox, FNTC American Trust Company
Bob Waun, Vacation Finance
12:20 p.m. Move to Lunch
12:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet
California Ballroom
12:45 p.m. NABHOOD Update
Andy Ingraham, NABHOOD
12:50 p.m. Latino Hotel Association Update
Angela Gonzalez-Rowe, LHA
12:55 p.m. Keynote Lunch Speaker
Meagan Johnson
Zap the Gap! – How to find balance, productivity and your sanity
while working with multiple generations.
1:35 p.m. Move to General Session, Grand Ballroom
1:45 p.m. Capital Markets Outlook: Will Public Equity Recapitalize the
Hotel Industry?
David Loeb, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
2:00 p.m. Special Presentation
Economy and Outlook
Richard Green, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
2:15 p.m. Panel 4 The GAME CHANGERS: Views from the Executive Suite
Moderator: Tom Engel, T.R. ENGEL Group
Panelists: Marty Collins, Gatehouse Capital Corp
Tom Corcoran, Felcor Lodging Trust Incorporated
Michael Depatie, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
Steve Haggerty, Hyatt Hotels Corp
Tom Kennedy, UrbanAmerica, L.P.
Dana Ciraldo, Lodgian Inc.
3:10 p.m. Break and move to breakouts
3:25 p.m. Breakout 5A Band Aids or Bouquets? A preview of brand programs that can help
Grand facilitate financing in a down market.
Ballroom A Moderator: Russ Dazzio, R&R Global Hospitality
Panelists: Nancy Johnson, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
Jeffrey Dallas, Wyndham Hotel Group
Brian Quinn, InterContinental Hotels Group
Reggie Heard, Bankers One Capital
Patrick Feltes, GE Franchise Finance
Mark Keiser, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Grand Breakout 5B Repositioning & Alternative Uses, Grand Ballroom F
Ballroom F Moderator: Paul Novak, Bedrock Partners
Panelists: Peggy Berg, Highland Hospitality
Allen Jakubauskas, WTS International
Ken Fearn, Integrated Capital
Bruce Baltin, PKF Consulting
Ken Wilson, Capital Hotel Management
Gateway Breakout 5C Sometimes the Government IS the Solution – Opportunities for
Ballroom Public Financing of Hotel Developments
Moderator: Cathy Holmes, JMBM
Panelists: Raymond Garfield, Garfield Traub Development
William Corrado, Citi
Mark Tobin, HREC
Salon 112 Breakout 5D “Value and Revenue Enhancement through Asset Management”
Moderator: Jack Westergom, Manhattan Hospitality Advisors
Panelists: Alan Tantleff, Hotel Asset Value Enhancement
Morris Lasky, Lodging Unlimited, Inc.
David Berins, Berins & Co.
4:20 pm Move to General Session
4:30 pm Panel 6 Game changing strategies of investment
Moderator: Rob Stiles, Cushman Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman
Panelists Jonathan Falik, JF Capital Advisors
Kevin Mahoney, Stonebridge Companies
Chad Christensen, Washington RE Holdings
Kirk Pederson, Morgan Stanley
Tony Larino, Westmont Hospitality Group
Rick Frank, Behringer-Harvard
5:30 pm Grand Welcome Reception – Poolside
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
8:00 a.m. Registration, Networking and Breakfast – Grand Ballroom
9:00 a.m. Welcome Back – Jim Butler – Grand Ballroom
9:05 a.m. Special Presentation
Hotel Values & CAP Rates
Suzanne Mellen, HVS
9:20 a.m. Global Capital Markets
Art Adler, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
9:35 a.m. U.S. Lodging Industry 2010: “Spring Training is Over: It’s Time to Play Ball”
Dan Lesser, CBRE
9:50 a.m. LIIC Top Ten
Michael Cahill, HREC
10:15 a.m. Panel 7 – Lender and investor strategies for distressed assets/and soundinvestment
Bridging the Gap: Lender/Seller vs Investors
Moderator: Michael Sullivan, HVS
Panelists: Pete Dannemiller, Hodges Ward Elliott
Bruce Habig, Barclays Capital
Chris Macke, General Equity Real Estate
Scott Brown, ABA Development
Mark Landau, Deutsche Bank
Bill Sipple, Index Consulting Group, LLC
11:15 a.m. Panel 8 Investor Perspectives
Moderator: Sam Winterbottom, Grubb & Ellis
Panelists: Henry Vickers, AEW Capital Management
Barry Olson, Archon Group
John Murray, Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT)
Eric Levy, Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts
Doug Dreher, The Hotel Group
Jack van Hartsvelt, Kennedy Associates
12:10 p.m. Move to California Ballroom
12:15 p.m. Lunch Buffet – California Ballroom
1:00 p.m. Panel 9 Management Agreements
Moderator: Robert Braun, JMBM
Panelists: Peter Connolly, Hostmark Hospitality
Tom Morone, Warnick & Co.
Eric Levy, Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts
Alison Cumberland, Marriott International
Presentations
California hotel defaults, foreclosures and sales — weather vane for hotels everywhere? Atlas Hospitality Group’s latest survey
As goes the economy, so goes the hospitality industry: So what’s happening to the economy, capital markets and global hotel markets?
Meet the Money® 2010: Art Adler, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels: Global capital markets
Meet the Money® 2010: David Loeb, RW Baird: Capital markets outlook
Meet the Money® 2010: Richard Green, USC Lusk Center: Economy and Outlook
Hotel industry update! The worst may be behind us but whither the future? Industry stats and insights from HVS, PKF, Smith Travel and CBRE
Meet the Money® 2010: Suzanne Mellen, HVS: Hotel values and cap rates
Meet the Money® 2010: Mark Woodworth, PKF Consulting: What better time?/
Meet the Money® 2010: Greg Hartmann, STR Analytics: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Hotel industry think tank top 10 challenges for 2010
Meet the Money® – What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®