Northwest Hotel Investment Forum Announces “Meet The Soft Brands” Panel for its Fall 2013 Meeting
Northwest Hotel Investment Forum Announces “Meet The Soft Brands” Panel for its Fall 2013 Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Seattle, WA (September 26, 2013) – The Northwest Hotel Investment Forum (NHIF) today announced its centerpiece program for its November 14, 2013 meeting will be “Meet the Soft Brands.” Senior development executives from four major hotel companies will discuss their companies’ offerings and compare them with traditional hotel franchises and branded management agreements. Leading Hotels of the World, Preferred Hotel Group, Autograph Collection (by Marriott International), and Ascend Hotel Collection (by Choice Hotels) will be represented on the panel.
The panelists are Annie Chen (Development Director, Leading Hotels), Rob Cornell (Senior Vice President of Development, Preferred Hotel Group), Joe Dreiske (Director of Membership Development, Ascend Hotel Collection), and Chris Rose (Senior Vice President of Lodging Development for Autograph and all other full-service brands, Marriot International). The panel will be moderated by Irvin Sandman of Sandman Savrann, a national law firm devoted to the hospitality industry. Mark Lukens of HREC, a national hotel real estate brokerage and consultancy firm, will also participate in the meeting’s program.
NHIF is an invitation-only, semi-annual forum for executives and principals of hotel investors, owners, lenders, developers, and management companies. Its purposes are to provide a select-group setting for high-level industry discussions and to help spur hotel acquisitions, development, investment partnerships, and growth.
NHIF’s November meeting with take place at the Cedarbrook Lodge in Seattle, Washington. Qualified hotel executives and principals interested in an invitation to the meeting may email info@sandsav.com.
Contact:
Irvin W. Sandman, 206-686-0802, isandman@sandsav.com
For information about NHIF visit http://www.sandmansavrann.com/index.php?id=132.
