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LODGING LEADERS
August 19, 2015020 | Leveraging Your Network to Grow Your Business with Gillian Morris
Gillian Morris is the co-founder and CEO of TripCommon and Hitlist, building technology to bring online travel search and booking into the 21st century. TripCommon was born out of cofounders Gillian and Timo de Winter’s years of struggling with outdated, buggy travel search and booking tools. The company’s first product, Hitlist, helps users travel more read more
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LODGING LEADERS
August 12, 2015019 | Technology Innovation, Big Data Analytics and Cyber Security with Fortune 500 CIO Les Ottolenghi
Les brings 30+ years of experience as a Fortune 200 IT executive, an entrepreneur, and a creator of several of the travel and entertainment industries’ most game-changing technologies. He’s been lauded by top executives at many of the world’s most respected technology companies including HP, Microsoft, Google, Dell, and Cisco as the best CIO they read more
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CUSTOMER SERVICE & CX
August 5, 2015018 | Service, Employee Benefits, Operating Debt Free and Entrepreneurial Responsibility with Harris Rosen
Harris Rosen is president and COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts and is Florida’s largest independent hotelier. Founded in 1974, Rosen Hotels & Resorts currently features a collection of seven Central Florida hotels offering a total of more than 6,300 guest rooms, approximately six percent of the Central Florida inventory. Rosen Hotels has several subsidiaries read more
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LEADERSHIP
July 29, 2015017 | Iconic Leadership, Innovation by Necessity, the Human Resource, and Mindset with Mike Leven
Michael Allen Leven, also known as Mike, has served the hospitality industry for more than 50 years. Throughout his career, Mike has garnered nearly every award and recognition one can receive in the hotel industry, and he’s recognized by many as an industry icon and an innovative pioneer. In 2014, AH&LA presented Leven with a read more
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AAHOA
July 22, 2015016 | Adapting to Change, Delivering the Right Product, and Government Affairs with Ash Patel
Ashwin “Ash” Patel entered the lodging industry in 1992 as a resident-manager and partner of a 54-unit Econo Lodge in Flagstaff, AZ. In 2004, he started Southwest Hospitality Management, LLC, with ownership interest in hotels that have affiliations with a variety of national chains, including Marriott, La Quinta Hotels, Choice Hotels, Wyndham Worldwide Hotels, Hilton read more
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LODGING LEADERS
July 15, 2015015 | Online Hospitality Training, eBooks and Best Practices with HMBookstore.com COO Rick Tomljenovic
Rick Tomljenovic has been in the hospitality industry for more than 35 years. He’s an owner and Chief Operating Officer of Tristar Hotel Management, a midsize company managing between 15-25 properties on average per year, including 5 properties that they own. Rick is also Chief Operating Officer for HMBookstore.com – a cutting edge online hospitality read more
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LODGING LEADERS
July 8, 2015014 | Financial and Emotional Freedom Through Values-Based Life Planning with Mayur Dalal
Mayur Dalal has been providing financial advisory products and services for more than 27 years. The CEO of Dalal Capital Advisors, Mayur and his team provide top-quality wealth management, insurance, and tax-advantaged strategies that are designed to help clients realize their financial goals. Mayur is also CEO of The Oxford Group of Lake Success – an intellectual capital company read more
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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
July 1, 2015013 | Fearless Leadership with Vantage Hospitality President and CEO Roger Bloss
Roger Bloss has more than 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry, starting in the business as a teenager. After serving in executive positions with several major hotel franchise companies, Bloss and his partners started the Vantage Hospitality Group in 1996 and acquired their first hotel. Bloss’ vision was to develop a national hotel read more
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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
June 24, 2015012 | The 12-Year Journey to the Top 10 with Magnuson Hotels CEO Tom Magnuson
Tom Magnuson is Co-Founder and CEO of Magnuson Hotels Worldwide – a top 10 global chain, and the world’s largest independent hotel group. Magnuson markets over 1000 hotels across six countries and three continents, and they’re the number one conversion brand in the market, with over 400 Best Westerns, 250 Wyndhams and 200 Choice franchises read more
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AAHOA
June 17, 2015011 | Raising Capital, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, and Prefab Hotels with Dan Rama
Dinesh “Dan” Rama is Co-Founder, Partner/Designated Broker of NewGen Worldwide – a real estate investment advisory company that works with owners and investors in all aspects of the hospitality business. The firm provides services for the sale and acquisition of lodging properties, consulting, hotel asset management, and hotel litigation support. NewGen also owns and operates several read more
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HFTP
June 10, 2015010 | Success by Association with HFTP CEO and Technology Trailblazer Frank Wolfe
Frank Wolfe is CEO of Hospitality Financial & Technology Professional’s (HFTP) – a global association serving hospitality professionals that provides members with superior networking opportunities, industry-leading events, comprehensive certification programs, unique educational opportunities, and other essential resources for professional growth. Throughout his career, Frank has been recognized as an industry leader. In 2000, Lodging Magazine included him in read more
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LODGING LEADERS
June 3, 2015009 | OTAs – The Basics, Tools and Strategies with Expedia’s Adam Anderson
Adam Anderson is the Managing Director of Industry Relations at Expedia, Inc. – one of the largest online travel companies in the world – owners of the consumer brands Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Travelocity.com, Trivago.com and several other international travel sites. Adam heads up Expedia’s B2B marketing and communications practice focused on hotel industry partners including more than 435,000 hotels in read more
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LODGING LEADERS
May 27, 2015008 | Managing Your Online Reputation with Geordie Wardman
Geordie Wardman is Founder and Chief Conversion Officer of WaveReview.com, a Software as a Service platform that helps businesses improve their online reputations by proactively increasing the frequency and effectiveness of customer interaction. Over the last several years, he has become an expert in managing your online reputation. Resources & Links Email: geordie[at]wavereview.com Geordie on LinkedIn read more
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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
May 20, 2015007 | A Franchisor’s Perspective with Doug Collins
Doug Collins is President of DC Hospitality, a hotel brokerage firm based in Atlanta, Ga. DC Hospitality was formed in 2014 and offers comprehensive brokerage services to the hospitality industry throughout the country. He is also CEO of Hospitality Lodging Systems, owner of the Budgetel and Haven Hotels Lodging hotel chains. Collins served as Chairman read more
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AAHOA
May 13, 2015006 | Another Day in Paradise with Mukesh Mowji
Mukesh Mowji, in addition to being a co-founder & CEO of Pracrea, Inc., is also a Principal in Silver Creek Hospitality and Everest Hospitality. Mukesh is a Charter member of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE), served as Chairman of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) and was President of Leuva Patidar Samaj of USA (LPS). read more
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LEADERSHIP
May 6, 2015005 | What Makes a Leader with John Hogan
John J. Hogan, CHA CMHS CHE CHO is a career business professional and educator who has held senior leadership with responsibility in several organizations involving operational, academic and entrepreneurial enterprise. He has demonstrated competencies as a strong leader, relationship builder, problem solver and mentor and is frequently invited to speak at franchise meetings, management company read more