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Bjorn Hanson is the Global Hospitality Industry Managing Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is well known for his consulting and econometric and statistical research. He holds Certified Real Estate Counselor (CRE), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Food Service Consultants International (FSCI) professional designations.
Dr. Hanson is an author and frequent speaker who has been quoted in almost every major business periodical and industry journal including: Financial Times, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal (US, European and Asian editions), Barron's, and The New York Times and has appeared numerous times on CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, FOXfn, WCBS, PBS and other television and radio systems. He has served as International President of the Cornell Society of Hotelmen and was the Cornell Hotelie of the Year in 1994. He has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell and in addition to having been an adjunct faculty member at NYU for 16 years, he is the Chair of the Executive Board for New York University's Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management and The Center for Hospitality Research Advisory Board. Dr. Hanson holds a bachelor's from Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, an MBA from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. from New York University.
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Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing streaming multimedia-content for these websites. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hsyndicate to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last couple of years. His column and content are featured in the Hospitality Net weekly newsletter. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards , WNBA's Washington Mystics and WUSA's Washington Freedom . He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via email: Kevin@hsyndicate.com.
