ALIS Summer Update Event To Take Mid-year Measure Of Future Hotel Investment Opportunities

The ALIS Summer Update will feature several of the industry’s most important investment topics, including a session focusing on Distressed Hotels – From Pre-Fault Considerations Through the Options and Opportunities in the Foreclosure & Bankruptcy Scenarios. Speakers for this session include moderator Bob Alter, chairman, Sunstone Hotels, and panelists Alexandra Cole, Partner, Perkins Coie; Dean Gloster, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP; Sandra Y. Kellman, Co-Chair Global Hospitality Group, DLA Piper LLP; Rick S. Kirkbride, Chair, Resort, Restaurant & Recreation Practice Group Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP; and Richard (Rick) F. Ross, Chair – Hotels & Resorts – Global Practice, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP.

The educational sessions will be followed by a networking reception with members of the ALIS Program Planning Committee, who are meeting for a two-day brainstorming and program development session for the 2011 ALIS conference.

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Registration to attend the ALIS Summer Update as well as view the live webcast is available on the ALIS Website, . For general event information, online registration, and sponsor opportunities, contact Stephany Chen, BHN associate, at (714) 540-9300 or [email protected].

Serving the hospitality industry for a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members.

AH&LEF is the charitable fund-raising and endowed fund-management subsidiary of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Founded in 1953, AH&LEF is the premier organization for scholarships, professional certification, and instructional material as well as funding for hospitality industry research.

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BHN events include: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in San Diego; the ALIS Summer Update in Los Angeles; the Central America Tourism & Hotel Investment Exchange (CATHIE) to be held in El Salvador in 2010; the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami; the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong; HICAP Update Southeast Asia in Singapore; HICAP Update Japan in Tokyo; and the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) in Mumbai. The BHN website at www.Burba.com is the gateway for information about the conferences BHN produces, as well as a direct link to important players in the hospitality investment world.