BHN Holds Planning Meeting in London for Hot.E Conference

COSTA MESA, California, USA Burba Hotel Network (BHN) has announced that the first planning meeting for the upcoming Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) was held in London on February 2, 2011. Hosted by BHN, the inaugural Hot.E is scheduled for September 6-8, 2011 at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.

Twenty eight top hotel industry executives attended the Hot.E meeting, representing the following leading companies: The Royal Bank of Scotland, Choice Hotels Europe, WATG, Expedia, Hilton Worldwide, IHG, Taylor Global Advisors, intelliMeet, DLA Piper LLP US, HVS, Interval Leisure Group, Hyatt International, Horwath HTL, Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality EMEA, Preston Arza LLP, STR Global, The Rezidor Hotel Group, Park Plaza Riverbank, Deloitte, Baker & McKenzie, ZeroTwoZero Communications, Mayer Brown International, Aareal Bank AG, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, and NH Hoteles.

"This very strong interest in the launch of Hot.E shows that the hotel industry in Europe is gearing up for better times ahead and is also looking forward to this new event", said James Burba, president, BHN. "The meeting generated a plethora of fresh conference ideas, and very timely information which will lead to development of an innovative event in September," Burba added.

Hot.E will be held immediately following the launch of the first Hotel Data Conference Europe, with honorary hosts STR Global and Hotel News Now.com . Hot.E and the Hotel Data Conference Europe will feature a joint gala reception on the evening of Tuesday, September 6, 2011, to enable the delegates from both events to meet and network.

More information about the Hot.E conference, including sponsorship details, may be found at www.EuropeHotelConference.com .

Registration for the conferences will open in February 2011.

About BHN
BHN is the worldwide leader in developing and organizing conferences for the hotel and tourism investment community. With more than two decades of experience, over 80 events completed or in production to-date, and more than 60,000 international delegates, BHN conferences have become "must attend" events for industry leaders who come together to network, conduct business and to learn about the latest trends. BHN events include: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in San Diego; the ALIS Summer Update in Los Angeles; 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; the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) in Mumbai; and the new Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) in London and Hotel Opportunities Latin America (HOLA) conference in Miami. 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.

About STR
STR (www.str.com) provides clients—including hotel operators, developers, financiers, analysts and suppliers to the hotel industry—access to hotel research with regular and custom reports covering North America, Mexico and Caribbean. STR provides a single source of global hotel data covering daily and monthly performance data, forecasts, annual profitability, pipeline and census information. STR founded the STR family of companies and is proudly associated with STR Global, RRC Associates, STR Analytics, and HotelNewsNow.com. STR also founded the Hotel Data Conference (www.Hoteldataconference.com), which will be held 3-4 August 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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