HVS presents 1st Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS)
Speakers include Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hard Rock Hotels, The Blackstone Group and Cornell University
Steve Rushmore, president and founder of HVS, the leading global hospitality services and consulting firm, and HVS Bahamas Managing Director Parris Jordan, are pleased to announce the 1st Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS), that will focus on this region's hotel development and operations issues, as well as current financing initiatives.
"The Caribbean Island region offers investors complex but rewarding opportunities for hotel and resort development," states Rushmore. "And with HVS's global expertise combined with our local presence and knowledge of the Caribbean market and sub-markets, CHICOS 2011 will prove to be a landmark conference benefiting all interested in this region's lodging industry."
HVS and CHICOS will bring together high profile hospitality industry leaders who have not traditionally participated in conferences in the Caribbean region, including Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos, one of the sponsors of the event, and the Blackstone Group.
"HVS' efforts in the Caribbean are enthusiastically and professionally led by Jordan, who possesses nearly 20 years of operations, management and teaching experience." says Rushmore. "Jordan, a native of Trinidad, "understands the need for regional workforce development, and we are committed to improving hospitality education and training in the Caribbean. We are also pleased to include Cornell University School of Hotel Management's, Dean Steve Carvell as a speaker on the importance of education for our field and for this region."
For More Information And Registration, visit CHICOS at www.hvschicos.com
About HVS Bahamas:
The Nassau, Bahamas–based office of HVS is responsible for hospitality consulting and valuation assignments in the Caribbean, United States, Central America and Mexico. Jordan himself has performed hundreds of complex hotel consulting and valuation assignments in 20 states and 20 countries. His area of expertise includes hotel market and feasibility studies, appraisal, valuations, operator searches, target market and global expansion strategy development for prominent international hotel brands, as well as providing expert testimony in litigation and arbitration-related matters. Jordan holds a Masters from New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management where he also lectures as an adjunct professor on lodging development. He is the recipient of the 2003 NYU Hotel Investment Conference Patron Scholar Award, and in 2009 he was honored as the Alumnus of the Year by New York City Technical College. Jordan speaks at hotel and tourism conferences world-wide, and is quoted in hospitality business publications and newspapers including USA Today and Travel Weekly.
About HVS
HVS, the world's leading consulting and services organization focused on the hotel, mixed-use, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries, was established in 1980. The company performs 4,500+ assignments each year for hotel and real estate owners, operators, investors, banks and developers worldwide. HVS principals are regarded as the leading experts in their respective regions of the globe. Through a network of some 60 offices and more than 300 professionals, HVS provides an unparalleled range of complementary services for the hospitality industry. hvs.com.