ALIS Summer Update Launches Speed Meet the Investors

New this year at ALIS Summer Update, July 11, 2011, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, in Dallas, Texas, is an innovative, networking event featuring some of the hottest hotel investors in the country. In surveying the featured investors, more than US$6 billion of hotel investment money will be in attendance and looking to do deals with the ALIS Summer Update delegates. Speed Meet the Investors include:

• Aimbridge Hospitality
• Apple REIT
• Chartres Lodging Group
• FelCor Lodging Trust Inc
• Hersha Hospitality Management
• KSL Capital Partners
• Noble Investment Group
• Omni Hotels & Resorts
• Quorum Hotels & Resorts
• RLJ Lodging Trust
• Sage Hospitality
• Sunstone Hotel Investors
• Tarsadia Investments, LLC
• Thayer Lodging Group
• Watermark Capital

In addition to the informative, short-targeted program, ALIS Summer Update delegates will network with the ALIS Program Planning Committee, which will be meeting that morning in preparation for ALIS, January 23-25, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.

Registration to attend ALIS Summer Update is open via the ALIS Website, www.ALISconference.com. Registration is US$550; however, ALIS 2011 delegates are eligible for a US$100 discounted rate of US$450. For general event information, online registration, and sponsor opportunities, contact BHN associate Jodi Braverman at [email protected].

Proceeds from ALIS benefit the educational, research, and training missions of the American Hotel & Lodging Education Foundation (AH&LEF), AH&LA's not-for-profit affiliate. For information on the Foundation, visit www.ahlef.com.

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.

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 Los Angeles; the ALIS Summer Update in Dallas; the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami; HICAP JAPAN in Tokyo; the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong; HICAP UPDATE in Singapore; the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) in Mumbai; the Hotel Opportunities Latin America (HOLA) conference in Miami, and the new Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) in London. 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.