Officials of the California Lodging Investment Conference [CLIC], the only hospitality conference focused on the California hotel market, today released its final slate of speakers and updated its sponsor and exhibitor lists. Scheduled for March 10 at the JW Marriott Anaheim Resort, the one-day event is expected to draw approximately 300 attendees, including representatives from 11 brands, six lenders and other third-party hotel professionals.

“Prior to this update, we already were more than pleased with our existing roster of speakers and panelists,” said Craig Sullivan, founder and president, [CLIC]. “We have since added expert speakers from Virgin Hotels, Prospera Hotels, Kay Lang + Associates, Twenty Four Seven Hotels, the Latino Hotel Association and JMBM. Groups as varied as the International Hospitality Institute to Sonesta continue to sign on as sponsors as well. With this stellar line-up, we expect this to be one of our most informative and useful conference to-date.”

New Speakers include:

  • Mike Castro, SVP, Franchise Sales and Development Select Service Brands – US and Canada at Sonesta Hotels
  • Vanessa Mange, Director of Acquisitions & Development, West Coast and Latin America at Virgin Hotels
  • Allie Hope, Virgin Hotels
  • Ajesh Patel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prospera Hotels, Inc.
  • Swati Valbh-Patel, Senior Vice President of Development and Design of Prospera Hotels, Inc.
  • Ron Kim, Chief Operating Officer of Prospera Hotels, Inc.
  • Kay Lang, President and CEO of Kay Lang + Associates
  • David Sudeck, Partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, LLP
  • Ryan Mazelli, Managing Director, Commercial of Ygrene Energy Fund
  • Gary Gray, Chief Investment Officer of Twenty Four Seven Hotels
  • Lynette Montoya, CEO of the Latino Hotel Association

New Sponsors include:

  • International Hospitality Institute
  • Sonesta
  • Twenty Four Seven Hotels

New Exhibitors include:

  • G6
  • Beddingo
  • HR Construction Group
  • Kohost
  • Corning Optical Communications

The newly announced groups join such industry luminaries as Suzanne Mellon, senior managing director/practice leader, HVS; Jenny Redlin, founder and principal, Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.; Jackie Collins, senior director, Arthur J. Gallagher’s Real Estate and Hospitality Division; and Glenn Haussman, president, Rouse Media. Discussion topics will include hotel brands, an overview of the California hotel market, hotel development, hotel lending and hotel investment opportunities. The conference also will announce Deal of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.

About [CLIC]

The California Lodging Investment Conference is the nation's only hospitality conference focused exclusively on the California hotel market. Now celebrating its 7th year, the opening reception followed by a day-long event draws some of the industry's largest and most well-known owners, operators, brands and hospitality-related experts in the world.

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