NEW YORK—Pilar Guzman, Condé Nast Traveler editor-in-chief, and hotelier Ian Schrager, CEO at Ian Schrager Company, will be among the speakers at The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association’s (BLLA) Annual Hotel Investment Conference here on June 8.
Other speakers include Brad Wilson, president of ACE Hotel; David Orowitz, SVP development & acquisitions at Trump Organization; Jamie Sabatier, president & CEO of Destination Hotels & Resorts; Niki Leondakis, CEO of Commune Hotels + Resorts; Dan Flannery, SVP/managing director of EDITION Hotels; Bill Walshe, CEO of Viceroy Hotel Group; Thomas Prins, partner of Gemstone Hotels & Resorts; Scott Gerber, principal & CEO, Gerber Group; Erin Green, VP development – Americas, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts; and Mark Keiser, SVP & chief development officer, Baccarat & 1 Hotels.
According to BLLA, the annual conference, to be held at Florence Gould Hall, will showcase a day of boutique hotel brands in collaboration with hotel operations and preeminent industry media. The team from Cachet Hotel Group will engage in expert industry advice on how to shape the landscape for a boutique lifestyle hotel.
Leondakis and Sabatier will bring the day’s discussion toward the operational sector and how to operate as a preeminent independent hotel and resort in the U.S. The leaders will also review the brands’ recent merger and what the future will look like for the alliance.
Leading executives from the industry’s major publications will discuss how the media is focusing on the boutique industry today, and what tomorrow’s news reporting and trends look like.