Hosted exclusively by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Participating in the event were Gerald P. Chase, New Castle Hotels & Resorts; Teague Hunter, Hunter Realty Associates; Dave Johnson, Aimbridge Hospitality; Naveen Kakarla, Hersha Hospitality Management; Jeffrey S. Laliberte, Wheelock Street Capital; Jim Merkel, RockBridge Capital; David Mumford, Mumford Company, Inc.; Chandrakant (CK) Patel, AAHOA/BVM Holdings; Russell Urban, HEI Hotels & Resorts; Bruce Wiles, Thayer Lodging Group; and Paul Sacco, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Stefani C. O’Connor, Executive News Editor/Hotel Business and Managing Editor/HB Roundtables, moderated the event. With the lodging industry seeing some traction in fundamentals, top executives across a variety of disciplines gathered in New York City to relate how their respective companies have been weathering the economic storm and what has been learned that will now make for an increasingly successful year ahead as business transitions to a more-positive side. Print coverage of the event appears in the January 15, 2011 issue of HOTEL BUSINESS.
