Exclusive Host and Sponsor, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Participating in the event were Rob Leven, The Procaccianti Group; Paul Sacco, Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Benjamin Brunt, Noble Investment Group; Art Adler, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels; John Tsunis, Long Island Hotels; Ron Danko, Jr., CB Richard Ellis Hotels; Jeff Cohen, Gatehouse Captial Corp.; CA Anderson, Interstate Hotels & Resorts; and Michael Medzigian, Watermark Capital Partners. Print coverage of the event appears in the January 15, 2010 issue of HOTEL BUSINESS. Two thousand-and-nine was clearly a year where the hotel investment and operational business opportunities were few and far between. Survival was instead the modus operandi for companies as they tried to overcome or steer around countless hazards and obstacles. It was not a year for the weak. But out of even the darkest of times can often come new opportunities that can embolden an entire industry. So in an attempt to shed light upon such business prospects and their long-term implications, HOTEL BUSINESS® recently convened the Opportunity 2010 Roundtable, which was sponsored and hosted by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers and featured a group of industry-leading investment and management experts who are indeed gearing up for much bigger things this year and beyond.
