45th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference 2023 | NYU School of Professional Studies | 4 June 2023 | New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

Join us and meet, mingle, and network with the professionals who drive this stimulating, evolving, and fascinating industry.

This conference features general sessions, workshops, and networking events to provide data, analysis, perspectives, insights, and opportunities. During this two-day conference, leading lodging executives, investors, developers, analysts, and economists will participate in robust discussions on diverse and timely international industry topics such as cap ex, demand segmentation, design, development, the economy, finance, forecasts, franchising, IPOs, legal issues, lifestyle and luxury markets, management agreements, OTAs, politics, residential and vacation ownership, transactions, and more.

Who will benefit from attending:
• Analysts
• Architects and Designers
• Attorneys
• Brokers
• Consultants
• Developers
• Franchisors
• Investment Bankers
• Investors
• Lenders
• Lodging executives
• Managers
• Owners
• Operators
• Product and service providers to the lodging industry

2023 Speakers

CHAIR:

Jonathan M. Tisch
Chairman, CEO, Loews Hotels & Co., Co-Chairman of the Board, Loews Corporation, Co-Owner, The New York Giants

EXECUTIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Gary E. Axelrod
Partner, Latham & Watkins

Geoff Ballotti
President, CEO, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Adi Bhoopathy
Managing Principal & Head of Capital Markets, Noble Investment Group

Michael D. Bluhm
Managing Director, Global Head, Gaming and Lodging Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley - Investment Banking

Janis Cannon
SVP, Upscale Brands, Choice Hotels International

Kevin F. Carey
Chief Operating Officer & Senior EVP, American Hotel & Lodging Association

Eileen Crowley
Vice Chair - US Transportation, Deloitte & Touche

Scott B. Ellman
Managing Director, Eastdil Secured

James A. Francque
Global Head of Transactions, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Sean Hennessey
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU SPS Tisch Center of Hospitality

Jeffrey A. Horwitz
Senior Partner. Proskauer

Daniel A. Hostettler
The Boca Raton, MSD Real Estate Partners

Kevin J. Jacobs
Chief Financial Officer & President, Global Development, Hilton

Dorothy A. Jennings
Executive Vice President, HVS

Jeanelle Johnson
Lead Client Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Caroline Mahl
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Management & Underwriting - Specialty Real Estate Finance, Wells Fargo N.A.

Heather McCrory
Chief Executive Officer, Accor

R. Tyler Morse
MCR, Independent Consultant, Self-Employed Contractor

Francis J. Nardozza
Chairman & CEO , REH Capital Partners

Gilda Perez-Alvarado
Global CEO, JLL | Hotels & Hospitality

Ron Pohl
President International Operations and World Hotels, BWH Hotel Group

Abhinay Poonja
Managing Director & Head of Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Investment Banking, Americas, Deutsche Bank Securities

Brian Quinn
Chief Development Officer, Sonesta Intl Hotels Corp

Umar Riaz
Executive Director , EY

Scott P. Rosenberg
President, Nehmer

Rick Ross
Global Chair, Hotels & Leisure Group and Co-Chair, Family Office and High Net Worth sector, Dentons

Karen E. Rubin
Managing Director, Karen Rubin Hotels

Stephen Rushmore, Jr.
President, CEO, HVS

Noah J. Silverman
Global Development Officer, US & Canada , Marriott International

Julienne Smith
Chief Development Officer, Americas, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Jeffrey Stewart
Founder, Managing Director, Walnut Hill Advisors

Len Wolman
Chairman, CEO, Waterford Hotel Group

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Accor Hotels
• Aimbridge
• Hilton Worldwide
• Marriott International
• Travel & Leisure

GOLD:
• Amadeus
• Ashford Hospitality Trust
• Ashford Hospitality Trust
• Braemar Hotel and Resorts
• Best Western International B
• CBRE
• Choice Hotels
• Colliers
• cvent
• Deloitte
• Dentons
• Eastdil Secured
• EY
• Ferguson Partners
• HEI Hotels and Resorts
• Hodges Ward Elliott
• Horwath HTL
• Hyatt
• HVS
• IHG Hotels & Resorts l
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• LATHAM & WATKINS
• Loews
• Margaritaville
• MCR
• Marriott International
• Noble
• Park Hotels & Resorts
• Proskauer
• PwC
• Pyramid Global Hospitality
• Remington Hotels
• Pyramid Hotel Group
• Stonehill
• Travelsify
• Virgin Hotels
• Wells Fargo
• Wyndham Hotel & Resorts

SILVER:
• Access Point Financial
• AAHOA
• Booking.com
• Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors
• Canyon Group
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Deutsche Bank
• Extended Stay America
• G6 Hospitality
• Greenberg Traurig
• Hard Rock International
• Hersha Hospitality Trust
• Host Hotels & Resorts
• Hotel News Now
• HotelPlanner
• J.P. Morgan
• KHP Capital Partners
• KSL Capital Partners
• LW Hospitality Advisors
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Morgan Stanley
• Nehmer
• Newmark
• Ohana Real Estate Investors
• Outrigger Hospitality Group
• Paul Hastings
• Perkins Coie
• Pryor Cashman
• REH Capital Partners
• RLJ Lodging Trust
• Starwood Capital
• STR
• Unifocus
• Waterford Hotel Group
• Westmont Hospitality Group
• Xenia Hotels & Resorts