Hotel ROI Conference Charlotte | Questex Media Group | 11 October 2017 | Johnson & Wales University Events Center- Charlotte Campus, 801 W Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 (Academic Center 1st Floor)

While banking, energy and healthcare are clear demand drivers, Charlotte has a big 2017 in store with Hamilton and the PGA Championship coming to town. Charlotte’s tourism is outperforming the rest of the state; in 2015 tourism generated $160 million in spending. However, Charlotte recently took a major financial hit with the passing of House Bill 2, which has turned away a plethora of business and leisure related events. The NBA announced it will move the All-Star Weekend from Charlotte to New Orleans, costing the city $100 million.

The Charlotte Opportunity

Charlotte’s pipeline is very strong, with 306 hotels currently open and 66 to be built, generating 8,970 more rooms. Supply is up 1.1 percent and demand is up 3.1 percent. A mixed-use development is planned for northeast Mecklenburg County from Charlotte-based MPV Properties, which will feature residences, retail stores and a hotel with 120 rooms. The city center is seeing the most traction with $2 billion worth of development projects in 2016 and another $2.7 billion in 2017.

2017 Speakers

Stephen Barth
President, HospitalityLawyer.com
Houston

Tom Segesta
General Manager, Four Seasons
Houston

Mike Waterman
President, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau | EVP, Houston First Corp.
Houston

Chuck Bedsole
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Houston

Dilip Petigara
COO, Access Point Financial
Series Speaker

Guy Langford
Vice Chairman & US Leader of Travel, Hospitality & Leisure, Deloitte
Houston

Greg Posmantur
CEO & Managing Partner, JYI Hospitality Management & Consulting
Houston

Angela Gonzalez-Rowe
Director of Franchise Development, Choice Hotels International
Houston

Hitesh (HP) Patel
Vice Chairman, AAHOA
Houston

John Keeling
Executive Vice President, Valencia Group
Houston

Dina Patel
Female Director at Large, AAHOA
Houston

Cliff Risman
Partner, Gardere
Houston

Tim Peter
Founder, Tim Peter & Associates
Houston

John Merkin
CEO, Popeyes
Houston

Suzanne Gatrell
President, Kingsbridge Management Ltd.
Houston

John Bourret
Managing Director, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
Houston

Kirby Payne
President, HVS Asset Management & HVS Asset Management - Newport
Houston

Chip Rogers
President, AAHOA
Houston

Nick Massad, Jr.
President & CEO, American Liberty Hospitality
Houston

Ira Mitzner
President, RIDA Development Group
Houston

Bhavesh Patel
Chairman, AAHOA
Houston

Sawan Patel
CEO, Unity Hotels Group
Houston

Tom Sharpin
SVP, South Central Region of North America, Wyndham Hotel Group
Houston

Alexi Khajavi
Senior Vice President, Questex Hospitality
Series Speaker

Dave Eisen
Editor-in-Chief, Questex Hospitality Group
Series Speaker

Pamela Williams,
Partner, Fisher Phillips
Houston

Kenny Lee
VP of Marketing, Revinate
Los Angeles

Alan B. Bowles
Director of Development, California, La Quinta Inns & Suites
Los Angeles

Robert Sonnenblick
Chairman, Sonnenblick Development
Los Angeles

Scott Andrews
RVP, Franchise Sales & Development, Wyndham
Los Angeles

Bruce Baltin
Managing Director, CBRE Hotels
Los Angeles

Matt Hostetler
SVP of Franchise Sales & Development, Red Roof
Los Angeles

Joseph Latino
President, Allergy Technologies
Los Angeles

Keith Thompson
Principal, Avison Young
Los Angeles

Chris Winterhalter
CEO, Hotel Rehabs
Los Angeles

Timesh Patel
Co-Founder/South Pacific Regional Director, SupplyOcean / AAHOA
Los Angeles

James Cole
Director of Asset Management, Ohana Real Estate Investors
Los Angeles

Jared Meabon
Regional Vice President of Development, Choice Hotels International
Los Angeles

Andrea Foster
Senior Vice President - Development, Marcus Hotels & Resorts

Biran Patel
Secretary, Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)

Robert Habeeb
President/CEO, First Hospitality Group

Bruce Ford
Senior Vice President, Director of Global Business Development, Lodging Econometrics

Eric Nordness
Vice President & CFO, Hickory Street Capital

Jerry Cataldo
President/CEO, Hostmark Hospitality Group

Mark Eble
Managing Director and Midwest Practice Leader, CBRE

Scott Weiss
Director, Market Management, Expedia, Inc.

Jeff Azuse
Senior Vice President, Hilco Real Estate

2017 Sponsors

• Access Point Financial
• Avison Young
• Agilysys
• American Hotel Register Company
• Beekeeper
• Choice Hotels
• CleanBrands LLC
• Expedia.com
• Hilco Real Estate
• Hotel Rehabs
• HVS
• IHG Intercontinental Hotels Grou
• Lodging Econometrics (LE)
• Media Master
• Red Roof
• Revinate
• SkyTouch
• Telkonet
• Wyndham Hotels Group