The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) 2018 | The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) | 22 January 2018 | JW Marriott and Microsoft Theatre, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015 US

ALIS is the leading and largest hotel investment conference in the world. ALIS in January 2017 had nearly 3,000 registered delegates. ALIS features numerous networking opportunities and an extensive array of seminars and panels by hotel industry experts, who discuss important trends and identify new opportunities for the year ahead.

Key 2017 Statistics:
• 2,940 registered delegates
• 1/3 delegates held the title Chairman, CEO, President, or Owner
• 1 in 3 companies were capital markets (debt and equity) or development firms

2018 Speakers:

Ali Abidi
PwC

Baron Ah Moo
BLI Capital

Robert A. Alter
Seaview Investors, LLC

Jim Amorosia
G6 Hospitality LLC

David Atkins
Digital DNA Infusion

Gary Axelrod
Latham & Watkins LLP

Geoff Ballotti
Wyndham Hotel Group

Heather Balsley
IHG

Thomas Baltimore, Jr
Park Hotels & Resorts

Michael D. Barnello
LaSalle Hotel Properties

Imad BARRAKAD
SMIT

Andrea L. Belfanti
ISHC

Monty Bennett
Ashford, Inc

Peter Benudiz
Sidley Austin LLP

David A. Berins
Berins & Co., LLC

Steven Berkovich
Deloitte Digital

Scott D. Berman
PwC LLP

Rick Besse
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Jim Biggar
HHM

Roger Bloss
RLH Corporation

Dustin Bomar
Google

Ian Boyd
Bird Construction

John Bralower
Avison Young

Billy L. Brown
LodgeCap

Mark W. Brugger
DiamondRock Hospitality

Ben Brunt
Noble Investment Group

James E. Burba
BHN

Chris J. Cahill
AccorHotels

Anthony Capuano
Marriott International

Colin Carroll
Ashford

James A. Carroll
Crestline Hotels & Resorts

Raj Chandnani
WATG | Wimberly Interiors

Wing T. Chao
Disney Imagineering

Luke Charlton
RIDA Development Corp

Lauren Chewning
Marriott International

Keith Cline
La Quinta Inns & Suites

John Cohlan
Margaritaville Holdings

Tom Corcoran
TJC2 Hotel Partners, LLC

Colleen Coulter
Facebook

Steve Cousins
Savioke Inc

Chad L. Crandell
CHMWarnick

Mathew T. Crosswy
Stonehill

Eric Danziger
Trump Hotels

Francis Davidson
Sonder

Tom Day
Wells Fargo

Mike Deitemeyer
Interstate Hotels & Resorts

Sean M. Dell’Orto
Park Hotels & Resorts

Patrick Deming
Eastdil Secured

Christopher P. Diffley
Rockbridge

Michael D. DiPrima
Hodges Ward Elliott, Inc

Greg Doman
AccorHotels

Tony Donohoe
Expedia Inc

Dorothy Dowling
Best Western Hotels

Joel M. Eisemann
IHG

Aly El-Bassuni
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Mark W. Elliott
Hodges Ward Elliott

Cindy Estis Green
Kalibri Labs, LLC

John S. Fareed
ISHC

JP Ford
Lodging Econometrics

William Fortier
Hilton

Andrea Foster
Marcus Hotels & Resorts

Goldman Sachs & Co

Greg Friedman
Peachtree Hotel Group

Michael Fuerstman
Pendry Hotels

Troy G. Furbay
DiamondRock Hospitality

Krissy Gathright
Apple Hospitality REIT

Frank Gehry
Gehry Partners LLP

Laurence Geller
Geller Capital Partners

Michael George
Crescent Hotels & Resorts

Sherri Gilligan
Two Roads Hospitality

Phillip Gordon
Perkins Coie LLP

Akshay Goyal
Starwood Capital Group

Micah G.E. Green
Maidbot

Ken Greger
AETHOS Consulting Group

Susie Grynol
Hotel Association of Canada

Brenna Halliday
Host Hotels & Resorts

John S. Hamilton
Pyramid Hotel Group

Robert Hee
Canyon Equity LLC

Judy Hendrick
Aimbridge Hospitality

Stephen R. Hennis
ISHC

Naftali Holtz
Goldman, Sachs & Co

Mark Hoplamazian
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Jeffrey D. Horowitz
Bank of America

Mike Hu
Gaw Capital Partners

Tucker Hughes
Bank of the Ozarks

Evan Hurd
RobertDouglas

Kurien Jacob
Highgate Ventures

Abhishek Jain
PwC

Stephen M. Jennings
Deloitte Consulting

Rachel Jinich
Wells Fargo

Dave Johnson
Aimbridge Hospitality

John R. Karver
CBRE, Inc

Adrienne Kautzman
Berkadia

Katharine Keenan
The Blackstone Group

Jared H. Kelso
Cushman & Wakefield

Aliya Khan
Marriott International

Kirk Kinsell
Panther Ridge Partners

Rick S. Kirkbride
Paul Hastings LLP

Robert D. Kline
Chartres Lodging Group, LLC

Brian R. Krause
Wyndham Hotel Group

Theodor Kubak
Union Investment Real Estate

Larry Y. Kwon
Moelis & Company

Jamie Lane
CBRE Hotels’ Research

Bradley G. Langner
Piper Jaffray & Co

Mark Laport
Concord Hospitality

Gerald Lawless
WTTC

Christopher H. Lee
Dentons, US LLP

Heather Leisman
TripAdvisor

Matthew D. LeMaster
Davis Wright Tremaine

Tatyana Li
LSW Hotels

Richard Lillis
Colliers International

William Linehan
RLH Corporation

Rob Lowe
Lowe Enterprises

Katherine Lugar
AHLA

Flo Lugli
Navesink Advisory Group, LLC

Elie Maalouf
IHG

Tony Malk
HFF

Tony Malk is a Managing Director based in HFF’s Los Angeles office. Tony primarily focuses on hotel investment sales throughout the Western United States including single asset sales of full service and select service hotels as well as portfolio transactions. Tony also works with other members of HFF’s hotel team on equity recapitalizations and financings. Tony has over 17 years of experience in the real estate investment sale business and has competed over $2 billion of hotel investment sale transactions since 2012. Tony has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from the University of California at Los Angeles

Kevin E. Mallory
CBRE, Inc

Lauren Manton
DLA Piper LLP (US)

David Marr
Hilton

Timothy Marvin
JLL

Kathleen Matthews

Mike McGeehan
G6 Hospitality LLC

Mike McGinley
Live Oak Bank

Charles McKee
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Jonathan P. Mehlman
Hospitality Investors Trust

Suzanne R. Mellen
HVS

Matthew Mitchell
HALL Structured Finance

Michael Morton
Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Greg Mount
RLH Corporation

Greg Mount joined RLHC as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2014 bringing more than 25 years of experience to the company. Since joining RLHC, it has grown from 55 regional hotels to over 1,100 national. Prior to joining RLHC, Mount served as President of Richfield Hospitality, Sceptre Hospitality and Richfield Hospitality China, where he executed a number of strategic deals including the acquisition and merger of Whiteboards Labs into Sceptre Hospitality. Previously, he held senior roles at Sage Hospitality, as well as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, where he led the full-service division responsible for developing franchises and management contracts for the Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Le Meridien, and Luxury Collection brands in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean Before joining Starwood, Mount held senior operating positions at Interstate Hotels Corporation and Marriott International Hotels, working his way up through a number of hotel and regional management positions before
moving into Development

Michael Murphy
First Fidelity Companies

Francis J. Nardozza
REH Capital Partners, LLC

Christopher Norton
Equinox Hotels

Paul Novak
Whitman | Peterson

Leeny Oberg
Marriott International

Chip Ohlsson
Wyndham Hotel Group

Robert D. Olson
R.D. Olson Development

Patrick Pacious
Choice Hotels International

Omar Palacios
Geolo Capital

Robert Palleschi
G6 Hospitality LLC

Jagruti Panwala
AAHOA

Amit N. Patel
Baywood Hotels, Inc

Bharat Patel
Sun Development & management Corporation

Mitch Patel
Vision Hospitality Group

David Pepper
Choice Hotels International

Steen Petri
HEI Hotels

Chuck Pinkowski
Pinkowski & Company

Ron Pohl
Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Award
Linda H. Pouliot
Robotics Entrepreneur

Thomas J. Pritzker
Hyatt Hotels Corporation & The Pritzker Organization

Jason C. Puryear
Abu Dhabi Inv. Authority

Jordan Ray
Mission Capital Advisors

Victoria Richman
HVS Asset Mgmt - Newport

Tyler Rindler
Morgan Stanley

Lynne Roberts
Aimbridge Hospitality

Julius Robinson
Marriott International

Chip Rogers
AAHOA

Trevor Rowe
AEG

Rick Rush
Hodges Ward Elliott

Jamie Sabatier
Two Roads Hospitality

Rahul Salgia
DigiValet

Terry Sanders
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group

Mark E. Schoenholtz
Eastdil Secured

Neil H. Shah
Hersha Hospitality

Neil H. Shah is president and chief operating officer of Hersha Hospitality Trust. Across the last 15 years, Shah has been instrumental in the acquisition and development of over $3 billion of hotel real estate in gateway markets. Shah is also a partner and director at HHM, one of the leading independent hotel operators in the United States. He is a Trustee of the Educational Foundation and co-chairman of the Institutional Real Estate Finance Advisory Council (IREFAC) of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Mr. Shah also serves on the Board of Trustees and the investment committee for the National Constitution Center. Prior to Hersha, Shah served as a director and consultant with The Advisory Board Company and the Corporate Executive Board, strategy research firms based in Washington, DC. Shah earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Science in management, both with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School

Mark D. Shalala
Choice Hotels International

Michael S. Shannon
KSL Capital Partners

Scott Shatford
AirDNA

Lorraine Sileo
Phocuswright

Arjun Singh
Michigan State University

Allen Smith
Four Seasons Hotels

Julienne Smith
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Robert Springer
Sunstone Hotel Investors

Jennifer Steeley
Carbon Lighthouse

Robert Stevenson
KEYPR

Richard Stockton
Ashford Hospitality Prime

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Americas division of OUE Limited (“OUE”), based in Los Angeles OUE is a multi-billion dollar listed property company headquartered in Singapore. While at OUE, he lead the acquisition and redevelopment of the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles, including envisioning OUE Skyspace, the West Coast's highest observation deck. Prior to joining OUE, Richard was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley for almost 16 years, including serving as the Head of Real Estate Banking for Morgan Stanley's investment banking advisory business in both Asia and the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). While there, he worked in offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong and was engaged in public and private equity and debt financings, M&A and restructuring for real estate companies and investors He received a B.S. from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 1992 and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997
John L. Strauss
JLL

Ron Swidler
The Gettys Group

Daniel Sztutwojner
Beekeeper

Rick Takach
Vesta Hospitality

David Tarr
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Maxine Taylor
CHMWarnick

Rob Taylor
Locke Lord LLP

Ted Teng
Leading Hotels

Ryan Totaro
NYLO

Benjamin C. Tschann
Goodwin Proctor LLP

Simon M. Turner
Alpha Lodging Partners

Lindsey Ueberroth
Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Adam Valente
Continental Hospitality Group

Homi Vazifdar
Canyon Equity LLC

Gregory M. Villegas
WATG

Tara Waldier
Rockbridge Capital

Michael Watson
BMO Harris Bank N.A

Matt Wehling
Hilton

REH Capital Partners, LLC

Carter Wilson
STR

Elizabeth Randell Winkle
STR

Mark Woodworth
CBRE Hotels

Jon S. Wright
Access Point Financial

Mark Wynne Smith
JLL

Alfred Young
LaSalle Hotel Properties

Jerry Zeitner
The Gettys Group

Jonathon S. Zink
BHN

2018 Sponsors:

PATRONS:
• Ashford
• BW Best Western
• Carlson Rezidor
• CBRE
• Choice Hotel
• Eastdil Secured
• G6 Hospitality
• Hilton
• Hodges Ward Elliot
• Hyatt
• IHG
• JLL
• Marriott International
• Park Hotels & Resorts
• PWC
• RLH Corporation
• Wyndham

PLATINUM:
• Access Point Financial, Inc.
• Aimbridge Hospitality
• Berkadia Hotels & Hospitality
• CHMWarnick
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts LLC
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company
• EY
• Generator Hostels
• Goodwin
• HEI Hotels & Resorts
• HFF
• HVS
• La Quinta Inns & Suites
• LaSalle Hotel Properties
• Locke Lord LLP
• Moelis & Company
• Marsh
• Noble Investment Group
• Omni Hotels & Resorts
• Piper Jaffray & Co
• Pendry Hotels
• Scottish Development International
• REH Capital Partners, LLC
• Stonehill Strategic Capital
• The Gettys Group
• Two Roads Hospitality
• WaterWalk Hotel Apartments

MEDIA:
• ALM’s Real Estate Media Group
• Asian Media & Marketing Group
• GlobalHotelNetwork.com
• Hospitality Design Magazine
• Hotel Business
• Hotel Management Magazine
• Hotel News Now

SUPPORTERS:
• AAHOA
• Castell Project, Inc.
• HAMA
• HBI
• HFTP
• HSMAI
• IFC
• ISHC
• LHA
• NABHOOD
• NEWH