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We are pleased to invite you to the 16th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show on July 25-28, 2012 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida. The theme is “A Decade of Progress”. This event is presented by the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers (NABHOOD), Black Meetings & Tourism Magazine and Horizons Marketing Group. The market has begun to turn around. This year’s summit will be exciting and packed with information to help you understand the many opportunities available in hotel ownership, investment and supplier diversity.
The 4-day educational summit is designed to educate attendees on becoming a hotel owner or investor, share minority investment trends, explore supplier opportunities, how to market to minorities and diversity issues affecting the industry. The summit opens on Wednesday morning, July 25 with the NABHOOD/HBCU Scholarship Golf Tournament on the Blue Monster Course to raise money for minority hospitality students, followed at noon with our Orientation Program for new & prospective hotel owners, Committee Meetings, Opening General Session and a Welcome Reception in the evening. General Sessions & workshops will be held Thursday and Friday with Student workshops on Friday and Saturday morning followed by the NABHOOD Career Fair & Job Expo.
NABHOOD Corporate Dinners take place Thursday evening to allow new & potential owners to spend time with their preferred hotel brand (eligible attendees must sign up in advance and is based on availability). Several hotel companies will have Corporate Suites during the summit and we encourage you to visit them for additional information. The NABHOOD Awards Luncheon is on Thursday to recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated through their actions a commitment to diversity while providing opportunities to minorities. The Trade Show will be on Friday in addition to our “Focus on the Caribbean” where you can meet Caribbean government investment and hotel representatives to hear about investment opportunities and incentives.
Summit attendees include African American hoteliers, entrepreneurs, national leaders and hospitality representatives, city/state/country development representatives and financial experts. Invited speakers Bill Marriott, Chairman/CEO, Marriott Hotels Intl.; Christopher J. Nassetta, President/CEO, Hilton Hotels Corp.; Eric Danziger, President/CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group; Jim Abrahamson, President, InterContinental Hotels Group; Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Bahamas Minister of Tourism/Aviation to speak about Caribbean tourism opportunities. Industry professionals will lead general sessions, workshops and seminars to spark discussion on African American hotel ownership, public/private partnerships, financing, franchising, investment opportunities, creating partnerships, employment & supplier opportunities.
You will meet individuals seeking partners and/or investment opportunities. Past conferences featured successful African Americans in the industry like Sheila Johnson, Owner of Salamander Hospitality LLC who is developing upscale boutique hotels; Richmond McCoy, President of UrbanAmerica, who opened the largest Doubletree Hotel in the world in Orlando Florida; Tom Baltimore, President/Co-Founder of RLJ Development, who partnered with Bob Johnson formerly of BET to create one of the largest hotel companies in the country. Learn about our new effort to increase minority supplier opportunities and hear from Carl Mayfield, Sr. VP of Design & Construction for RLJ Development and Angela Clark, Director of Purchasing, Select Service & Extended Stay Brand, Marriott Intl. Meet Margia Blankenship, first African American woman owner who developed a Candlewood Suites in Houston; Deanne Ayers-Howard and husband LeRoy, who created a partnership to develop more hotels; McDonald restaurant operators Hank Thomas and Ron & Don Bailey who are now hotel owners; Ernest Murphy former university professor turned hotel developer; Ulysses Glee who is developing his first project in Silver Springs, MD and Evens Charles, our youngest owner. Hear how Indian Americans became the largest minority hotel owners in America from Alkesh Patel, AAHOA Chairman.
Early registration is $350 for NABHOOD members & $450 for non-members if received by May 18. Registration includes all conference programs.
For additional information contact Horizons Marketing Group Intl. at Tel: (954) 792-2579 Fax: (954) 337-2877 or E-mail:
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