HI Connect Design 2012
Gaylord Opryland Resort
& Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
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HI Connect Design 2012
March 21 – 23, 2012
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
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Wednesday March 21
6:00pm – 10:00pm Welcome Reception
Thursday March 22
8:00am – 10:00am Breakfast, General Session
10:30am – 5:30pm Event Floor Hours
7:00pm – 11:00pm Evening Party
Friday March 23
8:00am – 10:00am Breakfast, General Session
10:30am – 5:30pm Event Floor Hours
7:00pm – 11:00pm Award Gala Dinner
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Forget what you know about hospitality trade shows...
this is the hospitality experience reimagined, a unique opportunity to interact with environments and products while connecting
with the contacts you need!
Enter into an extraordinary world of different vignettes... full scale hotel settings displaying a designer’s vision and the
latest products and services interacting with each other, to be experienced firsthand. It’s immersive, imaginative, innovative...
and not to be missed.
HI Connect Design has no aisles or booths, just 150,000 square feet of event floor transformed into in a clever ‘neighborhood’ layout of over 50 live constructed hotel spaces.
Explore the entire show floor to meet world-renowned designers and learn about the products they’ve incorporated into each vignette.
Continuous food service is available in all public space vignettes.
World Class Educational Panels!
Top industry procurement pros, innovative owners, and leading hotel company development executives are set to appear.
Session 1
Purchasing Trends from the Top
Procurement pros share their thoughts on unifying smart design with key purchasing trends.
- Dave Lippert, Vice President, A&C Procurement, Marriott International
- Richard Bennett, Vice President Design & Supply of Best Western International, Inc.
- Roland Ornelas, Vice President of Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing at Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
- Anne Hanch, Vice President of Purchasing of Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- John Noller, Vice President Supply Management of Hilton Supply Management
- Michele Sweeting, Senior Vice President of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Session 2
Design From The Brand Development View
Leading industry brands explore design trends and share how they’re adapting to consumer’s changing expectations.
- Bill Fortier, SVP Development Americas, Hilton Worldwide.
- Roger Bloss, President & CEO of Vantage Hospitality
- David Pepper, Senior Vice President of Global Development of Choice Hotels International Inc.
- Gus Stamoutsos, EVP of Franchise Development of Wyndham Hotel Group
- B.H. Horn, Director, Development, Americas, Carlson Rezidor
Session 3
One-on-One Interview
Hotel Interactive's own Glenn Haussman, Editor in Chief, speaks with Bruce Ford of Lodging Econometrics.
- You will gain valuable insight on critical issues while they dissect the construction and renovation pipeline revealing your best business building opportunities.
Session 4
Hearing From The Owners You Need to Know
Hear how this group perceives design and what they believe are the most critical elements for creating a successful hotel.
Co-Moderators Dennis Nessler, Editor & James (Jay) Schultz, SVP Hospitality Group ICD Publications, Inc.
- Jerry Cataldo, President of Hostmark Hotels
- Gerry Chase, President of New Castle Hotels
- Michael George, President & CEO of Crescent Hotels
- Richard Millard, Chairman & CEO of Trust Hospitality
- Jim Petrus, COO, Trump Collection
Session 5
The Visibility Coach
Marketing pro David Avrin is known internationally as the "Visibility Coach."
- David has spent over two decades on the front lines of Marketing, Public Relations and Strategic Branding. His highly-informative, thought-provoking and always entertaining marketing programs have been presented to audiences across North America and around the world. He is the author of three books including the Amazon best-seller: It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You!
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 HI Connect Design is brought to you by Hotel Interactive, the hotel industry’s most insightful provider of original and edgy editorial content.
More than just the news; the Hotel Interactive Network is a catalyst, helping lodging pros leverage knowlege to their advantage.
Educational and entertaining, Hotel Interactive offers an analytical look at everything hoteliers need to know.
With an unequaled audience, the Network has and impressive reach and readership in the hotel community.
The Hotel Interactive Network plugs you into more than 90,000 Daily eNews newsletter subscribers.
 Hotel Interactive produces SIX world reknowned BITAC™ events each year;
BITAC™ Luxury, BITAC™ Purchasing & Design East, BITAC™ Purchasing & Design West, BITAC™ Owners, BITAC™ F&B, and BITAC™ Tech & Operations.
BITAC events provide an unparalleled business building forum for prominent executives in the hospitality industry, fostering long-term relationships.
These highly acclaimed events have earned a reputation for bringing together the top echelon of purchasing decision makers for an intimate and productive experience.
HI Connect Design
For general information...
(631) 424-7755 x 150
imagine. discover. connect.
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