Preliminary Program
ISHC
ISHC 20th Anniversary Conference: Fairmont Hotel - Washington, DC October 2, 2008

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS ISHC INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HOSPITALITY CONSULTANTS

Partnering for Success–the Next 20 years

ISHC 2008 20th Anniversary Conference
The Fairmont Washington DC Hotel
October 30-November 2

Preliminary Program as of August 15, 2008

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th

8:00 AM – 5:30 PM Registration
8:00 AM – 12:15 PM ISHC Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ISHC Membership Meeting
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Candidate Introductions
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Networking and Refreshment Break
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Welcome Remarks Presenter: Rachel Roginsky, ISHC, Conference Chair, Principal, Pinnacle Advisory Group
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM The Past is History, the Future a Mystery, and the Present a “Gift” – Special 20th Anniversary Presentation
Coordinated by: Drew Dimond, ISHC, Dimond Hotel Consulting Group
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM “In the Year 2020”

Moderator: Chuck Pinkowski, ISHC, Founder Pinkowski & Company

Participants:
Peggy Berg, ISHC, President, The Highland Group
David Brudney, ISHC, Principal, David Brudney & Associates
Bernard Delomenie, ISHC, Chief Executive Officer, Horwath Hospitality & Leisure Limited
Rick Swig, ISHC, President - RSBA & Associates
Rich Warnick, ISHC, Principal, Warnick & Company, LLC

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Colonnade
Welcome to DC! Reception
Sponsored by: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM  View from the Top - Executive Roundtable
   
Moderator: Jim Burba, ISHC, President BHN, Advisor Horwath HTL
 
  Participants:
Chris Cahill, COO, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Stephen P. Joyce, President, CEO, Choice Hotels International
Richard Kelleher, Principal, CEO, Pyramid Advisors
John Murray, President, COO, Hospitality Properties Trust
Tom Murray, COO, The Americas, InterContinental Hotels Group, IHG
 
   
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM  Future of Hotel Industry – Thoughts from our Partners
   
Moderator: Rick Pastorino, ISHC, President, REVPAR International Inc.
 
  Panelists:
Jean Claude Baumgarten, President, WTTC
John P. Heimlich, VP & Chief Economist, Air Transport Association
Robert Gilbert, President & CEO HSMAI
Joseph McInerney, President AH&LA
Howard Nusbaum, President & CEO ARDA
   
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM  Networking and Refreshment Break
   
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  Tech Update: Today’s Trends, Tomorrow’s Directions
   
Moderator: Jon Inge ISHC, Jon Inge & Associates
 
  Panelists:
John Burns, ISHC, Hospitality Technology Consulting
Bonnie Buckhiester,ISHC, President & CEO, Buckhiester Mgt Ltd.
Don O'Neal, ISHC, President, O'Neal Consultants
Jay Troutman, ISHC, President APTECH Computer Systems
Ted Horner, ISHC, Principal, E. Horner & Associates Pty Ltd.
11:45 AM –11:55 AM Friend of the Society Presentation
   
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Luncheon
1:30 PM – 4:45 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Please note during this timeframe there
  will be a series of three 50 minute break out sessions.
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM  Series One! Please Plan to attend one of the Following:
   
  Marketing Your Practice: 21 Practical Tips, Tools and Techniques to Increase Your Bottomline
   
  Presenters:
John Fareed, ISHC , Partner - Fareed Zapala Koepke, LLC
Lyle Hall, ISHC, Managing Director - HLT Advisory Inc.
   
  What’s New in Hotel Management Contracts – Trick or Treats?
   
  Presenters:
Don Winter, ISHC, President, The Winter Company
David Neff, ISHC, Partner - Perkins Coie LLP
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM  Human Resources Trends and Their Implications for Hotel Profitability
   
  Presenters:
Peggy Berg, ISHC, President, The Highland Group
Margaret Dyekman, CCP, SPHR, President and COO Wagewatch, Inc
Karen MacPherson, Chief Executive Officer, HCareers
   
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM  Series 2 ! Please Plan to Attend One of the Following:
   
  Professional Ecosystems-Creating Value through Dynamic Partnering
   
 Presenters:
Clay Dickinson, ISHC, Executive Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
Ken Greger, ISHC, Managing Director, Greger/Peterson Associates, Inc.
Bill Reynolds, Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer, Thayer Lodging Group
   
  Capital “holics
   
  Presenters:
Tom Morone, ISHC, Principal Warnick & Company, CA, LLC 
Sean Hennessey, ISHC, President Lodging Advisors LLC
Bill Stone, Executive Managing Director, Colliers International
 
   
  The New Hospitality Mixed Use Property—What’s Right with This Picture?
   
  Presenters:
Paul Courtnell, ISHC, Senior Partner, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P. A.
John Sweeney, ISHC, Chairman & CEO, Global Resorts, Inc.
   
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM  Networking and Refreshment Break
   
3: 40 PM – 4:30 PM  Series 3! Please Plan to Attend One of the Following:
   
  What’s Ahead in Hotel Design?
   
  Presenters:
  Ted Brumleve, ISHC, Director, Warnick & Company, LLC
Jill Cole, ISHC, Principal, Cole Martinez Curtis and Associates
   
  F & B Trends: If It’s a Flat World Why am I So Tired of Going Round It?
   
Presenters:
Bob Puccini, ISHC, President & CEO, The Puccini Group
Dennis Marzella, ISHC, CEO, Marzella & Associates
   
Creating a Marketable & Profitable Spa by Being On- Trend Rather than Trendy
   
  Presenters:
Patty Monteson, ISHC, Principal and Co-Owner
Health Fitness Dynamics, Inc.
Judy Singer, ISHC, Principal and Co-Owner
Health Fitness Dynamics, Inc.
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM  Happy Halloween: Trick or Treating! (Halloween themed
“costume” event for children of meeting attendees!)

SATURDAY, November 1

7:30 AM – 8:15 AM  Continental Breakfast
   
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM  Global Hotel Industry Performance Update
   
Presenter: Randy Smith, ISHC Chief Executive Officer, Smith Travel Research
   
9:30 AM – 10-30 AM  Whats Green Got to Do With It?
   
  Moderator: Roger Cline, Chairman & CEO, Roundhill Hospitality LLC
   
  Participants:
Matt Arrants, ISHC, Managing Director, Pinnacle Advisory Group
Linda Bruno, ISHC,Managing Director,Consultare International Ltd.
Kit Cassingham, ISHC, Founder Sage Blossom Consulting
Steve Galbreath, ISHC, Principal RTKL International Ltd
Steve Pinetti, SVP Sales & Marketing, Kimpton Hotels
 
 
 
 
   
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Networking and Refreshment Break
   
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM  Global “Sound bites”: Around the world in 45 Minutes
   
  Moderator: Angelos Loizou. ISHC, Partner in Charge of Hospitality & Leisure Services in Cyprus PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
   
  Participants:
Christophe de Bruyn, ISHC, Director Tourism & Leisure Advisory Services Europraxis Consulting
Mehmet Onkal, ISHC, Managing Director - BDO Tourism Consultancy
Ryu Iwaya, ISHC,Partner, KPMG FAS Co.Ltd
AJ Singh, ISHC, Associate Professor International Lodging Michigan State University
Charles Suddaby, ISHC,President, Charles Suddaby & Associates
David Sanson, Partner, DLA Piper Middle East LLP
Trevor Ward, ISHC, W Hospitality Group
 
 
 
 
   
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM 2009 Conference Update
   
Conference Wrap Up
   
  Presenter: Rachel Roginsky, ISHC Conference Chair, Principal, Pinnacle Advisory Group
   
6:30 PM – 6:35 PM Meet in Lobby to board coaches for the ISHC 20th Anniversary Gala
   
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM  “A Tribute to Yesteryear and A Toast to Tomorrow” Special ISHC
  20th Anniversary Gala at the InterContinental Willard Hotel
Co-hosted by the InterContinental Hotels Group, IHG