The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) has announced programming for its 2017 conference June 7th at the Times Center in New York. The annual event assembles hoteliers, investors, and developers, and this year includes more than 50 speakers who will illuminate various corners of the hospitality market.
Leading Hotels of the World CEO Ted Teng and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington will serve as the keynote speakers for this year’s conference and will be interviewed by CNN Money digital correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich. Additional featured speakers will include Equinox Hotels CEO Christopher Norton, West Elm Hotels principal David Bowd, JF Capital Investors CEO Jonathan Falik, Gettys COO and president Andrew Fay, Sixty Hotels owner Jason Pomeranc, Arrive Hotels co-founder Chris Pardo, and Grace Hotels CEO Robert Swade.
Panel topics will include boutique and lifestyle hotel development and investment issues, a luxury brands update, a New York market snapshot, and the latest industry forecasts and 2018 trends.
“This is our biggest and best year yet for our annual Hotel Investment Conference, as we continue to connect the who’s who in the boutique industry,” says BLLA founder and CEO Frances Kiradjian. “We have the best talent in the space that will be in attendance from around the world to teach, inform, and advise on the latest in the boutique and lifestyle world.”
