Jed Heller of Providence Group to Moderate Workshop at NABHOOD 2008
JULY 7, 2008. The Providence Group, LLC, a Massachusetts-based full service hospitality management company, announced today that company president, Jed C. Heller, will moderate a workshop for first time hotel owners at the 12th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Multicultural Tourism Summit & Trade Show, to be held July 16 - 19, 2008 at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center. The event is presented by the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers (NABHOOD), Black Meetings & Tourism Magazine and Horizons Marketing Group.
The workshop - ABC's of Hotel Ownership - Becoming a First Time Hotel Owner -will include panelists Stephen H. Crabill, VP Franchise Development, Hilton Hotels Corporation; John Sturgess, VP of Development Select Service Hotels, Carlson Hotels; Brian Parker, VP Emerging Markets & New Business Development, Choice Hotels; Gus Stamoutsos, SVP Franchise Sales & New Construction, Wyndham Hotel; and Dean Savas, Senior VP Franchise, Accor-NA.
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