IMN to Host 2nd Florida Conference

Financing, Developing & Operating Condo Hotels

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. October 14, 2008

NEW YORK, April 18, 2006 -- Top developers, owners, mortgage lenders and service providers will gather at Information Management Network's ("IMN") 2nd Annual Florida Symposium on Financing, Developing & Operating Condo Hotels on May 22-23, 2006 at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, Florida. IMN's 2005 Miami and Las Vegas Condo Hotel Symposia were enthusiastically received by market participants and have become the standard-bearing events in this industry.

"I spoke at both the Miami and Las Vegas events and found them to be the most detailed coverage of the sector available. IMN's timely gatherings of the industry's hottest (and most misunderstood?) sector have been a valuable way for the industry's leading professionals experienced in the sector to trade best practices, lessons learned and war stories for the benefit of all participants," said Mark A. Lunt, Sr. Manager & Practice Leader: SE Area & Caribbean Basin Hospitality Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP.

Every day new condo hotel developments are being announced in major vacation destinations and 24-hour cities. IMN's Florida symposium is an opportunity to thoroughly examine these hybrid properties and focus on the issues that affect all of the players within the condo hotel marketplace.

Lunt continued, "Most events that I present at have a session or two devoted to the topic as part of a broader hospitality focus which allows only high-level coverage of a segment badly needing explanation and dialogue. In contrast, IMN's condominium-hotel symposium allows us all to delve into a level of detail that really gives participants the guidance and coverage the segment needs."

The Hollywood conference will feature 28 sessions, including specialized programming for New/Prospective Owners and Small Property Owners; In-Depth Regional Market Roundtables; Unit Rental Management; Sales Compliance; as well as many additional agenda innovations. More than 40 condo hotel owner/operators are confirmed speakers, including:

-- Donald J. Trump, Jr., THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION

-- Gil Dezer, President, DEZER DEVELOPMENT

-- Jody Kriss, SVP BAYROCK

-- Claudio Stivelman, President, SHEFAOR DEVELOPMENT

-- R. Donahue Peebles, President & CEO, THE PEEBLES CORPORATION

-- John M. McManus, VP & General Counsel-Residential & Retail Divisions-Project CityCenter, MGM MIRAGE INTERNATIONAL

-- Alejandro Aparicio, EVP FORTUNE INTERNATIONAL HOTELS INC.

-- Fabrizio Passalacqua, CEO HOLLYWOOD GRANDE

-- Mark Waltrip, COO WESTGATE RESORTS

IMN'S 2nd Annual Florida Symposium on Financing, Developing & Operating Condo Hotels is supported by more than 40 corporate sponsors including major hotel brands; finance providers; legal/accounting services; management, marketing, and architecture firms; and technology suppliers - including Condo Hotel Center, Sunburst Marketing Group and CondotelWare.

For more information about the Florida Symposium please visit http://www.imn.org/condohotelpr. If you would like to feature this event in your publication, please contact Erica Kirwan of IMN at 212.901.0546 or email marketing@imn.org.