NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--The
California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) elected its 2012
Board of Directors at its annual meeting this Wednesday, November 30th
at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach. The 2012 chair
will be Rick Anderson of the Casa Tropicana Inn, San Clemente. In
addition, the elected officers for 2012 were announced as Allan
Farwell, Hyatt Grand Champions Resort & Spa (Vice Chair); Bimal
Patel, CHA, Concept Hotels (Secretary/Treasurer); and Pam Richardson,
CHA, Barmaper & Associates (Immediate Past Chairperson). Lynn
Mohrfeld, CAE is the President & CEO of CH&LA.
Additionally, four new members were elected to the Board of Directors
for 2012. René Boskoff of the Monterey Marriott Hotel, Dave
Britton of the Holiday Inn Torrance, Bill Gunderson of the Anaheim
Marriott Hotel and Bruce Abney of the El Morocco Inn, representing the
California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns (CABBI), which is
part of CH&LA.
In his acceptance speech, chair-elect Anderson urged members to engage
with the association and praised the association for its diversity in
leadership. “It’s a testament to the diversity of the industry that an
owner of a small boutique property has been chosen to lead CH&LA”,
said Anderson. “I look forward to guiding the association this next
year and working with our outstanding team in Sacramento to protect the
lodging industry.”
“2012 is gearing up to be an exciting time for the lodging industry,”
said Lynn Mohrfeld, CAE, CH&LA’s President & CEO. “And under
the guidance and leadership of an outstanding Board of Directors, I am
confident that CH&LA will be set for yet another successful year.”
The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) was
established in 1893 and is a Partner State Association of the American
Hotel & Lodging Association. It represents all segments of the
lodging industry including the California Association of Bed &
Breakfast Inns - California’s largest association of professional
innkeepers and certified bed and breakfast inns. CH&LA is the
leading resource for communicating and protecting the rights and
interests of the California lodging industry. CH&LA is on the web
at www.calodging.com.