The event will feature seminars to address the unique concerns of this audience with topics including development, finance, ownership programs and integration, construction, design, and management.  Also, there will be several experts available to discuss the international resort and vacation industries.
 

�This is truly a special event that addresses issues affecting the entire lodging industry,� said 2001 AH&LA Chairman John Russell.  �Our recent name change compels us to embrace a wide-spectrum of lodging properties and this conference is the perfect opportunity to do exactly that.� In addition, the conference will introduce a �Financial Marketplace� where delegates will have an opportunity to meet with lenders from all resort

Morris E. Lasky, chief executive officer and founder of the LUI Group, has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 40 years. He formed Lodging Unlimited in 1970 to provide quality management, consulting and marketing services for the hospitality industry.   He has been Chairman of The Lodging Conference, an annual event held in the fall at The Arizona Biltmore, since its inception in 1995 and was Chairman of The Lodging Management Academy in 1999.

�We are excited to team up with AH&LA to create this wonderful experience for this exclusive group of hoteliers,� said Lodging Unlimited, Inc., CEO Morris Lasky.

�We anticipate the conference to be a great success and look forward to building upon it in the future,� said The Conference Bureau President Harry Javer.

For additional information on the International Resort Conference, call Lasky at (312) 595-1390 or Javer at (212) 595-1390.

AH&LA, founded in 1910, is a federation of state lodging associations throughout the United States, with some 11,000 property members worldwide, representing more than 1.4 million rooms.