When the International Hotel Investment Forum kicks off on Monday in Berlin, Germany, SHA’s Steve Carvell, associate dean for academic affairs, Meg Keilbach, director of alumni affairs and development, and Joseph D. Strodel, Jr., director of communications and corporate affairs, will be in attendance. They will join alumni and industry friends at the 4th Annual Cornell/Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne Reception at IHIF/ITB, being held March 6, 8:00–10:00 p.m., at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin. Over 250 senior leaders in the hospitality industry are expected to attend this principal networking event in Europe.
Current sponsors are: Cleverdis – Diamond sponsor, Bench Events, FRANCE24, Hersha Hospitality Trust, Hess Family Estates, Hospitality Inside, Hotel Management magazine, HotelNewsNow.com, Hsyndicate, the International Hotel Investment Forum, Laurent-Perrier, Questex Hospitality Group, the Ritz-Carlton Berlin, Wyndham Hotel Group, and the Cornell School of Hotel Administration’s Center for Hospitality Research, Center for Real Estate and Finance and Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship.
In addition, the Cornell Hotel Society (CHS) German chapter is hosting the ITB 2012 Breakfast at the Excelsior Hotel Berlin. The breakfast will be held March 8, 8:00–10:00 a.m. Special guests and remarks by Liv Gussing ’91, first vice president of CHS, Steve Carvell, associate dean for academic affairs, and Joseph D. Strodel, Jr., director of communications and corporate affairs. Please RSVP by March 6 to andreas.martin@hotelforum.org.