"Developing Into the Next Decade" Schedule
"Developing Into the Next Decade" Symposium Schedule (subject to change):
Thursday, May 7th
6:30-8:30pm Opening Reception
Friday, May 8th
6:45-7:50am Breakfast
7:50-8:25am Welcome to "Developing Into the Next Decade"
Alon Ben-Gurion: GM, The Hilton at Rye Town
Gary Dower: Chairman, New York Spa Alliance
Deniz Omurgonulson: President, New York Hotel Society; Director Membership Developmen, Leading Spas of the World
8:25-8:55am "The Global Hotel Development Outlook"
Simon Turner: President, Global Development, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
8:55-9:35am "Hospitality for the Decade, The Outlook"
Anne R. Lloyd-Jones, CRE: Senior Vice President, HVS
9:35-9:50am Break
9:50-11:05am "The Evolving Spa Consumer"
Carolee Friedlander: Founder and CEO, Access Circles
Wolf Hengst: Chairman, Wahanda
Nancy Novogrod: Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, American Express Publishing; Editor In-Chief, Travel + Leisure
Barbara Talbott: Founder and CEO, GlenLarkin Advisors, LLC
11:05-11:45am "The Success of Cornelia's Development & Its Future"
Rick Aidekman: Co-Founder, Cornelia Day Resort
Ellen Sackoff: Co-Founder, Cornelia Day Resort
11:35-1:05pm Lunch
1:05-1:50pm "Entrepreneurial New York Developers"
Yael Alkalay: Owner, Red Flower
Gary Dower: Chairman, NYSPA; Co-Founder, Mirbeau
Annbeth Eschbach: Founder & CEO, Exhale
Rachel Hogancamp: Founder, Owner, Rasa Spa
1:50-2:30pm "Development for the Management Company - How Goes It?"
Greg Miller: CEO and President, PM Hospitality Company
2:30-3:25pm "Creative Marketing & Generation of Income for Spas into the New Decade"
Jim Cox: Founder, The Jim Cox Company
Leslie Leonard: GM, La Tourelle and August Moon
Nicole Lingos: Director of Marketing, Leading Hotels of the World & Leading Spas of the World
Chris Pulito: GM, Mirbeau Inn & Spa
3:25-3:40pm Afternoon Coffee Break
3:40-4:20pm "Profitable Multiunit Spa and Fitness Development"
Steve Kass: CEO, American Leisure
Teresa McKee: Chief Operating Officer, Red Door Spas
4:20-6:20pm "Developing a Spa Alliance in New York State"
Gary Dower: Chairman, NYSPA; Co-Founder, Mirbeau Inn & Spa
Mary Gendron: Board Member, NYSPA; President, Middleton & Gendron
Karen Watson: Board Member, NYSPA; Spa Director, The Sagamore
Charlotte Wytias: Secretary, NYSPA
6:45-7:20pm Wine and Networking
7:20-9:45pm Dinner: Sponsored by Precor
Saturday, May 9th
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am "Hotel Spa Profitability, Will It Continue? The Latest Hotel Spa and Salon Data"
John A. Fox: Senior Vice President, PKF
9:15-10:00 "SpaSTAR - Spa Performance Metrics"
Jan Frietag: Vice President, STR
10:00-10:15am Coffee/Tea Break
10:15-10:55am "Development Criteria for Leading Spas of the World"
Deniz Ormurgonulsen: President, New York Hotel Society; Director, Membership Development, Leading Hotels of the WorldI
10:55-11:45am "Sustainable Spa Design and Development"
Clodagh
11:45-1:00pm Networking Lunch - Meet NYSPA Board Members
1:00-1:50pm "How Brand Influences Spa Design"
Elizabeth Pizzinato: Vice President, Brand Communications
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Jeanie Kleuter: Architect, Director of Spa and Wellness Design, WATG
1:50-2:30pm "Spa Branding"
Mia Kyricos: Director of Spa Development, Operations & Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts World Wide
Jeremy McCarthy: Director of Spa Development, Operations & Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts World Wide
2:30-3:15pm "Starwood Capital's New Brands"
Neil Jacobs: President Global Hotel Operations, Starwood Capital Group
"Developing Into the Next Decade" Symposium Schedule (subject to change):
Thursday, May 7th
6:30-8:30pm Opening Reception
Friday, May 8th
6:45-7:50am Breakfast
7:50-8:25am Welcome to "Developing Into the Next Decade"
Alon Ben-Gurion: GM, The Hilton at Rye Town
Gary Dower: Chairman, New York Spa Alliance
Deniz Omurgonulson: President, New York Hotel Society; Director Membership Developmen, Leading Spas of the World
8:25-8:55am "The Global Hotel Development Outlook"
Simon Turner: President, Global Development, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
8:55-9:35am "Hospitality for the Decade, The Outlook"
Anne R. Lloyd-Jones, CRE: Senior Vice President, HVS
9:35-9:50am Break
9:50-11:05am "The Evolving Spa Consumer"
Carolee Friedlander: Founder and CEO, Access Circles
Wolf Hengst: Chairman, Wahanda
Nancy Novogrod: Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, American Express Publishing; Editor In-Chief, Travel + Leisure
Barbara Talbott: Founder and CEO, GlenLarkin Advisors, LLC
11:05-11:45am "The Success of Cornelia's Development & Its Future"
Rick Aidekman: Co-Founder, Cornelia Day Resort
Ellen Sackoff: Co-Founder, Cornelia Day Resort
11:35-1:05pm Lunch
1:05-1:50pm "Entrepreneurial New York Developers"
Yael Alkalay: Owner, Red Flower
Gary Dower: Chairman, NYSPA; Co-Founder, Mirbeau
Annbeth Eschbach: Founder & CEO, Exhale
Rachel Hogancamp: Founder, Owner, Rasa Spa
1:50-2:30pm "Development for the Management Company - How Goes It?"
Greg Miller: CEO and President, PM Hospitality Company
2:30-3:25pm "Creative Marketing & Generation of Income for Spas into the New Decade"
Jim Cox: Founder, The Jim Cox Company
Leslie Leonard: GM, La Tourelle and August Moon
Nicole Lingos: Director of Marketing, Leading Hotels of the World & Leading Spas of the World
Chris Pulito: GM, Mirbeau Inn & Spa
3:25-3:40pm Afternoon Coffee Break
3:40-4:20pm "Profitable Multiunit Spa and Fitness Development"
Steve Kass: CEO, American Leisure
Teresa McKee: Chief Operating Officer, Red Door Spas
4:20-6:20pm "Developing a Spa Alliance in New York State"
Gary Dower: Chairman, NYSPA; Co-Founder, Mirbeau Inn & Spa
Mary Gendron: Board Member, NYSPA; President, Middleton & Gendron
Karen Watson: Board Member, NYSPA; Spa Director, The Sagamore
Charlotte Wytias: Secretary, NYSPA
6:45-7:20pm Wine and Networking
7:20-9:45pm Dinner: Sponsored by Precor
Saturday, May 9th
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am "Hotel Spa Profitability, Will It Continue? The Latest Hotel Spa and Salon Data"
John A. Fox: Senior Vice President, PKF
9:15-10:00 "SpaSTAR - Spa Performance Metrics"
Jan Frietag: Vice President, STR
10:00-10:15am Coffee/Tea Break
10:15-10:55am "Development Criteria for Leading Spas of the World"
Deniz Ormurgonulsen: President, New York Hotel Society; Director, Membership Development, Leading Hotels of the WorldI
10:55-11:45am "Sustainable Spa Design and Development"
Clodagh
11:45-1:00pm Networking Lunch - Meet NYSPA Board Members
1:00-1:50pm "How Brand Influences Spa Design"
Elizabeth Pizzinato: Vice President, Brand Communications
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Jeanie Kleuter: Architect, Director of Spa and Wellness Design, WATG
1:50-2:30pm "Spa Branding"
Mia Kyricos: Director of Spa Development, Operations & Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts World Wide
Jeremy McCarthy: Director of Spa Development, Operations & Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts World Wide
2:30-3:15pm "Starwood Capital's New Brands"
Neil Jacobs: President Global Hotel Operations, Starwood Capital Group
