HAMA is the preeminent organization of professionals representing hotel ownership worldwide. Our mission is the enhancement of hospitality asset value through education advancement of the profession and serving as the collective voice of ownership. The region served by the new Association covers the entire Asia Pacific, comprising 56 economies throughout Asia and Oceania. HAMA Asia Pacific classifies these economies into four regions South, Southeast, Central-east, and Oceania.

The HAMA Asia Pacific is directly affiliated to HAMA USA, which was formed in 1991 with the principal objective of creating a unified voice for hotel owners. The organization, which started with six founding members, is now a professional body consisting of 175 members. Owners represented in HAMA have approximately 3,200 hotels and 750,000 hotel rooms.

“As the profession develops, it was a logical evolution to open HAMA Asia Pacific”, says President HAMA Asia Pacific and Managing Director of Global Asset Solution, Alex Sogno. “We have many talented hotel asset managers already involved and the criteria for admission will match HAMA USA”

“HAMA Asia Pacific members will meet twice a year, one day prior large hotel investment conferences in the regions,” says Vice President HAMA Asia Pacific and Senior Vice President – Asset Management, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, Tasos Kousloglou. “Panelists will include decision-makers on capital investments, renovation, repositioning of assets, operational policies and selections franchise”.

For more information about HAMA Asia Pacific visit www.hamagroup.org.

For further information please contact:

Alex SOGNO

Tasos KOUSLOGLOU

61 Club Street, Singapore 069436

415 Hamurana Road, RD2, Rotorua 3072, New Zealand

Phone:

+64 21 127 9076

sogno@globalassetsolution.com

+65 91 383737

Tasos.Kousloglou@ap.jll.com

Upcoming Opening of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association Asia Pacific

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However what you might call “circumstance evidence,” as well as comments made by TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer to the Wall Street Journal this weekend, seem to confirm the site’s displeasure with Google:

 “Google does seem to be chasing us and I don’t like it one bit,” said Mr. Kaufer, adding that he has been negotiating with Google for about two months to try to improve his situation.

TripAdvisor is part of the coalition of travel sites opposing the ITA acquisition as well.

This dance of ambivalence is likely to continue as key local and vertical content publishers try to maximize traffic from Google without providing too much to render unnecessary visits to their sites. Yelp went through a version of this and appeared to resolve its differences with Google. Now TripAdvisor seems to have done the same. Who’s next?

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• Pool, 12%
• Exercise room, 5%

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The primary role for this position is to teach a required, junior-level core course in Hospitality Property Management covering the following:

• the roles and responsibilities of the owner, operator, brand, and asset manager;
• approaches to assessing a property’s physical condition as part of the acquisition process;
• strategies for protecting and conserving the physical asset, including renovation planning and management, and
• the environmental impact of hospitality facilities and current trends toward sustainability in operations.

There is also opportunity to develop additional required and elective course in this area based on the successful candidate’s interests and expertise.   

Qualifications:  Candidates should have at least a Master’s degree in a built-environment or business field (Hospitality Administration, Real Estate, Construction Management, Architecture, or other related discipline), five or more years of property-based asset management experience, and be professionally certified within their specific field.  This position would particularly suit an industry professional looking to transition to academia. 

Rank and salary:  The Lecturer position is a three-year, renewable appointment to begin in August 2011.  Rank and salary will be determined based upon academic achievement and experience.  Appointments are non-month terms with attractive fringe benefits.

Institution:  The School of Hotel Administration, one of seven undergraduate colleges at Cornell University, has approximately 800 undergraduate and 70 graduate students. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest hospitality management program in the world, with a resident faculty of approximately 70 and over 8,000 alumni worldwide.  The School of Hotel Administration is located at the center of the Cornell campus in Statler Hall, which includes offices, classrooms, computer and food laboratories, a hospitality management library, and the 150 room Statler Hotel and J.W. Marriott Conference Center-a management laboratory for the students of the School.

Application: forward me a note and I will send you the details. Please check also check http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/

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