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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 6th, 2026

Neil Locke

Neil Locke

Neil Locke is a veteran of the hospitality business with more than 41 years of experience. Locke currently operates Neil Locke & Associates, a boutique hospitality procurement company. Locke spent seven years in hotel operations and hotel purchasing departments in...
Jim Looney

Jim Looney

Jim Looney is president of Looney & Associates, an award-winning and highly acclaimed interior design company with offices in Chicago and Dallas. Their extensive portfolio includes resorts, hotels, commercial and residential properties in locations in Arizona,...
Stephen Perkins

Stephen Perkins

In 2004, Stephen Perkins was inducted into the Hospitality DesignPlatinum Circle in recognition of the hospitality design of ForrestPerkins. Founded in 1998 by Stephen Perkins, Deborah Forrest, and Cliff Tuttle, ForrestPerkins became a broadly recognized interior...
Ian Schrager

Ian Schrager

During the ‘70s and ‘80s, Ian Schrager and his late business partner Steve Rubell, created Studio 54 and Palladium nightclubs. They soon opened Morgans Hotel in 1984 followed by the Royalton Hotel and Paramount Hotel. Schrager also received international recognition...
Isadore Sharp

Isadore Sharp

After founding Four Seasons Hotels in 1960 Isadore Sharp built and opened the first Four Seasons, a 125-room motor hotel in Toronto in 1961. In 2009, Sharp summarized his experience and business philosophy in a book Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy....