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behind the design
Hospitality Design Exposition &
Conference (HD Expo)
May 3-5, 2017
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas
www.hdexpo.com

Clodagh

Allison Cooke

Founder, Clodagh Design

Partner, CORE

Clodagh's design impact spans more
than 24 countries, and includes
hotels, luxury spas, healthcare
facilities, residential projects,
branding, fashion, and home and
hospitality products, including a
collaboration with Fil Doux Textiles
profiled on page 043. She was named
one of Architectural Digest's Top 100
Designers in the World, inducted
into HD's Platinum Circle Awards,
and recently was honored with HD's
Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian
Award for her philanthropic work
with the Thorn Tree Project.

As the director of hospitality
design at CORE, Cooke leads the
firm's restaurant work while also
providing direction for the interiors
of libraries, residential buildings,
office buildings, and hotels. She
is NCIDQ certified and LEED
accredited, holds a fine arts degree
in interior design from Miami
University in Ohio, and has built a
portfolio of speaking engagements
across the country focusing on the
varied aspects of restaurant design,
highlighted on page 136.

Contact us:
1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 355
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
770.291.5400
LIZ SOMMERVILLE < Group Show Director
elizabeth.sommerville@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5456
KEELI SCHMIDT < Sales Manager
keeli.schmidt@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5433
JANA ROESCH < Account Executive
jana.roesch@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5604
KARI NYLUND < Account Executive
kari.nylund@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5513
LAURA CASKEY < Conference Manager
laura.caskey@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5590
JENNIFER YARBER < Marketing Director
jennifer.yarber@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5459
AYESHA SHAKOOR < Marketing Coordinator
ayesha.shakoor@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5476
DERRICK NELLOMS < Senior Operations Manager
derrick.nelloms@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5452
JOE RANDALL < Executive Vice President
joe.randall@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5454

Bruce Ford

Micah Solomon

Senior Vice President, Lodging
Econometrics

Author

Ford is an expert in lodging market
intelligence and development trends,
working with LE's global client base
to help them develop sales strategies
and market penetration programs
for more than 20 years. He is also
a featured speaker on global real
estate trends at industry conferences
including the Lodging Conference
in Phoenix, the International Hotel
Investment Forum in Berlin, the NYU
Investment Conference, and HD Expo
in Las Vegas. Ford dissects the hotel
industry's projected global growth on
page 033.

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Solomon has gained a following by
speaking about building bottomline growth through customer
service. A bestselling author and
consultant, he was named the
"new guru of customer service
excellence" by the Financial Post.
The award-winning author talks
about customer experience trends
from his latest offering The Heart of
Hospitality on page 038. Solomon's
work has been featured in Inc.
magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek,
CNBC, Forbes, and the Harvard
Business Review.

DAVID LOECHNER
CEO and President
PHILIP EVANS
CFO and Treasurer
BILL CHARLES
CIO
DAVID GOSLING
Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
LORI JENKS
Senior Vice President,
Operations

TERESA REILLY
Senior Vice President,
Digital
JOANNE WHEATLEY
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Services
EILEEN DEADY
Vice President, Human
Resources
DENISE BASHEM
Vice President, Corporate
Operations

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