8th Annual Resort Conference - April 2008 - (Page 3) ronado otel del Co 008 • H 16-18, 2 April Session B: Operations Track: Sustainable community relations/cultural practices Sustainability isn't just about the ecology. How can resorts contribute to the preservation of the culture and communities, which they are part of, in order to maintain the authenticity of the traveler's experience, the desirability of destinations, and mutually beneficial relations with the community? MODERATOR: Bruce Hutton, Dean, Daniels College of Business PANELISTS: To be Announced Session C: Trends Track: Immigration reform (or not)…What are the implications for…. Changing immigration laws; negotiating today’s laws for hiring foreign employees and future trends. MODERATOR: Paul Laesecke, Senior Lecturer, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver PANELISTS: Cindy Clark, Director of Human Resources, Broadmoor; Additional Panelist to be Announced • San Diego, CA • www.resortconference.com 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM: Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Concurrent Session 2 Session D: Marketing Track: Using “Green” To Market Your Resort….or should you? A Best Practices Discussion Industry experts discuss marketing strategies behind environmentally friendly trends. Session E: Operations Track: Changing to Sustainable Practices Without Compromising Property Standards and Customer Expectations. Sustainable practices are, by definition, those which will be valued by resort guests. Developers and operators of resorts, therefore, are challenged to identify those practices with value added opportunity for guests in terms of the environment and community. In this session, we will discuss such practices using examples from various benchmark properties, and discuss identification process techniques that have been effective for the developers and operators of those benchmark properties. MODERATOR: Crist Inman, CEO, The LaPaz Group and INCAE Business School PANELISTS: Therese Virserius, CEO, Therese Virserius Design; Doug Fryett, Founder and President, Fryett Consulting Group; Additional Panelist to be Announced Session F: Trends Track: Vacation compression – what do leisure travelers need now? More than half of all U.S. workers fail to take all of their annual vacation days. What implication does this have for the resort industry? What new products are needed to get leisure travelers out of the office and into your resorts? MODERATOR: Robert Mill, Professor, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver PANELISTS: Terri Haack, Executive VP and Managing Director, Terranea Resort 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: General Session 2: Emerging Lifestyles Highlights from the 2008 National Leisure Travel Monitor, a national survey of the travel habits, preferences and intentions of Americans that is now in its 16th year. SPEAKER: Peter Yesawich, President and CEO, Y Partnership 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM: Luncheon/Resort Executive of the Year Announcement sponsored by Y Partnership 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM: General Session 3: Niche Innovations and the Mainstreaming of Sustainability: Redefining the Resort Through Mixed Use This presentation will highlight both modest and “outside the box” innovations at resorts around the world that demonstrate how the concept of sustainability is coming closer to intersecting with mainstream resort development and operational practices. There will be a focus on practical recommendations for resort developers, both niche and mainstream, in their efforts to develop and operate with greater ecological and social responsibility, on how to leverage such responsibility into profitability. SPEAKER: Crist Inman, CEO, The LaPaz Group and INCAE Business School 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall Agenda continued on page 4
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