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Ian Schrager and various boutique hotel icons come together to support the noticeable growth of boutique hotels
Nearly 100 accomplished leaders create the 2021 agenda for the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference
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Sponsor Greenberg Traurig speaks at the conference Photo: BLLA
Los Angeles - Global experts have confirmed their participation at the 9th annual Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 2-3, 2021, produced by BLLA (Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association). They are all coming together to shape the year s most sought-after sector of hospitality. From workshops to mentorship circles, to debates, to keynotes, to investment opportunity presentations, and more, there will be a range of content and networking opportunities for all hotel investment professionals. The time has finally come where the most profita
Outdoor space at the Thunderbird Hotel in Marfa.
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In 1929, a used-car salesman in Waco named Edgar Lee Torrance opened what would become the first motel chain in America. With its cheesy white-stucco wink to the Alamo’s facade, Torrance’s Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts featured individual carports for guests, telephones in each room, and “a Beautyrest mattress on every bed,” according to newspaper advertisements.
The chain’s eventual expansion to twenty courts in six Southern states predated the nation’s first Holiday Inn, which didn’t open until 1952, and Howard Johnson’s, which was founded in 1954. Torrance helped cement Texas’s reputation as a state in love with its open roads and far-flung destinations. The marketing slogan was Torrance’s idea of Texas shorthand: “Remember the Alamo Plaza.”
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Terry Giles ’70 (B.A. speech communication), owner and president of Giles Enterprises. Photo: College of Business and Economics
Alumnus Terry M. Giles lawyer, business leader, entrepreneur, author and longtime supporter of Cal State Fullerton has pledged a $1 million gift to benefit the Center for Leadership through his Giles O’Malley Foundation.
“With his generous support and visionary leadership, Terry is expanding the high-impact opportunities we aim to equitably provide all students at our top ten-ranked business school,” said President Fram Virjee. “The impact of this investment will eternally reverberate across the local business community and beyond, as it powers the development of diverse leaders needed for the future Orange County.”