Conference Relocates to Atlanta Marriott MarquisATLANTA, GA—Officials today announced that Glade Knight, (top right photo) chairman & CEO, Apple REIT Companies, and Rich Karlgaard, (top left photo) publisher and columnist, Forbes Magazine, will be the keynote speakers at the 2009 Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, to be held March 15-17, 2009.
In addition, officials said that the conference has been relocated to the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia, from the Hilton Atlanta Downtown.
“Due to the turbulent economic conditions and the sobering forecasts for 2009, hoteliers are more anxious than ever to get input about the direction of the economy and the hotel industry,” said Bob Hunter, (middle right photo) CEO of Hunter Realty Associates, Inc., and Conference Chair. “Glade Knight oversees one of the nation’s largest hotel portfolios and remains an active acquirer. He brings insights into both the current hotel real estate market and an historic perspective.
"Rich Karlgaard is both publisher and a columnist for Forbes and will bring it all together for us and offer a unique ‘30,000-foot’ outlook for the economy, the success of the government’s efforts to get the economy back on track and how business leaders are responding.
"Their ability to speak directly and candidly about issues that concern hoteliers make them ideal keynote speakers and will ensure that attendees at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference receive not only the information they want to hear, but the information they need to hear.”
Glade Knight founded and oversees Apple REIT Companies, a group of hotel REITs that haved owned a total of 285 hotels and currently own 191 hotels in a range of market segments nationwide.
Celebrating 21years in 2009, the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference is one of four annual events nationwide that attract the hotel industry’s top leaders.
It will feature a program of more than 100 speakers, 15 roundtables, 16 breakout sessions, seven “main” tent sessions and two keynote speakers. Proceeds from the conference benefit the scholarship fund at Georgia State University’s Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality.
Details of the program are available at http://www.hunterconference.com/. Attendees may register on line and make their room reservations at the conference website.
For more information, contact Bob Hunter, Conference Chair; or Nancy Petenbrink, Conference Coordinator, at 770-916-0300; by fax 770-916-0301 and by email to 
npetenbrink@hunterconference.com. The conference headquarters are located at 300 Galleria Parkway, Suite 620, Atlanta, GA 30339
npetenbrink@hunterconference.com. The conference headquarters are located at 300 Galleria Parkway, Suite 620, Atlanta, GA 30339Contacts:
Jerry Daly, Patrick Daly, Daly Gray Public Relations, (703) 435-6293 patrick@dalygray.com or jerry@dalygray.com
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