Kathleen Taylor Of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts To Deliver Keynote Address At Asia Pacific Conference

The hosts of the upcoming 12th Annual Asia Pacific’s Hotel Investment Conference announced that Kathleen Taylor, President, Worldwide Business Operations, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, will deliver the keynote address at the event, scheduled for October 10-12, 2001 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong. Taylor, whose office is in Toronto, Canada, joined Four Seasons in 1989. She is responsible for overseeing the business side of the Company’s affairs, including directing Four Seasons worldwide hotel and residential product development efforts and managing the Company’s acquisition and corporate planning activities.

Event Chairmen and Hosts Robert Stiles of Sonnenblick-Goldman Company and Robert Hecker of Horwath Asia Pacific made the announcement as part of the Conference registration kick-off and the release of the speaker line-up and program topics. “We are very excited that Kathleen has agreed to participate in what truly will be a world-class event”, stated Stiles. Our international delegates will benefit immensely from her insights into hotel opportunities and issues in the Asia Pacific region.” Added Hecker, “Kathleen’s reputation as a preeminent leader in the hospitality industry will bring a decidedly global perspective to the event.

To further enhance the global reach of the Conference, the hosts retained Burba Hotel Network (BHN) to provide organization support. BHN is an organizer of the annual International Hotel Investment Forum in Germany, the annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference and the recently held Montenegro Hotel Investment Conference. BHN also is a co-host of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), to be held in Los Angeles, California in February 2002.

Host company Horwath Asia Pacific is one of Asia’s oldest and most prominent hospitality consulting firms, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Co-Host Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, founded in 1893, is one of the leading investment banking firms in Asia, with offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

More program and registration information about the 12th Annual Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference may be obtained at the BHN website: www.BURBA.com/hong_kong.htm