Understanding Hotel Ratings Companies


: Lodging

: Seminar

: This seminar will feature executives from the country's top rating companies.  These executives will educate attendees on the various processes of each of their rating system and will discuss how property ratings are formulated. Each company will also address the procedure by which they allow guests to post ratings on their web sites.

: Monday Nov 9, 2009

: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

: 1E15

Moderator: Lydia Westbrook
Research Director
AH&LA Information Center

Panelist: Shane O’Flaherty
President & CEO
Forbes Travel Guide

Panelist: Douglas Shifflet
Chairman & CEO
D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd.

Panelist: Tony Perrone
Regional Manager
AAA National