January 29, 2008
Horizon Industries Forum:
The Hospitality & Tourism
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
8:00 – 11:00 A.M.
Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles Westside Hotel
5990 Green Valley Circle, Culver City
Registration:
Phone - (310) 398-0953
Please RSVP by Jan. 25.
There will be no charge to attend. Parking will cost $4.00. Light breakfast provided.
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Keynote: An overview of hospitality and tourism industry trends and workforce analysis.
Horizon Industries Panel: A panel of executives representing the breadth of the sector in our region.
Confirmed panelists include:
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Rick Spade, Multi-Property Director of Human Resources, Marriott Corp.
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Michael Farzam, CFO / Director of Operations, Ocean Avenue Management
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Anastasia Kostoff Mann, Chairman / CEO, Corniche Travel Group
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Vahid Sapir, President, StarLine Tours
Training the Next Workforce: Presentations by model workforce development programs.
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"I Am Santa Monica" customer service training program, presented by Alison Best, Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Patricia Ramos, Santa Monica Small Business Development Center
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Hospitality worker training program, presented by Dr. Phillip Starr, Executive Director, Hollywood WorkSource Center
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About the Forum:
The Horizon Industries Forum series asks: What will our economy look like in 5 to 10 years, and how can we prepare our workforce for the jobs of the future?
Tourism is a core and growing industry in Los Angeles County, especially for the Westside. L.A. ranks as the second-most-visited U.S. city for international travelers, and is in the top five for U.S. residents. According to LA Inc., tourism-related industries are the second leading employer in the county, providing nearly 275,000 jobs. The dozens of hotels in the Westside have seen increasing demand and rising room rates, even as new hotels are slated to open over the next couple of years.
Clearly, the hospitality and tourism sector will continue provide a huge variety of high-quality jobs in our region, but is our education and job training system ready to effectively prepare people to fill them? The purpose of the Horizon Industries Forum is to gather information about where the sector is headed in the future, what kinds of career paths will be available, and what skills will be most necessary for workers to succeed in those jobs. This event will bring together senior executives of hotel, travel agency, and tour bus companies with other visionaries to evaluate the future of this cutting-edge field and extrapolate how its workforce needs will evolve over the next decade. The audience will include interested business executives, education and workforce-development professionals, and civic leaders from around Southern California.
This free event is part of our ongoing series of Horizon Industries Forums, which are presented as a project of the Westside Economic Collaborative and the Westside Workforce & Education Partnership.
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WESTSIDE
Workforce & Education
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