08-20-07 Larry D. Silver and other panel members to share insight regarding hotel development trends and more

MEMPHIS, TN - 8-20-07 - Silver Companies CEO Larry D. Silver will be a panel speaker at the 2007 Memphis Lodging Industry Summit, August 21 & 22. Joining him on the President's Panel will be Robert Alter, Chairman of Sunstone Hotels; Daniel Fay, President of Commonwealth Hotels; and Richard Kelleher, CEO of Pyramid Advisors. The session will be moderated by Isaac Collazo, Vice President of Performance Strategy and Planning for InterContinental Hotels Group.

Silver Companies -- a master development and real estate investment firm with co-headquarters in Metro Washington D.C. and Boca Raton, FL -- is building Tennessee’s first new-build Hyatt Place hotel in Germantown, Tenn.

Silver and other panel members will be asked to share insights into hotel products evolution, customer satisfaction drivers and hotel development trends, to name a few topics moderators for this year's summit propose opening to discussion.

The Fifth Annual summit is presented by Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association and Pinkowski & Company.