CH&LA Lodging News July/August 2018

4 Hotelier Profile: Mark Podolski 6 Showing the World What it Means to Dream Big 10 Northern California Hotel & Lodging Conference 12 Southern California Hotel & Lodging Conference 15 Hilton Huanying 20 Upcoming Events 23 CH&LA Marketplace 36 The CH&LA Team & Partners OUR MISSION CH&LA is the indispensable resource for communicating and protecting the rights and interests of the California lodging industry, for providing educational training and cost-saving programs for all segments of the industry, and for supporting strategic alliances to promote the value of California tourism and travel. 10 15 TABLE OF CONTENTS LODGING  NEWS ON THE COVER Cover photo courtesy of Hilton San Francisco Union Square