The Canadian Resort Development Association (CRDA) is pleased to announce that the Keynote Speaker of our 2010 Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario will be Howard Nusbaum!

Howard C. Nusbaum is currently the president and chief executive officer of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the Washington D.C.-based professional association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries.

Prior to joining ARDA in 2000, Nusbaum served as director of Corporate and Industry Relations for the American Hotel & Lodging Association as well as executive vice president of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association. Before joining the world of hotel association management in 1990, he was vice president of marketing for Janus Hotels and Resorts, a hotel management company with more than 50 hotels and motels nationwide.

Nusbaum is a past board member of the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. He received the Educational Institute’s “Lamp of Knowledge” for his development of hospitality training programs. Additional honors include being twice named (1995 and 1997) The Ohio Vocational Education Association “Person of the Year” for his work developing a curriculum for secondary school hospitality students. He received national recognition for his development of the very successful HOST Welfare-to-Work Program. He serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Travel Association and its Executive Committee. He previously served on the Board of the Travel Business Roundtable.

He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. Post collegiate education includes the respected Institute for Organization Management, a six-year program for association executives held at the University of Notre Dame. Nusbaum served his state hotel association executives as chairman of the International Society of Hotel Association Executives (ISHAE).

SPEAKERS

The CRDA Conference traditionally attracts and presents a dynamic cross-section of speakers from a broad range of disciplines within the shared ownership industry. Our primary objectives are:

1. To educate and inform the professionals within our industry.
2. To inspire dialogue and stimulate initiatives that impact our sector, and
3. To provide an educational and networking forum for attendees, representing every facet of the shared ownership industry.

After viewing the session descriptions on the program tab, if you, or someone you know, would be interested in participating as a speaker or a moderator, please email a brief biography indicating the session you would be best qualified to participate in to Ross Perlmutter (President/CEO of CRDA) at crda@rogers.com. As members of a panel, our non-paid speakers draw from their own experiences to deliver an educational and informative presentation that is lively, objective, and non-commercial.

If you have any questions about the event itself, please feel free to contact Carolyne Taylor at 250-479-4235 or via email at info@crdaconference.com. Thank you for your interest!

A list of confirmed speakers will appear here shortly. Stay tuned for more details!