Morris E. Lasky

Morris E. Lasky is chief executive officer and founder of Lodging Unlimited, Inc. with offices in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Chicago, Illinois, www.lodgingunlimited.com. Mr. Lasky has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 40 years. He formed Lodging Unlimited in 1970 to provide quality management, consulting and marketing services to the hospitality industry. During the past 35 years, he has successfully directed Lodging Unlimited in $6 billion of management activity, development, real estate and financing. From 1962 to 1970, he served as senior vice president of American Motor Inns, a Helmsley-Spears, Inc. subsidiary formed to acquire troubled hospitality properties.

Mr. Lasky began his hospitality career in 1956 with Motel Enterprises, Inc. as a general manager and was promoted to vice president of operations for the entire chain at age 23. Mr. Lasky has successfully testified as an expert witness in multi-million dollar cases involving nationally recognized hotel brands. Mr. Lasky is a member of the prestigious "Waldorf=Astoria Distinguished Alumni" group, and has been featured in many major business publications.

Mr. Lasky is chairman and co-founder of The Lodging Conference, www.lodginglink.com, now in its 12th successful year, and founder and producer of the 4th annual International Hotel Conference 2005, www.internationalhotelconference.com, in Rome, Italy.

He can be contacted at 312-595-1390 or MLasky@aol.com