UJA-Federation of New York honored Arthur Adler, managing director & CEO of JLL-Hotels & Hospitality Group, at its Hospitality Division Cocktail Reception on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. The event gathered more than 200 industry professionals and raised $500,000, a record-breaking amount for the Hospitality Division.
Jonathan M. Tisch, chairman of Loews Hotels & Resorts, and chair of the Hospitality Division, presented Mr. Adler with his award in recognition of his leadership and philanthropy, both at work and in the community.
Mr. Adler heads the Americas division of JLL’s Global Hotels & Hospitality Group. Art oversees a business that includes more than 100 people throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America. In 2015, he and his group arranged more than $12 billion in lodging industry investment sales, and debt and equity transactions. Previously, he was managing director of the Lodging & Leisure Group at Sonnenblick-Goldman Company. During his diverse career, he has been a partner in Coopers & Lybrand’s Hospitality Consulting Group, a senior principal at Laventhol & Horwath, and an operations analyst for Hilton Hotels. In addition to UJA-Federation, Art and his wife Karen actively support Cornell University, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and various service dog training centers.
The event chairs were Jeffrey Davis of JLL-Hotels & Hospitality Group; Jonathan Falik of JF Capital Advisors; Mark Gerstein of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC; Mark Gordon of Tribeca Associates LLC; Steven Kamali of Hospitality House; Michele Mahl of Eastdil Secured LLC; Gary Mendell of HEI Hotels & Resorts; David A. Pepper of Choice Hotels International, Inc.; and Stacy Silver of Silver Hospitality Group LLC.
UJA-Federation’s Hospitality Division brings together hundreds of leaders in the industry, including hoteliers, restaurateurs, financiers, and developers. Previous honorees of the Hospitality Division Cocktail Reception include Jim Abrahamson of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc.; Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., of FelCor Lodging Trust; Eric A. Danziger of Trump Hotels; Steven R. Goldman of Groupe du Louvre; Mark S. Hoplamazian of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Stephen P. Joyce of Choice Hotels International, Inc.; Kirk Kinsell of InterContinental Hotels Group; Michael A. Leven of Las Vegas Sands Corp.; Philip F. Maritz of Maritz, Wolff & Co.; Gary Mendell of HEI Hotels & Resorts; Christopher J. Nassetta of Hilton Worldwide; the late Jack A. Shaffer of Jack A. Shaffer & Co.; Arne M. Sorenson of Marriott International; and Donald Trump of The Trump Organization.
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