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Thursday, March 22
EMEA Regional Meeting 2012 - Budapest, Hungary
Dear Members of the CHS AlpAdria & Eastern Europe Chapter,
Happy New Year!
A brief update in terms of corporate design: Following the change of our Chapter’s name (Remember? We are now called the CHS AlpAdria & Eastern Europe Chapter!), we have to adapt our logo accordingly. Our Secretary, Mr Christophe Bergen, and our Communications Chairman Pro Tem, Mr Hani El-Sharkawi, are currently co-operating with a professional service provider to come up with a new logo. We will submit our proposal to the Chapter Officers by the end of January. So my next letter will probably already be sent to you on our new stationery!
As you are meanwhile hopefully aware of, we are the hosts of the next CHS EMEA Regional Meeting, which will take place in Budapest from 22 to 25 March 2012. In addition to discovering Budapest, a historic capital city with character and flair, the event will present the Cornell Hotel Summit IV, a high-profile conference focusing on the strategic role of the School of Hotel Administration in the growth of the hospitality industry in CEE countries.
But, of course, it is not all about educational elements, it is also and most importantly about fun and plenty of networking opportunities with your fellow Cornellians! We have paid attention to the feedback we received on previous meetings, and thus wish to bring in more flexibility for you. As you can see from the preliminary programme leaflet, we will split up in groups on Friday morning for insider city tours, followed by reunion lunches that will be hosted in various restaurants all over Budapest. No worries, you do not have to organise this on your own, everything is guided – but we want to make it a bit less formal and more intimate so you can catch up with your classmates.
To register for the event, please go to the "Links" tab and click on "EMEA Regional Meeting Registration"
Please note that the registration fee does not cover hotel accommodations. We invite you to reserve your hotel room(s) directly with the hotel, as described in the event announcement on the CHS web site. Please also note that the deadline for hotel reservations is 15 February. Beyond that date, the hotels will no longer offer the attractive rates that we negotiated!
Contact for the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace: budapest.reservations@fourseasons.com.
Contact for the art'otel: budapest@artotel.hu
We hope to be able to welcome as many of you as possible to this event in Budapest! Please save the date, make sure to register, go ahead and book your rooms, and most importantly: Please spread the word! Should you have any questions regarding this event, please feel free to contact me directly at christian.walter@pkfhotels.com.
Kind Cornell regards,
Christian Walter, PDP '08, Chapter President
