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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 3:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
he only had 4 years (1980-1984) outside university and prudential
when he was "assistant to the CFO of the Wyndham Hotel Company" (http://www.reai.harvard.edu/j-allen-smith)

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10..._people/44.htm >
The 50 Most Powerful People in [U.S.] Real Estate 2010
J. Allen Smith
http://www.prei.prudential.com/view/page/pimcenter/6703
mentions being board here - http://www.uli.org/research/centers-...-of-directors/

Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
new boardmember - developer/owner perspective >
http://www.boston.com/businessupdate...doL/story.html
see the last part of that post, underlined, about a new board member >
president and chief operating officer of the local real estate development firm Carpenter & Company, has been developing hotels and mixed-use projects since the early 1970s.
similar to new CEO
the point is not being worldly nor running the company, but supposedly knowing what owners want

i wonder what kind of factor alwaleed's ownership of various hotels and stake in fairmont/raffles is
Originally Posted by vuittonsofstyle
Knowing what owners want and understanding what high-end guests want are very different matters.
that was my point. this is the whole do luxury hotels make money question.
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