Join Mark Gerstein, Chief Capital Markets Officer for the Americas at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for a tour and coffee at the newly renovated InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel (48th and Lexington) to discuss trends in the hotel industry.

The NY Post recently wrote the following on April 11th about the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel renovation: "One of the city's Grand Dame hotels will be debuting her significant facelift in this month - one that puts her in position to woo the president of the United States. The InterContinental New York Barclay has been shuttered for the past 20 months for a massive $180 million renovation."

It is an exciting time in the hotel industry given the pending acquisitions of Starwood by Marriott and Carlson/Radisson by the Chinese company HNA.