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October 6 - 12, 2010
AKAM On-Site-Florida hosts ‘It’s All About China’ featuring Dr. Steven Moll, Florida Int. University BY BARI AUERBACH
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xceptional Management — the apropos motto of AKAM On-Site–Florida was the theme of the day when the award-winning residential management organization hosted an Aventura Marketing Council Chairman’s Roundtable luncheon at Christine Lee’s at Gulfstream Park. The event featured an It’s All About China presentation by Dr. Steven Moll, Florida International University’s interim Vice Provost, Biscayne Bay Campus, focusing on what FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is doing to engage business and education in China. FIU expanded its reach in hospitality studies to China in 2006 when it unveiled the U.S. School of Hospitality and Tourism in Tianjin - a joint venture between the Chinese government and an American university heralded as “the first of its kind.” Standing in for AMC Chair Cliff Schulman of Weiss, Serota, Helfman, Bob Hollander of Brown & Brown Insurance, AKAM Living Services CEO Leslie Kaminoff and AKAM On-Site president Ellen Lohr welcomed AMC members and special guests including post-graduate and undergraduate students from China enrolled in FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. “When AKAM started looking to expand beyond the New York market, we found the best opportunity in South Florida,” Kaminoff said. “Now celebrating our 10th anniversary here, AKAM serves luxury multi-family associations spanning from Fisher Island to West Palm Beach. AKAM specializes in providing Ritz-Carlton-caliber management at a
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Students from FIU Biscayne Bay Campus School of Hospitality and Tourism Management with FIU’s Vice Provost Dr. Steven Moll and Jessica Siskind (far right); and AKAM’s Ellen Lohr and Leslie Kaminoff • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Representing AKAM (l-r) AKAM Living Services VP of Corporate Development Barbara Dershowitz and CEO Leslie Kaminoff; AKAM On-Site President Ellen Lohr, Controller Laurel Robinson, Managing Director AKAM Fisher Island Jeffrey Miller, Executive Assistant Lois Hernandez, VP of Operations Bob Dallin, Director of Service Excellence Susan Fitch
(PHOTOS BY ANDREW GOLDSTEIN)