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Morris E. Lasky, chief executive officer and founder of the LUI Group, has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 40 years.He formed Lodging Unlimited in 1970 to provide quality management, consulting and marketing services for the hospitality industry. During the past 35 years he has successfully directed Lodging Unlimited's corporate growth. From 1962 to 1970, he served as senior vice president of American Motor Inns, a Helmsley-Spears, Inc. subsidiary formed to acquire troubled hospitality properties. He began his hospitality career in 1956 with Motel Enterprises, Inc. as a general manager and was promoted to vice president of operations for the entire chain at age 23. He has directed Lodging Unlimited in $6 billion of management activity, development, real estate and financing.Mr. Lasky is a member of the prestigious "Waldorf=Astoria Distinguished Alumni" group, and has been featured in many major business publications such as, Time, Business Week, and Success. He has also appeared in the hotel, real estate and financial trade press. In addition, he has also been a guest lecturer for many hospitality, banking, and pension administration groups. He is currently serving a two year term on the Editorial Advisory Board of National Real Estate Investor magazine’s Hotel Strategies publication.He has been Chairman of The Lodging Conference, an annual event held in the fall at The Arizona Biltmore, since its inception in 1995 and is Co-Chairman of the International Hotel Conference in Rome, Italy.Mr. Lasky has been a guest lecturer at The School of Hospitality Business, Michigan State University and a panelist for the University of Delaware’s Hotel Restaurant & Institutional Management roundtable series as part of Mind Extension University’s cable programming. | 