The College of Management and Economics is pleased to welcome Edward Khediguian, Senior Vice President Franchise Finance, GE Capital Solutions onto campus on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Mr. Khediguian will be making a public presentation from 1:30 - 3:00pm in the Florence Partridge Room (McLaughlin Library, Room 384). Mr. Khediguian will provide his thoughts and insights on current issues, challenges, and opportunities as he sees them in terms of financing hotels and restaurants. This will include his insights about where the market is, and where he thinks it's going. Topics might include trends in franchising, comparisons between Canada and the US, perhaps branding, product life cycles, market evolution, REITs. All are welcome to attend.