CHLA Lodging News March/April 2019

18 CALIFORNIA LODGING NEWS www.calodging.com 2019 InnSpire Conference & Marketplace CABBI held its annual InnSpire Conference & Marketplace at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country on January 27–29, 2019. The event opened with the popular roundtable mini-education sessions and a networking reception. Educational workshops included; Brand Auditing, ADA Complaint Websites, The Next Big Thing in Cannabis: Tourism and Travel, Wage and Hour Traps and more. The marketplace sold out with over 40 vendors attending.  The conference had two sets of roundtables, so attendees were able to attend up to eight 20-minute education sessions.  E. Scot Fuller-Beatty, Sr. Account Manager with ThinkReservations presented a roundtable on managing relationships with OTAs.