SYLECTUS Annual Conference 2012
Strength In Numbers
February 10-12, 2012
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, 6000 W. Osceola Parkway,
Kissimmee, FL 34746.
The Conference
Leverage the SYLECTUS network to your competitive advantage.
An intensive two day conference of practical best practices,innovations and strategies you can use the next day to help you command higher rates and grow.
Fee includes registration to all events and all meals. Golf and accomodation fees are not included. Special room rates are available for attendees at the Gaylord Palms. Space is limited. Register today.
Bradley S. Jacobs (Keynote Speaker)
Chairman and CEO, XPO Logistics, Inc.
Since 1979, Bradley S. Jacobs has founded and led four highly successful companies, including two multi-billion dollar, publicly traded corporations: United Rentals (NYSE: URI), the world's largest equipment rental company, and United Waste Systems, which was sold in 1997 for $2.5 billion. As chairman of United Rentals from 1997 through 2007, Jacobs grew the company to $3.9 billion in revenues, with more than 700 branch locations, 13,000 employees, and a ranking as the 536th largest public corporation in America by Fortune magazine. He has been instrumental in raising more than $6 billion through dozens of financings in the debt and equity markets since 1992.
In 1989, Jacobs founded United Waste and built it into the fifth largest solid waste management business in North America. In 1987, he founded Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd., a worldwide oil trading company that served major oil companies and oil-producing countries and generated annual revenues of approximately $1 billion. In 1979, he co-founded Amerex Oil Associates, Inc., creating one of the world's largest oil brokerage firms, with an annual gross contract volume of approximately $4.7 billion.
Orlando Agenda
The Venue
A member of the prestigious Gaylord family of Hotels, The Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center brings excitement to life through world-class restaurants, dynamic on-site recreation, and breathtakingly beautiful gardens under glass.
The hotel itself was built in the sumptuous style and grandeur of a turn-of-the-century Florida mansion. Located just 1.5 miles from the front gate of Walt Disney World® and in close proximity to other Orlando theme parks, the Gaylord Palms Hotel is just 20 minutes from Orlando International airport.
