The evening world., 1920-11-08
HOTEL MEN FLOCK
TO new YORK FOR
BIG EXPOSITION
And There Will Be a Week
of Meetings, BanquetS
Balls and Fun.

Twenty thousand hotel men are
pouring into the city from all parts
Of the state and OF the United states
and Canada, coming by boat by train
and by automobile, to the hfth Ma
tional Hotel Mems Exposition, which
opens at o'clock this afternoon in
ahe Grand Central Palace.
Three floors Of the immense build
tngs are covered with booths display
ting all the needs of a hOtel-from the
kitchen to the roof and from the
Office to the garage. The official open
tng will take place at o'clock this
evening, when Edward NJ. Tierney.
the silver-tongued orator OF Pershing
Square and Manager Of the Ansonia
Hotel. will, welcome, as Chairman OF
the Executive Committee. the local
and visiting hotel men. Other speak
ere OF the occasion will be ElinOre e.,
Green, President Of the New York
State Hotel Association; Thomas ID.
Green, President OF the Hotel Assoc
ciatiOn of the United States and Can
ada
al week is going TO be hotel week.
The New York state Hotel AsBocia-
tion has elected to hold its thirty
fourth annual convention concurrent
ly with the exposition, which latter
win be under its auspices and that
of the Hotel Association OF New York
City. II will be a week Of CASTRO
nduTioal as well as roatorical delights.
There will be rides and drives, dances,
banQuets and theatre parties.
Before the informal opening of tho
doors OF the Grand Central Palace
will come n luncheon given the visi-
tors and local men at the Park Ave-
nue. Hotel by George N. Brown, the
manager. 1t will differ from similar
functions OF the past at the same hos
pitable hostelry only In the degree OF
Its aI-idity.
At night another banquet Is 20 be
given In honor Of Thomas ID. Green.
who for many years past has been one
Of the most active spirits OF the hotel
associations and In the work OF pro-
gressive hotel keeping and advanced
methods. This viii be At the Hotel
Commodore. and Il n unnecessary TO
say that u viii be 'tsOms" banquet, for
''rom" 10 a popular man At home and
abroad
One OF the most wonderful exhibits
at the Palace 10 a MATURE Pershing
Square and its hotels. II comprises
$50, 900 separate pieces and took seven
men to construct. II shows the Bilt-
more, Commodore, Belmont and Muir
ry Hill Hotels, the Grand Central ter
minal and the subway with miniature
cars OF the surface and underground
railways.
On Thursday night win be the ban
quet at the Hotel Commodore OF the
State Hotel Association, which prom
ises 20 be another great event. Be
ginning to- morrow, the exposition in
the Grand Central Palace will open at
IL o'clock in the morning and remain
open until II O'Clock At night. There
viii be music and other entertain
ment and no end OF novelties which
win be as attractive to the house.
wife as 10 the hotel man.
The officers OF the New York State
Hotel Association arc Elmore c.
Green. Hotel Iroquois, Buffalo, Presi-
dent: Edward H. Crandall, Gedney
Farm Hotel. White Plains, Vice Pres
tdent; Edward NJ. Tierney. Hotel An
sonia, Treasurer. Thomas d. Green,
Hotel woodward. 70 President Of ths
Association OF New York CITY. with
John NICE. Bowman, the Bfltmore,
Vice President; George T. BtockhAm,
Hotel Schuyler, Treasurer. and Rob
ert d. BlackmRn, Hotel Bolleciaire,
Secretary. The Executive Commit.
tees OF both associations include tho
most prominent mon In the city and
State.