NEW YORK, May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Morgans Hotel
Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) and General Assembly ("GA"), the global
educational institution offering instruction and opportunity in
technology, business and design, today announced the full line-up
for their first ever 'Creator's Unconference,' to be held at
Hudson next weekend from
Friday, May 29th -
Sunday, May 31st.
The event will be the first in a number of Creator Unconferences
in New York, London (August) and Miami (October) in 2015, with Los Angeles and San
Francisco in 2016. The events will consist of weekend-long
gatherings featuring workshops, classes, presentations, panel
discussions, and social/networking events. These events will serve
as an opportunity for the creative class to gather, share ideas and
discover new ways to collaborate with like-minded individuals.
Speakers will discuss a range of topics such as building
communities on and offline, and designing and launching campaigns,
products and more. Some specific topics include:
- Embracing Failure, Leaving Corporate America for
Entrepreneurship, Kunal Mehta,
Author of Disrupters and Program Finance Associate at charity:
water
- Give Give Get: The Secret to Building Your Million Dollar
Rolodex, Angela Jia Kim, CEO of
Savor the Success and Om Aroma & Co.
- From Twitter to Tune In: Driving Measurable TV Results With
Social Media, Marcus Krzastek,
Vice President, Core Product at VaynerMedia
- Interview With StartUp Founders, Jesse Podell, Co-Founder and COO of TechDay
- Storytelling Through Experience: Holy Crap This is Fun,
David Brown, Senior Vice President
and Group Creative Director of Experience Design at Edelman
- Living Social, Harry
Bernstein, Founder and Creative Director at The 88
- Rules of Magic, Understanding the Modern Marketing
Paradigm, Alan Philips, Chief
Marketing Officer at Morgans Hotel Group
- Seeing Yourself and Your Company as a Media Brand,
Darren Rovell, ESPN Sports Business
Reporter and ABC News Correspondent
- YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven
Culture, Matt Britton, CEO at
MRY
"General Assembly shares the creative spirit that Morgans was
founded on and which made us a groundbreaking innovator in
hospitality," said Alan Philips,
Chief Marketing Officer at Morgans Hotel Group. "We are excited to
partner with GA, which enables us to offer our guests an experience
they cannot find anywhere else – and assist them in all aspects of
their creative endeavors – while offering them the ultimate
hotel experience."
"Our partnership with Morgans Hotel Group gives us access to
incredible spaces where creativity is fostered," said Jake Schwartz, co-founder and CEO, General
Assembly. "We are always looking for new ways to deliver our
content. This new platform broadens our reach around the globe with
an ideal complement for GA programming and educational
experiences."
Weekend ticket holders will also be invited to both a beer and
burger event (Friday evening) and Yoga classes (Saturday and Sunday
morning). In addition, Morgans Hotel Group properties will use
their inspiring spaces to host an ongoing series of GA classes,
workshops and events. The partnership will continue on a digital
level on Morgans' own BackofHouse.com and General Assembly, where
GA Front Row classes and other GA produced online content will be
offered complimentary to hotel guests, enhancing their experience
with informative entertainment.
MHG is offering a "creators package" to provide 10-15% off the
best available rate for all GA alumni at Morgans properties, as
well as exclusive invites to certain property events. General
Assembly will provide Morgans guests a discount of 15% off
workshops and discounts of $250 for
enrollment into part-time classes and $500 off enrollment into a full-time class.
Tickets for The Creators Unconference can be purchased here.
Special room rates plus weekend passes at Hudson for The Creators Unconference can be
found here.
For further information or images of Morgans Hotel Group,
please contact:
Kate
Atkinson
Starworks Group
Kate.Atkinson@starworksgroup.com / 646 256 8465
George MacPherson
Starworks Group
George.MacPherson@starworksgroup.com / 917 435 8994
For further information on General Assembly, please
contact:
Ross Purnell
Brew Media Relations
ross@brewpr.com / 424 291 8711
About Morgans Hotel Group
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
(NASDAQ: MHGC) is widely credited as the creator of the first
"boutique" hotel and a continuing leader of the hotel industry's
boutique sector. Morgans Hotel Group operates Delano in South Beach, Mondrian in
Los Angeles, South Beach and
London, Hudson in New
York, Morgans and Royalton in New
York, Clift in San
Francisco, Shore Club in South Beach and Sanderson and St Martins Lane in London.
Morgans Hotel Group has ownership interests or owns several of
these hotels. Morgans Hotel Group also has expanded its brand
through Delano in Las Vegas, a licensed hotel, and 10 Karakoy in
Istanbul, Turkey, a franchised
hotel. Morgans Hotel Group has other hotels in various stages of
development to be operated under management or franchise
agreements, including a Mondrian property in Doha, Qatar. For more information please visit
www.morganshotelgroup.com.
About General Assembly
General Assembly is a global
educational institution that is building a community of individuals
empowered to pursue work they love through instruction and
opportunity in technology, design and business. General Assembly
offers full-time immersive programs, classes, workshops and online
educational programming on the most relevant skills of the 21st
century economy, including web development, user experience design,
product management, digital marketing and data science.
Headquartered in New York, General
Assembly was established in early 2011 and has 14 campuses
worldwide, in Atlanta,
Austin, Boston, Chicago, Hong
Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New
York, San Francisco,
Singapore, Seattle, Sydney and Washington, D.C.
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