11th annual New Jersey Shorecast to be held at Stockton Atlantic City May 9

Mark Collazzo

ATLANTIC CITY - The Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality & Tourism at Stockton University will host its 11^th annual New Jersey Shorecast 9 a.m. Thursday, May 9 in the Fannie Lou Hamer Event Room at Stockton University Atlantic City Academic Center, 3711 Atlantic Ave.  Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Guest Speaker will be Mark Callazzo, CEO of Alpha Funding Solutions, a real estate investment firm. Callazzo also owns the Iron Room Restaurant and co-owns Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall in Atlantic City. His newest venture, Rhythm and Spirits, is scheduled to open this summer.

A panel of experts will discuss the gaming, hospitality and tourism industries' performance in 2018, challenges and emerging trends for the region, and predicted impacts and outcomes for the 2019 season.

Panelists will be:

• Michael Busler, professor of Business Studies at Stockton;


• Rummy Pandit, executive director of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality & Tourism of Stockton, who will moderate the forum


• Michael Tidwell, director of sales & marketing, Seaview Dolce Hotel & Golf Club;


• Brian Tyrrell, professor of hospitality and tourism management studies at Stockton University;


• Diane Wieland, director of the Cape May County Department of Tourism;


• Jim Wood, president & CEO, MeetAC;


• Jim Ziereis, vice president, hotel sales at Tropicana.