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Delight your father with awesome gift ideas for this father's day. Read here for gift ideas and surprise your father with these gifts.

For Teague Hunter, president and CEO of Hunter Hotel Advisors, buying and selling hotels is a family tradition. He shared that lifetime of experience with Asian Hospitality in the second installment of our Leadership Series interviews with top voices in the industry. Hunter leads the Atlanta-based hotel brokerage founded in 1978 by his father Bob Hunter with his brother Lee Hunter as chief operating officer. Last year, Hunter had its most successful year to date after closing nearly $2.5 billion in sales. In March it will host its 35th Hunter Hotel Conference, which has rebounded to full attendance three years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Teague Hunter also is the host of Teague Talks, a twice weekly series of podcasts offering advice and interviews with other industry heads. In his interview with Asian Hospitality, Hunter discussed his early days in the industry, current trends in the hotel market and the future of his company and its namesake conference. The video of the full interview is now available on our website, and the following includes excerpts from the interview with additional information. Rise up early in the morning Hunter said his first hotel job was as a bellhop in the morning shift at the old Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Powers Ferry in Marietta, Georgia. It was quiet, but instructive. "I ran around and helped everybody with everything and learned the business," he said. His experience in hospitality, however, began at a much earlier age. He was 5 years old when Bob Hunter started his business. Teague Hunter recalled stories of childhood trips to the beach, during which he would tour hotels with his father along the way. After graduating college, Hunter worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch and held a position with IBM before he realized that was not what he wanted to do with his life.

As the occasion year calls, many mother and father would really like to put on off the year's pressure with a trip to some position for a quite time with family. However, some mother and father hesitant traveling with children; but the following will create the occasion secure and complete of fun: Get ready your kids before the journey you will be getting.

As the event year calls, many mother and father would really like to put on off the year's pressure with a trip to some position for a quite time with family. However, some mother and father hesitant traveling with children; but the following will create the occasion secure and complete of fun: Get ready your kids before the journey you will be getting.

Upper Mustang also allures people from all around the world through its amazingly celebrated Tiji Festival trekking. And Nepal Kailash Trekking has been arranging the Upper Mustang Tiji festival trekking each year during the Tiji festival. The festival has rejoiced for three days in Lo-Manthang of Mustang. Tiji Festival is reckoned as a prominent festival in upper mustang region. It is celebrated by the sacred pilgrimage of inhabitants of Mustang. The word Tiji has been derived from the word Tenji which means worshipping for bringing peace in the world. Tenji, in fact, marks the conquest of Dorje Sonam against Matamaruta, a wicked man who was the reason for bringing drought and ultimately caused loss of crops. During this celebration, the monks of the Chyode monastery execute the agony of Ma Tam Ru Ta, the delivery of the brave man Dorje Sonam who helped people of Mustang to get rid of the evil spirit who actually is his own father. The dances like called Tsa Chham, Nga Chham, Rha chham is shown on the first second and third day respectively. Tiji festival is celebrated by letting the monk act the role of Dorje Sonam.

A trip to a restaurant is a popular Father's Day celebration, and this year UK foodservice operators are offering families a wide range of unique dining ideas and special offers. A trip to a restaurant is a popular Father's Day celebration, and this year UK foodservice operators are offering families a wide range of unique dining ideas and special offers.

Jobs Abroad, Work Abroad, International Jobs Online - Koninklijke Philips NV is known as Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands or commonly known as Philips. It is a Dutch technology company based in Amsterdam with primary divisions focused in areas such as healthcare, lighting, and electronics. It was founded by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik in Eindhoven in 1891. Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. It already employed around 105,000 people across more than 60 countries.

MIT SHAH, FOUNDER and CEO of Noble Investment Group is the Penn State School of Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human Development and the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society's 2023 Hospitality Executive of the Year. Shah will be recognized at a gala reception at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania, on April 4. Noble is a travel and hospitality real estate investment group that has invested nearly $6 billion in communities throughout the country through its institutional real estate funds since being Founded in 1993. The other accomplishments for which Shah is being honored include his family's endowment of the Bharat Shah Leadership Speaker Series at Georgia State's Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality in honor of his father, Dr. Bharat Shah. Speakers featured in the program include former Hospitality Executives of the Year Chris Nassetta, CEO of Hilton, and Arne Sorenson, former president and CEO of Marriott International who died last year following a battle with cancer. "It is an honor to be recognized by the Penn State School of Hospitality Management and the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society," Shah said. "As one of our country's oldest and most respected hospitality programs, the school, its faculty, administration, and staff continue to help ensure that our future hospitality leaders are well prepared to live lives that matter."

THE 3RD EDITION of the Vadilal International Gujarati Film Festival brought the red carpet to the Atlanta area on May 20 to 22. Hundreds of members of the local Gujarati community turned out for the event, which featured appearances from major stars and filmmakers straight from India. IGFF, previously held in Los Angeles and New Jersey, set up this time at the Venture Cinema in Duluth. It's mission, apart from entertainment, is to spread awareness one of India's alternatives to Bollywood. This year's festival includes 14 feature films, such as "21st Tiffin," "Divaswapna," "Dhummas," "Gandhi & Co.," "Dear Father" and "Gujarat nu Gaurav"; two documentary feature films, "Sur Shabdnu Sarnamu" and "Shrimad Rajchandra"; five documentary film, such as "Okhamandal - Ek Anokhu Andolan" and "Gandhi"; a short film, "Roha Fort - Ek Visaraati Viraasat"; and six web series, such as "Benaqaab," "Ghaat" and "Yamraj Calling."

Mit Shah today is CEO of Atlanta-based Noble Investment Group, a multi-million dollar company founded in his lifetime of experience growing up in the hotel business. It's a story he shares with many Indian American hoteliers, but he said it's a story that bears repeating, a story of the American dream. Shah retells his story here for Asian Hospitality's Leadership Series, the first episode for 2024. Along with his family history, he also discussed Nobel's investment practices, the economy in general and lessons learned from hosting interviews with industry leaders for the Bharat Shah Leadership Speaker Series, named after his father, at the Hunter Hotel Conference in Atlanta. "My parents were immigrants to the United States. In the 1960s they came here for a better life and education. As they were doing that, they had friends that found themselves in this industry and buying small properties throughout the country," Shah said, adding that his parents bought their first hotel, the Winkler Motor Inn in Winston Salem, North Carolina in 1979. "I was 10 years old at the time, my younger brother was six years old at the time and that was the family business, a very common story that we hear throughout our industry. It's an important story to continue to tell because it's deeply rooted in the American dream."