Robert Rauch

Bob is an owner/operator of hotels and recently sold his management company of 30 years, RAR Hospitality. He also teaches Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University and has taught at the college level for over 30 years. Bob has served on many boards of directors and as president of many hotel associations and visitor bureaus in his more than 40-year career in hospitality. His blogs are loaded at his web site "hotelguru.com" and he is frequently quoted in the press. Bob is a graduate of Western International University with a B.A. in Hospitality Management and has a M.S. degree in Tourism Administration from Arizona State University where sits on the board of the Center for Sustainable Tourism. He also currently serves on the board of the Carlsbad Tourism Business Improvement District and is a Founding Director of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District.