Glion Institute of Higher Education, UK. Nicholas Northam has recently joined Glion Institute of Higher Education London, where he will teach Global Real Estates Markets on the Master’s in Real Estate, Finance and Development. During his wide and varied career spanning over 40 years within the hospitality business, Nicholas has previously been general manager of a number of Marriott Hotels and was operations director for Marriott in the UK. He additionally spent over a decade in asset management, most recently as Executive Vice President for Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Europe’s largest third-party management company and the international arm of Aimbridge Hospitality.