Development Financing
It’s Time to Register for Midwest Lodging Investors Summit
NEWS: Head of Chicago’s Olympics Bid is Keynoter
This month’s Midwest Lodging Investors Summit gives owners, operators and investors a great opportunity to exchange ideas and explore deal opportunities in a relaxed but down-to-business atmosphere. The second annual event will be held July 19-21 at the Chicago Marriott on Michigan Ave. ...
MLIS Meets Investment Challenges
The hotel industry's investment community gathers next month in Chicago for the second annual Midwest Lodging Investors Summit with one goal: to determine when financing will again be available to buy, sell and develop lodging properties...
Proving Your Worth
OPINION: Ways to Give Lenders a Reason to Invest
Everywhere we turn, headlines tell the troubles of the economy. The hotel industry is in a severe recession and facing increased headwinds from consumers focused on...
Inside the Columbus Four Points Deal
After successfully owning and operating four midscale and economy hotels, VJP and Darpan decided the time was right to develop an upscale property...
Transactions 3/15/09
Aloft Austin Rockbridge Capital closed a first mortgage and mezzanine investment in a 140-room Aloft in Austin, TX...
A Ray of Sunshine at ALIS
Apparently, hotel executives are a bunch of half-glass-full people. At last month's Americas Lodging Investment Summit in San Diego, the mood was more...
Lenders' Dilemma: Work out or Foreclose
With the downturn in the economy, an increasing number of hotels will soon experience financial difficulties, if they haven't already. Those with large...
Heaven in '11?
Nearly everyone agrees 2009 will be a difficult year for the hotel business But industry analysts are divided on several other crucial questions: How...
Kick Off!
Perhaps Wyndham Hotels & Resorts President Peter Strebel said it best: Rough waters make good sailors. That was the generally hopeful tone struck during...
Anything but Lavish
Luxury hotel market values are forecast to be especially hard hit in the next year. The gloomy consumer sentiment at the top end of the luxury-goods retail...
Second City Smash
They came to Chicago looking for answers: Where is the economy headed? What's the outlook for the hotel industry? What are the opportunities for hotel...
Investors Meet in Chicago
The first Midwest Lodging Investors Summit is fast approaching. The event, which will bring together hotel owners, investors, operators, lenders and brand...
The Financing Challenge
Clearly, the tide has turned in lodging financial markets, and after many years at a disadvantage, lenders are back on top. They control the flow of debt...
REVENUE MANAGERS FORECAST DEMAND WITH IMPROVED HOSPITALITY IQ
Business Intelligence, or BI, is the term used to describe sharing of the right information across the enterprise, with the right people, at the right...
Adjusting to a Shifting Market
Lodging experts suggest times are getting tougher for hotels, even though increases in ADR are offsetting declines in occupancy. While that's true nationwide,...
Hotel Financing in a Changing Economy
Between the sub-prime meltdown, the roiling stock market and a forecasted good, but slower, growth year for the hotel industry, lenders have become more...
Is It Time to Rebalance?
Just as you should periodically rebalance your stock portfolio, hotel owners also should regularly review their hotel portfolio to see if it needs a little...
Still Great in '08
Like it or not, the fate of the U.S. hotel industry has always been, and probably always will be, tied to the U.S. economy. Even when the industry occasionally...
Big Box Strategy
As with the retail products industry, there are winners and losers in the hotel industry. We're all familiar with winners in the retail industry, including...
What Credit Crunch?
Joe Champ is an experienced developer with a proven track record in the hotel industry. For him and scores (maybe hundreds) of lodging developers, the...
ESUITES MUSCLES INTO LIFESTYLE SEGMENT
Jerry Ellenburg, a self-proclaimed contrarian, is founder and chairman of eSuites Hotels, a new upscale boutique brand that promises to compete with the...
Finance Sourcebook
AFC Realty Capital111 W. 57th St., suite 520New York, NY 10019212-245-2050212-245-0022 (fax)www.afcrealtycapital.com American Microloan2050 Center Ave.,...
Appraise Your Appraisal
As an owner planning to refinance, or as a buyer acquiring a property, you may have little, if any, say in the selection of an appraiser. The importance...
Smoothing the Legal Path to Development
Successful development of a pure hotel or the currently favored mixed-use project is a delicate blend of business, finance, marketing and law. The challenging...
Take Off the Rose-Colored Glasses
Last month's Americas Lodging Investment Summit in sunny Los Angeles had a schizophrenic feel to it. On one hand, 2,500 smug hoteliers, investors, lenders...
