Sean Downey
Government Economic Intervention a Hot Topic at Hunter
You could feel the energy in the air at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference in Atlanta last week. Hotel owners and investors gathered from all over the country were looking to make deals and...
Follow the Money: What You Need to Get Hotel Financing
Lending is coming back, and some lenders are less cautious than they used to be. This means that an experienced hotelier with a successful track record going into a market that has a need...
Debt Markets Continue to Recover
With the hotel industry’s recovery from the recession steadily picking up speed, values coming back to pre-downturn levels, and RevPAR growth remaining consistent, the debt markets are returning to normal. And as lenders get...
Choice Ramps Up SkyTouch
Choice Hotels' recent 2013 earnings call revealed just how well the markets have received its SkyTouch cloud-based property management software platform. On the call president and CEO Steve Joyce said, “The interest level is...
New AH&LA Board Reveals Industry Participation
With the second act of AH&LA’s new membership model, which launched in January, the association unveiled an entirely new board of directors this morning. Comprised of C-level lodging executives from every facet of the...