Brett Testa

Consulting Experience

Brett Testa, a Project Manager with the HVS Atlanta office, graduated from Regynald G. Washington Master of Global Hospitality Management program at Georgia State University in 2021. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Hospitality Management from the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality at Georgia State University. Brett twice competed in the Student STR Market Study Competition, once during his undergraduate program and again during his graduate program. Additionally, he taught the undergraduate class focusing on market studies while completing his master's degree. His previous hospitality experience includes being a cook, server, and sommelier of Atlas and The Garden Room in Atlanta.

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HVS is the nation's leading consulting firm that is laser-focused on the hospitality sector. The firm provides expertise through every phase of ownership across a wide range of hospitality assets. We help clients succeed in the complex consulting arena, from feasibility studies to exit strategies and everything in between.

Employment History

December 2021 to present
HVS CONSULTING AND VALUATION SERVICES
Atlanta, Georgia
 
Jan 2021—Dec 2021
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY       
Atlanta, Georgia
 
2015—2020
ATLAS
Atlanta, Georgia

Education

MGHM – Regynald G. Washington School of Hospitality, Georgia State University
BBA – Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality, Georgia State University
 
Other Specialized Training Classes Completed:
Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA)
Basic Appraisal Principles
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
Basic Appraisal Procedures
General Appraiser Income Approach
General Appraiser Income Approach

Affiliations

American Hotel and Lodging Association
 
Court of Master Sommeliers – Certified Sommelier
 
Georgia Restaurant Association – Georgia Restaurant Organization Student Chapter

Hotels Appraised

Sample List for Illustrative Purposes

ALABAMA 
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Birmingham Irondale, Birmingham
Hampton by Hilton Cullman, Cullman
Days Inn & Suites Huntsville, Huntsville 
 
ARIZONA 
Days Inn Show Low, Show Low 
 
FLORIDA 
Quality Inn Chipley I-10 At Exit 120, Chipley
Quality Inn Maingate South Orlando, Davenport
Proposed Home2 Suites by Hilton Sanford, Sanford
  
GEORGIA 
Hilton Garden Inn Albany, Albany
Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Perimeter Center, Atlanta
Efficiency Lodge Atlanta, Atlanta
Proposed Boutique Hotel Atlanta, Atlanta
Quality Inn Northeast, Atlanta
Baymont Inn & Suites Augusta West, Augusta
Budgetel Inn & Suites Augusta, Augusta
Red Carpet Inn Augusta, Augusta
Efficiency Lodge Austell, Austell
Country Inn & Suites Buford Mall of Georgia, Buford
Efficiency Lodge Carrollton, Carrollton
Efficiency Lodge Cartersville, Cartersville
Best Western Plus Hotel & Suites Airport South College Park, College Park
Efficiency Lodge Columbus, Columbus
Proposed avid by IHG, Covington
Efficiency Lodge Decatur, Decatur
Efficiency Lodge Douglasville, Douglasville
Best Western Gwinnett Center Hotel, Duluth
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Duluth Mall Area, Duluth
Efficiency Lodge East Point, East Point
Efficiency Lodge Fairburn, Fairburn
Efficiency Lodge Forest Park, Forest Park
Motel 6 Gainesville, Gainesville
Efficiency Lodge Kennesaw, Kennesaw
Embassy Suites Atlanta Kennesaw Town Center, Kennesaw
Kingsland Inn & Suites, Kingsland
Super 8 by Wyndham Kingsland, Kingsland
Motel 6 Lagrange, LaGrange
Studio 6 Lagrange, LaGrange
Red Roof Inn Lavonia, Lavonia
Efficiency Lodge Louisville, Louisville
Best Western Southlake Inn, Morrow
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Northeast Norcross, Norcross
Comfort Inn Roswell, Roswell
  
KENTUCKY 
Proposed Home2 Suites, London
Days Inn Richmond, Richmond
 
MISSOURI 
Red Roof Inn Columbia, Columbia
  
MISSISSIPPI 
Proposed La Quinta Inn & Suites Olive Branch, Olive Branch
  
SOUTH CAROLINA 
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel North Charleston Interstate 526, North Charleston
Tru By Hilton Orangeburg, Orangeburg
Motel 6 Spartanburg, Spartanburg
 
TENNESSEE
Edwin Hotel Autograph Collection, Chattanooga
Proposed Dandridge Vacation Rental Resort, Dandridge
Quality Inn Memphis, Memphis
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro

My Articles

Birmingham Hotel Market: Setting Up to Knock It Out of the Park

With a steadily growing population that recently passed the one-million-residents mark, Birmingham is proving itself a rising star in the southeast following its swift recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The largest city in Alabama is now positioning itself as a leader in the field of sports entertainment.

• June 26, 2023 By Brett Testa

• Hotel Operations , Travel & Tourism , Convention, Sports, Entertainment , Economic Trends and Cycles , COVID-19 , Birmingham , Alabama , United States , North America

HVS Market Pulse – Recent Lodging Trends and Outlook for Atlanta, Georgia

Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta has continued to thrive as the commercial locus of the Southeast as well as a major leisure destination. The ongoing expansions of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority campus and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, coupled with increases in tourism and commercial development activity, should support continued recovery within the Atlanta lodging market.

• December 29, 2022 By Brett Testa

• Hotel Operations , Development & Construction , Travel & Tourism , Economic Trends and Cycles , COVID-19 , Atlanta , Georgia , United States , North America