
A Case For Being Independent

Asset managers provide a wide range of management oversight, analysis, and support to hotel owners. The specific scope of services is tailored to each owner. Compensation is usually a flat fee or a fee that is a percentage of gross revenues.

Written by Mark Lynn in 2002, Nasdaq’s Impact on Silicon Valley Hotel Revenue , the article addresses the cyclical nature of supply and demand in this high profile market.

Even More Spare Change In The Parking Couch...The Second Edition of a Three Part Series on Parking Asset Management Success

Anne Lloyd-Jones discusses factors impacting hotel investments in the post 9/11 environment, and correctly predicts the initial decline and ultimate revival in hotel values that we are witnessing today.

Global hospitality news and information.

Brand equity: Raising the Flag

Steve Rushmore's April 2005 Hotels monthly.

When taxes and lender criteria are considered, the estimated value of a hotel property can change. The effect of taxes, for instance, may well be to increase a potential buyer's bid for a given property.

In an earlier article (December 1995) the authors introduced two models that demonstrated the effects of taxes and tender criteria on a property's estimated value. Here's the proof of value for those two models.