May 22, 2007

Hotel Lawyer: Where are we in the hotel cycle? What's the real threat of new supply? Where do we go from here?

by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

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By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
22 May 2007

Hotel Lawyer reporting from Meet the Money® hotel financing conference. At the recent Meet the Money® conference on hotel financing, Mark Woodworth, Executive VP of PKF Consulting, presented the latest report from PKF Hospitality Research to a crowd of more than 450 hotel industry leaders who gathered to connect with all the top debt and equity financing sources for hotels and hotel-related projects. (For more details on the Conference or the materials from it, see "Hotel financing gateway. Meet the Money® -- gateway to debt and equity financing for hotels. How to get your hotel financed.")

Mark Woodworth's presentation helped answer the questions on everyone's minds: (1) Where are we in the hotel cycle? (2) What is the real threat of new supply? and (3) Where do we go from here?

His information and answers were very interesting . . .

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May 20, 2007

Hotel Lawyer on latest U.S. Hospitality Trends from Meet the Money® hotel financing conference

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By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
20 May 2007

Hotel Lawyer on latest U.S. Hospitality Trends. At the recent Meet the Money® conference on hotel financing, Bobby Bowers, Senior Vice President at Smith Travel Research (STR) provided an overview of the U.S. lodging industry for the 12 months ending March 2007. The results were very interesting and bode well. Straight from www.HotelLawBlog.com, here is what he said. . .

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May 14, 2007

Hotel Lawyer: How hotel swimming pools may spawn ADA lawsuits and what to do about it.

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By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
14 May 2007

Hotel Lawyer on recognizing, avoiding and defending ADA lawsuits. In case you haven't noticed, ADA lawsuits -- suits filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act -- are on the rise. We have covered a number of troublesome ADA claim areas here on www.HotelLawBlog.com in the past [Just go the the blog and scroll down the right hand side until you see the easy-to-use tools to sort blog entries by topic. ADA is the first topic]. But today, I would like to introduce Marty Orlick, one of my hotel lawyer partners who specializes in defending ADA cases. In fact, Marty Orlick has represented property owners in defending more than 200 ADA cases! So let's get Marty's street savvy advice on how to recognize the threat and then to avoid the potential lawsuits lurking at bottom of your pool.

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May 8, 2007

Hotel financing gateway. Meet the Money® -- gateway to debt and equity financing for hotels. How to get your hotel financed.

by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

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By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
8 May 2007

Hotel Lawyer on debt and equity financing for hotels -- hotel financing update. The party's not over, but it may be time we sobered up. How do you find debt and equity financing for hotel development, hotel mixed-use, repositioning and purchase or sale?

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May 4, 2007

Hotel Lawyer: The Lodging Industry Think Tank "TOP 10" Investment Trends and Challenges

by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

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By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
4 May 2007

Hotel Lawyer at Meet the Money® -- the premier hotel financing conference. In an annual survey prepared for exclusive release at JMBM's Meet the Money® hotel finance conference, the Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC) "Top 10" Investment Trends and Challenges were unveiled on May 3, 2007. If you want to know what these industry leaders think about the industry, check this out . . .

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