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Management Agreements are pivotal to hotel ownership and value. See the "Topic" of "Management Agreements" on www.HotelLawBlog.com. Important articles include:


How to get a great hotel operator - part 1

* Hotel management agreement & hotel operator fundamentals
* Why management agreements are so important to the value of your hotel
* The 5 biggest mistakes owners make in pursuing hotel management agreements (and how to avoid them)
* The hotel owner's best friend - the Hotel RFP

How to get a great hotel operator - part 2

* What is an RFP?
* What critical steps should be included in every RFP?
* How does the process work and what do the documents look like?
* Isn't there just some form we can see?

How to get a great hotel operator - part 3

* 5 Factors that determine what your RFP looks like. Is it just a notice to take bids? (NO!)
* How we can help you with your RFP
* Who does what?
* Why it is critical to mixed-use projects?
* The 16 Step Program -- steps to a successful RFP Process


How to terminate a hotel management agreement when an operator really deserves it!

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Posted On: July 29, 2008 by Jim Butler

Hotel Management Agreements 201 by Hospitality Lawyer - Indemnification Provisions

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

and

Robert E. Braun | Partner JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®

29 July 2008

Hospitality Lawyer: How to survive some of the custom and "lore" of Hotel Management Agreement Indemnification Provisions.

While we have a very deep bench of hospitality lawyers -- particularly in hotel management agreements -- my partner, Bob Braun, is one of the most experienced on our team, with several hundred management contracts to his credit, and a dozen or more on his current work schedule at any point in time.

So it was no surprise when he suggested recently that we work together on a few articles going "beyond the basics" of hotel management agreements and post them for our industry friends on www.HotelLawBlog.com. We decided to call this upcoming series, "Hotel Management Agreements 201." Bob took the lead in putting this first one together on the critical area of INDEMNIFICATION, and here it is.

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Posted On: July 27, 2008 by Jim Butler

Hospitality Lawyer -- "Can we keep it up?" An increasingly important issue for the hotel industry!

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

27 July 2008

Hospitality Lawyer -- Why we need to maintain the discipline to keep ADRs up! As hotel occupancy rates are tending to soften nationally, the data from Smith Travel Research (STR) tells us that the industry has continued to do well because average daily rates (ADRs) have continued to rise, particularly in the Top 25 markets, and in the market segments that STR calls Luxury, Upper Upscale, Upscale and Midscale without Food & Beverage.

But there is a new threat to industry profits looming on the horizon -- something beyond pestilence, war, recession, and falling airline seat capacity, and this is within our own control if we will just behave rationally. Here's the scoop from www.HotelLawBlog.com.

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Posted On: July 21, 2008 by Jim Butler

Hospitality Lawyer with perspectives from the top: Insights and advice from Tom Baltimore, President of RLJ Development

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

21 July 2008

Hospitality Lawyer: What a difference a year makes! Where we've been and where we're going. Practical advice and observations from Tom Baltimore. On July 17, 2008, at the NABHOOD Conference in Atlanta, the experts gave us the latest update on the Hotel Industry since NYU. (See the 5-part series at www.HotelLawBlog.com analyzing the data available at June 1, 2008 at "Quips, Quotes and Insights from the 2008 NYU hotel conference.").

Trends continue to emerge and JMBM's hospitality lawyers have 3 hot July updates for you on the state of the industry:

1. Jan Freitag, Vice President of Smith Travel Research (jan@smithtravelresearch.com)

2. Mark Woodworth, President of PKF Hospitality Research (mark.woodworth@pkfc.com)

3. Tom Baltimore, President of RLJ Development, LLC (www.rljcompanies.com)


You can also find the Top 10 Picks from www.HotelLawBlog.com by clicking here.

Here's the way Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., Vice Chairman of NABHOOD and President of RLJ Development, summed things up.

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Posted On: July 19, 2008 by Jim Butler

What lies ahead in the hotel industry? Hospitality Lawyer looks at the good, the bad and the ugly . . . and something we haven't seen in 20 years!

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

20 July 2008

Hospitality Lawyer: What lies ahead for the hotel industry? On July 17, 2008, at the NABHOOD Conference in Atlanta, the experts gave us the latest update on the Hotel Industry since NYU. (See the 5-part series at www.HotelLawBlog.com analyzing the data available at June 1, 2008 at "Quips, Quotes and Insights from the 2008 NYU hotel conference.").

Trends continue to emerge and JMBM's hospitality lawyers have 3 hot July updates for you on the state of the industry:

1. Jan Freitag, Vice President of Smith Travel Research (jan@smithtravelresearch.com)

2. Mark Woodworth, President of PKF Hospitality Research (mark.woodworth@pkfc.com)

3. Tom Baltimore, President of RLJ Development, LLC (www.rljcompanies.com)


You can also find the Top 10 Picks from www.HotelLawBlog.com by clicking here.

Here's Mark Woodworth's analysis of "What Lies Ahead," and it is very interesting . . .

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Posted On: July 19, 2008 by Jim Butler

Smith Travel's July Update on State of the Lodging Industry from Hospitality Lawyer in Atlanta

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

19 July 2008

Hospitality Lawyer: What's happened in the hotel industry since the NYU Hotel Investment Conference in June? The NABHOOD Conference in Atlanta was the place to be this week, as I reported in my recent blog entitled "Hospitality Attorney salutes NABHOOD"


On Thursday, July 17, 2008, the inspiration and insights continued to flow, with the latest industry data and predictions since NYU. (See the 5-part series at www.HotelLawBlog.com analyzing the data available at June 1, 2008 at "Quips, Quotes and Insights from the 2008 NYU hotel conference."). Another month and a half are under our belts since the NYU Hotel Investment Conference, and the hospitality lawyers from JMBM have 3 hot July updates for you on the state of the industry:

1. Jan Freitag, Vice President of Smith Travel Research (jan@smithtravelresearch.com)

2. Mark Woodworth, President of PKF Hospitality Research (mark.woodworth@pkfc.com)

3. Tom Baltimore, President of RLJ Development, LLC (www.rljcompanies.com)


Here's Jan Freitag's Smith Travel Research July update . . .


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Posted On: July 16, 2008 by Jim Butler

Hospitality Attorney salutes NABHOOD, Andy Ingraham, Mike Roberts, Hank Thomas, Mit Shah and the African American hotel community

By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
16 July 2008

Hospitality lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia at the kick-off for the NABHOOD Annual Convention. If you are not yet a member, sponsor or supporter of NABHOOD -- the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers -- you need to check out this dynamic organization, whose members own about 325 hotels (up from just 1 in 2001). Thanks to my friend Andy Ingraham, President and Founder of NABHOOD, I am attending the Association's 12th Annual Summit in Atlanta as a speaker and participant, and JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® is a proud sponsor of this event.

As you can tell from many postings here at www.HotelLawBlog.com, I have been attending (and hosting) hospitality conferences for many years and I can tell you that the energy, vision and skill this group is bringing to the industry is just amazing. I like to think of myself as a great networker -- connecting people in the industry to get deals done. But I have met my match. No, I have to say, I have now seen the grand master in action, and I take my hat off to Andy Ingraham and what he helps NABHOOD members do. Congratulations, Andy!

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Jim Butler is recognized as one of the top hotel lawyers in the world. He devotes 100% of his practice to hospitality, representing hotel owners, developers and lenders. Jim leads the Global Hospitality Group®—a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $50 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,000 properties located around the globe.
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