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Posted On: May 9, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

California hotel defaults, foreclosures and sales -- weather vane for hotels everywhere? Atlas Hospitality Group's latest survey

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
09 May 2010

Hotel Lawyer with the latest information on hotel loan defaults, foreclosures, forebearances and distressed sales in California from the Atlas Hospitality Group.

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Posted On: May 7, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

As goes the economy, so goes the hospitality industry: So what's happening to the economy, capital markets and global hotel markets?

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
07 May 2010

Hotel Lawyer with the latest reports and forecasts on the economy, capital markets and global markets from industry leader presentations at JMBM's 20th annual hotel conference -- Meet the Money® 2010.

The close correlation between the economy and the hospitality industry provides a fascinating subject. Although it is somewhat intuitive that when the economy is growing and people are being hired, more is spent on travel, lodging and leisure . . . and the other way around.

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Art Adler, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels: Global capital markets

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Here is an easy download link, and an embedded image for Art Adler's presentation at Meet the Money® 2010.

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: David Loeb, RW Baird: Capital markets outlook

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Richard Green, USC Lusk Center: Economy and Outlook

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel industry update! The worst may be behind us but whither the future? Industry stats and insights from HVS, PKF, Smith Travel and CBRE

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
06 May 2010

Hotel Lawyer with industry leader presentations from JMBM's 20th annual hotel conference -- Meet the Money® 2010.

If you missed Meet the Money® this year, you missed one of the most timely, informative and exciting industry conferences. But you can still benefit from the wealth of information that was shared by industry experts, as we will make much of it available to you here, on the Hotel Law Blog.

So here is a start on what happened . . .

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Suzanne Mellen, HVS: Hotel values and cap rates

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See below for Suzanne Mellen's presentation at Meet the Money® 2010, and for links to other materials from Meet the Money Meet the Money® 2010.

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Mark Woodworth, PKF Consulting: What better time?

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Greg Hartmann, STR Analytics: Light at the end of the tunnel?

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Posted On: May 6, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® 2010: Dan Lesser, CBRE: Spring training is over and it's time to play ball!

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Posted On: May 5, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels -- How to get a FREE copy . . .

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
05 May 2010

Sorry if you have already received this message, but for some reason we are getting a lot of emails and calls from people who have had trouble getting to The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels . . . so we want to make it easier . . .Click on the graphic below to download the Handbook.

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Troubled hotels? Hotel loan defaults? Distressed hotel assets? Hotel bankruptcies, receiverships, or workouts?

If you are dealing with the troubled hotel asset of any kind, The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels will be an invaluable guide for you. This comprehensive, easy-to-read, 98-page book is FREE from the hotel lawyers at JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®.

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Posted On: May 5, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel industry think tank top 10 challenges for 2010

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I am privileged to be one of the co-chairs of the Lodging Industry Investment Council along with Mike Cahill and Sean Hennessey. This is the hotel industry "think tank" whose membership owns or operates many billions of hotel investments, and involves all aspects of the industry.

For most of the last 10 years, we have premiered the release of The LIIC Top 10 at our annual Meet the Money® conference, and this year is no different.

What is really neat about this survey, is that it is "forward looking". It reflects what industry leaders with billions of dollars of hotel real estate investment are looking at and what their sentiments are right now!

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Posted On: May 4, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® - What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hospitality Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
4 May 2009

What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®

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Posted On: May 3, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel workouts, hotel bankruptcies, hotel receiverships -- We wrote the book on troubled hotel assets: The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels.

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By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
03 May 2010

The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels
Lenders, special servicers, investors and receivers!

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Are you aware of the full range of alternative strategies for dealing with troubled hotels? Does your lawyer provide you with analytical tools to help you identify, evaluate and select from a full range of options? Do you know how to recognize the crucial points where the wrong decision can give away more than half the value of a hotel?

We cover these critical issues -- and much more -- in our new, comprehensive, 98-page book, The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels. Distilled from experts who have more than 1,000 bankruptcies, receiverships and workouts under their belts and more than 20 years of experience, you will find the handbook useful as a permanent resource that you can refer to time and again.

And you can get your copy for FREE! (see download link below)

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About the Authors

Jim Butler

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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 $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe.
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Robert Braun

Robert Braun is a partner in JMBM's Corporate Department and a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. Bob represents owners in both transactional and operational issues. He advises clients with respect to business formation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. He has represented hotel owners in the negotiation of several hundred management agreements, as well as spa management and franchise agreements. Bob also advises hotel owners regarding telecommunications, software, internet, e-commerce, data processing and outsourcing agreements. To read Bob's articles, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com and select "Management Agreements." For more information, please contact Bob Braun at 310.785.5331 or rbraun@jmbm.com.

Marta Fernandez

Marta Fernandez is a partner in JMBM's Employment and Labor Department and a senior member of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. As a management labor lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, Marta specializes in representing hospitality industry clients in all aspects of labor and employment including labor-management relations such as union prevention, collective bargaining for single as well as multi-employer bargaining units, neutrality agreements and defense of unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB. She defends employers in administrative and litigation claims, such as employee claims of sexual harassment and discrimination and counsels clients in preventative strategies such as executive training, arbitration enforcement, and policies and procedures. To read Marta's articles, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com and select "Labor & Employment." For more information, please contact Marta Fernandez at 310.201.3534 or at mfernandez@jmbm.com.

Catherine DeBono Holmes

Catherine DeBono Holmes is a partner in JMBM's Corporate Department and a senior member of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. Cathy assists hotel clients with hotel management and franchise agreements, purchase and sale transactions, and condo hotel regime structuring. She has taken hotel owners through complex RFP processes involving all the major hotel brands. She has significant expertise in condo hotels and advises clients in the specific business and legal aspects of condo hotel regime structuring and documentation, including CC&Rs, HOA docs, unit management agreements, shared facilities agreements, rental management agreement programs and securities compliance matters (structuring, documentation and training). To access Cathy's articles on www.HotelLawBlog.com, click on the topics "Condo Hotels" or "Green Hotels" For more information, please contact Cathy Holmes at 310.201.3553 or cholmes@jmbm.com.

Guy Maisnik

Guy Maisnik is a partner in JMBM's Real Estate Department and a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. Guy's deep and broad transactional practice includes complex real estate finance and venture capital transactions, including project finance, commercial finance, leveraged leasing and real estate acquisitions. He assists clients with development, leasing and disposition, loan portfolio acquisitions, loan and debt restructure, workouts and real estate exchanges. Go to www.HotelLawBlog.com for current information in these areas. For more information, please contact Guy Maisnik at 310.201.3588 or mgm@jmbm.com.

David Sudeck

David Sudeck is of Counsel in JMBM's Real Estate Department and a senior member of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. David has significant experience in the vacation ownership arena, focusing on the formation and registration of condominiums, timeshares and fractional interest regimes. He negotiates hotel, spa and restaurant management agreements, and assists client in the development, acquisition, sale and leasing of hotels, golf courses and restaurants. For David's take on current issues in the timeshare arena, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com and click on the topic, "Timeshare." For more information, please contact David Sudeck at 310.201.3518 or dsudeck @jmbm.com.

Robert Kaplan

Robert Kaplan is a partner in JMBM's Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructurings Group and a senior member of the Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. Bob represents lenders, special servicers, hard money lenders, community banks, national banking associations, distressed debt investors, and equity investors, positioning them for the best possible outcome by acting expeditiously to preserve value and increase cash flow. His industry experience and his knowledge of the current capital markets -- where distressed assets often include complex deal structures and securitized loans -- allows him to bring creative and effective strategies to the table. When aggressive litigation is the best strategy, he is a vigorous and effective advocate for his clients. Bob represented the securitized lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed by the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, and in the subsequent negotiations and successful sale of the loan to a third party. The lender -- acting by and through GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation as special servicer -- was the holder of a $60 million loan secured by a Deed of Trust on the Clift Hotel. He has also served as counsel to CapMark, J.E. Robert Company, Inc., AMRESCO Management Inc. and Midland Loan Servicer in their capacity as special servicers on troubled hotel loans in CMBS pools. For more information, contact Robert Kaplan at 415.984.9673 or rkaplan@jmbm.com.

Martin Orlick

Martin Orlick is a partner in JMBM's Real Estate Department and a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® -- a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $60 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,300 properties located around the globe. Marty specializes in representing hospitality industry clients in Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance and defense. He has represented more than 300 businesses in ADA issues, many of them hotels and restaurants, as well as hotel mixed-use properties. Marty is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and a frequent speaker on the ADA and other topics. To read Marty's articles, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com and select "ADA." For more information, please contact Marty Orlick at 415.984.9667 or morlick@jmbm.com.

James Abrams

James Abrams has significant experience in government affairs at the national level, the state level – including the California Legislature and scores of state agencies – and with local governments and agencies. He has authored successful ballot measures and scores of bills for his clients. Jim served as the President and CEO of the California Hotel & Lodging Association from January 1, 1991 through December 31, 2008 and is currently an adjunct professor in the Hospitality Industry Management Program at the University of San Francisco. He is a frequent speaker and writer on all aspects of the law relating to the lodging and hospitality industries, and he is the author of the book Laws Pertaining to the California Innkeeper, which is published by the California Hotel & Lodging Association. To read Jim’s articles, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com. For more information, please contact Jim Abrams at 415.398.8080 or jabrams@jmbm.com.

Eudeen Chang

Eudeen Chang is a lawyer in the Litigation Department of JMBM's Orange County office and a member of the Global Hospitality Group®. He represents hotels in a variety of litigation matters, including ADA defense. He is well-versed in all aspects of litigation, from pre-lawsuit strategizing to trial, post-judgment collection and through appeal. He also serves as outside general counsel for a number of small and mid-sized companies and high net-worth individuals. Contact Eudeen at EChang@jmbm.com or 949.623.7232.

Victor Shum

Victor Shum is a corporate and securities partner in JMBM's Corporate Department and a member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® and Chinese Investment Group™. He has advised clients on EB-5 matters since 1999 andassists hotel developers on EB-5 financing as well as public and privatesecurities, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border issues, and otherstrategic business transactions, including real estate transactions andintellectual property and technology licensing matters. For moreinformation, contact Victor Shum at 415.984.9611 or vshum@jmbm.com.

Scott Brink

Scott Brink is a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® anda partner in JMBM's Labor & Employment Law Department. Scott is amanagement labor lawyer with more than two decades of experiencerepresenting employers in all aspects of labor relations and employmentlaw including union prevention, collective bargaining negotiations,defense of unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB, wrongfuldischarge litigation, individual and class action employmentdiscrimination and wage-and-hour claims, sexual-harassment litigation,arbitrations, personnel policies, California wage and hour law, andemployee discipline and discharge. An experienced trial attorney, Scotthas litigated a number of high-profile and complex cases involving awide range of labor and employment law matters. For more information,contact Scott Brink at RSB@jmbm.com or 310.785.5365.

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Ask the Hotel Lawyer™ is a quarterly column that I write for JMBM's Global Hospitality Advisor®. If you have a question you would like to submit to Ask the Hotel Lawyer™ please use the comments box below. While your question may not be of sufficient general interest for the column, I will try to respond to you individually if you leave your contact information below. Jim Butler.