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Hotel Lawyer on PPP2 and the COVID Relief Bill’s changes to Paycheck Protection Program
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ADA Defense Lawyer: The Court Dismisses ADA Lawsuit for Lack of Standing Proving Once Again These Cases Can Be Won
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Hotel Lawyer Labor & Employment New Year Round-Up: What to Expect in 2021
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ADA Website “Tester’s” Lawsuit Dismissed – Again
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Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: Can/should hotels require employees to take the shots? What are the legal and business considerations?
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ADA Defense Lawyer: emotional support animals cannot fly for free anymore
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Time to take a new look at Federal vs. State receiverships?
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ADA Defense Lawyer: ADA Lawsuits Are Defensible
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Latest mid-November data on hotel owner’s viability – COVID, the vaccine, the economy
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Hotel Lawyer Alert: California Consumer Privacy Act update
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BEFORE you sign that (nonbinding) letter of intent, think about this!
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Boutiques may be adapting faster than other hotel sectors, but still hurting
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Hotel Lawyer: Franchise & Management Disputes in a Covid crucible
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CMBS Special Servicing Roundtable for distressed hotel and retail projects
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Meet the Money® Online: Hotels and Information Security – Protecting Guests and the Bottom Line
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ADA Defense Lawyer: ADA requires hotels to describe accessibility on website
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ADA Defense Lawyer: ADA Website Litigation Update — serial plaintiff rebuffed
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CMBS Special Servicing FAQs Virtual Roundtable ~ July 8, 2020
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MTM Online: Hotels & Information Security – Protecting Guests and the Bottom Line
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Meet the Money Online: State of the Hospitality Industry
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Hotel Lawyer Employment Update: Road Map to Reopening the Physical Workplace
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Can SPEs be truly bankruptcy remote entities for hotel and resort loans?
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COVID-19: Stay-at-Home order struck down by Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Webinar on May 20, 2020: Meet the Money® Online
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How hotels get Business Interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19
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Can a hotel ever be “single asset real estate” for bankruptcy purposes? What is “SARE” and who cares?
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): FAQs for hotel owners & operators Need to Know About Employee Rights
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Hotel Lawyer: Distressed hotel strategies for Lenders and Borrowers
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Lender’s Key for distressed hotel asset strategies: Butler’s Matrix
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Webinar on April 2, 2020: Hospitality in the Time of Coronavirus
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The Comprehensive Situation Analysis: Critical foundation for decisions on lender alternatives for distressed hotel loans
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Labor Lawyer COVID-19 Update: Family First Act signed by President Trump
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Hotel industry crisis: 8 Do’s and Don’ts for distressed hotels
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Hotel Law on NPR: Labor & Employment Partner Travis Gemoets talks about human trafficking and hotels
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Labor & Employment Update: COVID-19: Advice for California Employers
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Hotel Lawyer: Hotel and restaurant distress from COVID-19/Coronavirus demands prompt action to deal with loan defaults, layoffs, shutdowns, recapitalizations and stand down agreements
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San Francisco becomes first major US city to order “home sheltering”
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Coronavirus COVID-19 force majeure: Contract provisions and governing law are important
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COVID-19 coronavirus as force majeure contract defense — history and origins
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Coronavirus as Force Majeure Event – What Hotel Owners and Operators Should Consider
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Hotel owners and managers: ADA Lawsuits Won’t Go Away in 2020 – Part 3
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Hotel owners and managers: ADA Lawsuits Won’t Go Away in 2020 – Part 2
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Coronavirus & the Hotel Industry – Responsibilities, Liabilities, Implications
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Hotel owners and managers: ADA Lawsuits Won’t Go Away in 2020 – Part 1
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Will you be at the 2020 ALIS conference next week?
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What hotels need to know: the ADA and service animals
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Hotel lawyer alert for hotel owners and operators: Newest FTC warning about hotel data security
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Hotel lawyer warning for owners and operators: Human trafficking training requirement
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The California Consumer Privacy Act – What Hoteliers Need to Know Now
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Hotel Lawyer: Labor & Employment New Year Round-Up: What to Expect in 2020
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Hotel Lawyer: California limits use of independent contractors, creating significant liabilities and penalties for California hotel and restaurant employers
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Federal legislation introduced making hotel resort fees and other mandatory charges illegal
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Ask the Hotel Lawyer — Why all the buzz about cannabis hotels?
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Cybersecurity Lawyer: Lessons from Marriott’s $123 million GDPR fine
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: Nebraska sues Hilton over hotel “Resort Fees”
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: Attorney General for DC sues Marriott International over hotel “Resort Fees”
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Meet the Money Video: What’s on the Horizon for the Hotel Industry?
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Hotel Lawyer: 2019 Boutique Hotel Report
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ADA Plaintiff Faces Felony Charges of Income Tax Evasion
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The current state of financing in the hospitality industry: Discussions and presentations at Meet the Money 2019
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ADA Defense Lawyer: DA sues to stop abusive ADA litigation
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Chairman Jim Butler Will Speak About Hotel Investment at 2019 Institutional Real Estate Forum
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The 2019 LIIC Top Ten — Hotel Real Estate: Mostly Sunny Days Clouded by Labor Issues
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® to Host the 29th Annual Meet the Money® National Hotel Finance and Investment Conference May 6-8, 2019 in Los Angeles
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Troubled hotel loans on the horizon? Hotel Lawyer perspective from the Spring 2019 Trigild Lender Conference
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Panic Buttons: What hotel owners need to know about unions and new ordinance in Long Beach, CA
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® presents updated hotel experience Credentials
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Why retail centers are adding hotels to the mix
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Tax Alert: Foreign Entity Ownership Compliance – Don’t Ignore the Repatriation Tax
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Hotel Lawyer: Brand franchise owners ask “What happened to my Area of Protection?”
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Jim Butler Hosts Senior Chinese Government Officials
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Hotel Lawyer project development update: SLS Resort Residence & Marina Hallandale Beach
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Avoiding Hotel Data Breaches With a Risk Assessment Audit™ – Lessons From the Marriott International “Glitch”
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Hotel Lawyer purchase & sale update: Marriott Warner Center Woodland Hills
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U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Firms® Recognizes JMBM as 2019 “Best Law Firm”
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Labor & Employment Update: California hotel owners must provide human trafficking awareness training
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California Law Firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Announces Formation of Legal Cannabis Group
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JMBM Hotel Lawyer Guy Maisnik Speaks on Private Equity at the 2018 Lodging Conference
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Take 5 steps NOW to avoid trouble with California’s new privacy act
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California Adopts the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
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New “accessibility” regulations for electric vehicle charging stations
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What do top hotel executives see on the horizon for 2018?
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GDPR: What you need to know about the EEU’s new data privacy rules
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2018 LIIC Top 10 – Annual survey of lodging investment challenges and opportunities
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Hotel Lawyer Jeffrey T. Myers Joins JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®
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Who will you see at Meet the Money?
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The hotel industry salutes Larry Shupnick!
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Important News for Hospitality Executives: How the new Tax Act could affect your estate plan
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Cyberattacks on Hotels — What Should Hotel Owners and Operators Do?
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California Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Changes in 2017 and What’s Slated For 2018
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ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer Update: 99 ADA lawsuits dismissed as fraudulent and malicious
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In Memoriam: Jerry Merkin
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Homeland Security Warns Against Threats to US Infrastructure
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: How to avoid litigation on Resort Fees and other mandatory hotel charges
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Hotel Lawyer: Tips on negotiating your annual hotel budget
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: How Resort Fees became an explosive $2.7 billion issue
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: National task force of 47 Attorneys General goes after Resort Fees
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: The FTC takes aim at hotel Resort Fees (again) — The FTC 2017 Report
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Resort Fee Litigation Advisory Group: Impending eruption of litigation over Resort Fees? What’s the fuss?
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Hotel Lawyer: Tax Alert for Partnerships and LLCs
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Hotel Lawyers at The Lodging Conference 2017: EB-5, Mixed-Use Development and Deal Making
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EB-5 Finance Lawyer: President Trump’s budget deal includes extension of EB-5 through 12-8-17
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EB-5 Finance Lawyer: The Developer’s EB-5 Handbook for construction financing
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: What JMBM does to help developers with EB-5 financing
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: Why you do NOT want to form your own regional center
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: The 5 questions every developer is asking about EB-5 financing
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: EB-5 construction financing term sheet for top developers
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: FAQs: Essentials of EB-5 construction financing for developers
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: More than $1.5 billion of EB-5 construction financing closed for JMBM clients
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EB-5 Finance Lawyer: Are hotels still the darling of EB-5 financing?
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EB-5 Finance Lawyer: Tips to avoid the 6 most common mistakes developers make with EB-5
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Hotel Cybersecurity: Protecting your guests and your property from vendor data breaches
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Meet the Money 2017 presentations now available for download!
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The Lodging Industry Investment Council’s Top Ten: investment trends and challenges
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EB-5 extended without change: President Donald Trump signs bill
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EB-5 Financing for Development — Update on EB-5 Extension
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JMBM’s 27th Annual Meet the Money® National Hotel Finance and Investment Conference
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Judge dismisses ADA website lawsuit
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Hotel Lawyer: What’s happening with EB-5 financing for new development projects? Is it still available?
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Hotel Lawyer: Where is the hospitality industry headed in 2017?
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Hotel Cybersecurity: What can happen when hackers strike?
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Hotel Lawyer: Global Hospitality Group’s Brandon Chock Becomes a Partner at JMBM
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ADA Defense Lawyer on hotel mixed use: Tenants not liable for common areas
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Kasikci’s Bentley Management opens 2017 with new directions, clients and projects
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EB-5 financing for developers extended. Obama signs “Continuing Resolution”
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GlobeSt.com interviews Jim Butler on Chinese Investment and US Economic Issues
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Hotel Lawyer: How the Marriott-Starwood merger will affect you. . .
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Hotel Lawyer: The PROs and CONs of multi-branded hotels
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Hotel Capital Markets Update: David Loeb, RW Baird
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ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer: Court hits Uber and Lyft for ADA Violations
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Hotel Lawyer in Phoenix: Hotel Industry Analysis
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ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer: ADA Website Accessibility lawsuits escalate
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Hotel fights back: Judge dismisses high frequency litigant’s ADA pool lift case
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® announces EB-5 financing and closing of two recent deals for Great Wolf Resorts and Wurzak Hotel Group
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EB-5 Regional Center program extended until December 9, 2016 by Continuing Resolution
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How the Marriott-Starwood merger will affect every stakeholder in the hotel industry
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Hotel Lawyer: What’s up with all the new hotel brands and what does it mean to you?
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How foreign investors can avoid hidden traps of U.S. taxation on U.S. investments
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Tom Callahan (1955-2016) — The passing of a great friend and hotel industry star
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Hotel Lawyer: Why NOW may be the best time for developers to start EB-5 financing
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A primer on EB-5 Immigrant Visa financing for hotel development
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Video: Tye Turman discusses new hotel builds, adaptive reuse, and brands
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Video: Alice Gao discusses interest rates and Chinese investment in gateway cities
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Video: Alan Reay discusses the California hotel market, sales and purchases, RevPAR and financing
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Video: Tom Corcoran discusses rational debt and the 2016 hotel market
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Video: Bill Blackham talks about demand, RevPAR, and opportunities in the select service hotel sector
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Video: Jonathan Falik discusses the 2016 hotel finance and investment environment
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Video: Patrick Hogan of CMB Regional Centers discusses the EB-5 immigrant investment visa program and hotel finance–2016 Hotel Finance and Investment Outlook
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New York EB-5 Investment Immigration Convention
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Why you may need to change your “Competitive Set” now. STR adopts new guidelines
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Industry fundamentals are good now and will continue improve
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Hotel Cybersecurity: Closing the doors before the horses leave the barn
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Hotel Industry Outlook: presentations from Meet the Money® 2016, now available
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The 2016 LIIC Top Ten: The annual survey of lodging investment trends and challenges
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ADA Compliance and Defense Lawyer: Federal Judge Takes Decisive Action to Protect Hotels from ADA Abuse by a High Frequency Litigant
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In Memoriam: William G. Sipple
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Meet the Money® 2016 – May 2-4, 2016: 26th National Hotel Finance & Investment Conference in Los Angeles
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ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer update: Lawmakers consider steps to limit abusive ADA lawsuits
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EB-5 financing accelerates in 2016 and favors (1) Hotels, (2) Mixed-Use and (3) Multifamily as top 3 targets for EB-5 funding.
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Hotel Lawyer at the ALIS hotel conference in Los Angeles — A turnaround in hotel investor sentiment? Was that just a raindrop or is the sky falling?
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Not Just Heads In Beds – Cybersecurity for Hotel Owners
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EB-5 Immigrant Visa program extension signed into law — without any changes. EB-5 financing continues for new development projects.
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Outlook: The new rules for developers raising inexpensive capital with EB-5 financing for hotel, hotel condo and mixed-use development projects
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The Marriott-Starwood merger’s impact on owners, franchisees and developers
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Wi-Fi blocking is illegal. FCC fines Hilton Hotels and M.C. Dean over Wi-Fi blocking in two new actions
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EB-5 legislative update: EB-5 Regional Center Program is extended, Senate bill proposes making program permanent
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Hot Topics for Restaurants: EB-5 and Crowdfunding Investment, Licensing, and Gift Card Programs
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Hotel Lawyer on EB-5 developments? What’s happening with EB-5 renewal legislation?
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FCC says blocking FCC-approved Wi-Fi hotspots is “patently illegal” and imposes $750,000 fine on Smart City.
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What every hotel owner (and operator) needs to know about “data security” after the Wyndham Worldwide case
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Video: Bill Sipple of HVS Capital discusses hospitality market activity and interest rates – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Jack Westergom of Manhattan Hospitality Advisors discusses hotel operating agreements and asset management – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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City of Los Angeles v. Patel — US Supreme Court voids LA ordinance requiring hotel operators to turn over guest records on demand
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Video: Vail Brown of STR talks about all-time highs in hotel supply growth, occupancies, and other metrics – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Stephen Rushmore, Jr. of HVS talks about hotel values and brand proliferation – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Deric Eubanks of Ashford Hospitality Trust talks about the hottest hospitality segments for investors – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Alice Gao of ICBC talks about the world’s largest bank – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Don Li of Interstate Hotels discusses Chinese investment in U.S. hotels – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Bill Blackham of Supertel Hospitality discusses new supply and assets for sale – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: Elizabeth Braman of Realty Mogul explains crowdfinding for hospitality real estate deals – 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities
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Video: 2015 Hotel Investment and Finance Opportunities: Mike Cahill of HREC sheds light on the question, “Where are we in the current hospitality cycle?”
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JMBM’s Meet the Money® spreads good news and enthusiasm
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Presentations from Meet the Money® 2015 – Suzanne Mellen, Alan Reay, Vail Brown, Stephen Rushmore, Jr., Mark Woodworth, Mike Cahill and Richard Green
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Hotel Lawyer from Meet the Money® – News from the 2015 Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC) Annual Survey: “Carpe Diem”
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Meet the Money® 2015 Sponsor Spotlight: Rich Clark, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
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Meet the Money® 2015 Sponsor Spotlight: Rob Pallsechi, Hilton Worldwide
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Meet the Money® National Hotel Finance & Investment Conference – May 4-6, 2015 in Los Angeles
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Succession planning for the family-owned hospitality business
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Just published: The ADA Compliance and Defense Guide — free download
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Congressmen Jared Polis and Mark Amodei Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Permanently Authorize EB-5 Program on January 28, 2015
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How to finance new hotel development with EB-5: Investors Conference at the Wynn Encore Resort
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ADA Defense Lawyer: New ADA standards for website accessibility
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Hotel Lawyer on HMAs: “The shrinking terms of hotel management agreements”
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Condo hotels: Don’t forget the secret sauce!
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Prediction 2015: Chinese investment wave will create many opportunities in the US
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ADA Lawyer: FedEx sued for failures regarding the hearing and speech impaired
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Using condo hotels for financing new hotel development: Traditional condo hotel structures as “non-securities”
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Hotel Finance Lawyer: “Meet the Money® TV” features hotel industry leaders
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Condo Hotel Lawyer: Condominium Hotels are hot! What is a Condo Hotel?
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The “new breed” of condominium hotels — Key to financing new hotel development? Selling condo hotels as “securities” under new SEC Rule 506(c) . . .
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Los Angeles is the new magnet for real estate investment
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Marriott signs FCC Consent Decree and agrees to pay $600,000 civil penalty for Wi-Fi blocking
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Hotel Lawyer: How will the new 11th edition of the Uniform System affect your hotel management agreement or franchise agreement?
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ADA Compliance & Defense Lawyer: FAQs on “service animal” requirements of the ADA. What every hotelier needs to know. Why Uber was sued over service animals.
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Hotel Lawyer to Developers: Looking for EB-5 Financing? The China “Retrogression” means you should act sooner than later!
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Hospitality Lawyer: Why this may be the time to buy or sell a hotel management company
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Asians want to live, buy homes and invest in Orange County
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JMBM announces 25th annual Meet the Money® national hotel finance conference
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EB-5 Financing Lawyer: Why you don’t want to form your own regional center
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Development financing: How to win the race for EB-5 capital
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Chinese-language Hotel Law Blog launched by JMBM Global Hospitality Group® and HotelLawyer.com
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Hotel Lawyer: Growing Together — China and Los Angeles County
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Hotel Lawyer: What is happening with Chinese real estate companies investing in banks?
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China and JMBM’s Chinese Investment Group™ are in the news again!
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Hotel Lawyer in New York: Mood of the New York hotel conference
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Lodging Industry Investment Council’s Top 15 Member Quotes
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Hotel Lawyer: Oops! Apologies for a glitch as we prepare to launch the Chinese Hotel Law Blog
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Hotel lawyer from Meet the Money® in Los Angeles
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Buying bad loans and distressed debt in Europe (and Italy)
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Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: Why does it seem like everyone wants to build or buy a hotel in downtown LA? It’s the “Renaissance of DTLA,” silly!
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Hotel Management Agreement & Franchise Agreement Handbook 3rd edition is released for free download
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The importance of Comfort Letters in financing franchised hotels
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Meet the Money® National Hotel Finance and Investment Conference will focus on hotel development and deals
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Should your hotel be managed by an operator of independent hotels?
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Hotel Franchise Lawyer: 8 things to negotiate in your next franchise agreement
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JMBM’s Chinese Investment Group™ announces successful acquisitions in the U.S. for Chinese clients
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Hotel Management Agreements: 5 things to keep in mind when you look for a hotel operator
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JMBM’s Hotel Developer Forum: LA wants 4,000 new hotel rooms stat!
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Comcast and Liberty announce $1.2 billion Philadelphia skyscraper with new Four Seasons Hotel
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Hotel Industry Outlook: Jim Butler’s Top 10 for 2014
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What the Target data security breaches mean for hoteliers
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ADA Compliance and Defense Lawyer: Starwood Hotels and The Phoenician get an expensive (and unnecessary) lesson in ADA compliance. Who’s next?
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Hotel Lawyer: Something everyone buying or building a golf course should know . . .
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JMBM’s Hotel Lawyers help Chinese real estate developer buy 802-room Sheraton Gateway LAX for $96 million.
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Warning for hotel investors considering golf courses: Golf courses are different! They have different risks and require different skill sets.
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Hotel Lawyer: Surge of activity creates new management agreement opportunities
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New “tipping” rules for 2014: Are you ready?
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ADA Defense lawyer: Pool lift litigation proliferates. Why enterprise-wide compliance is the best solution.
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Rob Koger — putting the whole story into perspective
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NOW is the best time to buy or sell a hotel in many years
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Robert T. Koger — Hotel Lawyer with the FBI affidavit that helped put Koger behind bars
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Robert T. Koger of Molinaro Koger is arrested and put behind bars. A shocking course of continuing fraudulent conduct is unveiled.
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Abu Dhabi Investment Fund buying 3 Editions from Marriott. What does this mean to Marriott and the Edition brand?
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The Hard Rock Hotel San Diego — a condo hotel — did NOT offer “securities” according to new appellate court decision in Salameh v. Tarsadia Hotel. Lower district court dismissal upheld.
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JMBM’s Meet the Money® in the Wall Street Journal. Conference panelists discuss financing new hotel construction.
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Meet the Money® 2013 — Mood of the hotel industry and Conference Presentations
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The LIIC Top 10: Annual Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges
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Meet the Money® 2013 online registration ends Friday. Don’t miss this year’s exciting edition of the hotel industry’s finance conference.
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Cyber Security Alert: How to protect your proprietary information from employees
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ADA defense lawyer: A blast against frivolous, serial ADA lawsuits in striking the right balance
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Hotel owner-operator disputes: Marriott v Eden Roc — what it all means for terminating hotel management agreements
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When should you choose a brand for your hotel? And when should the brand manage your hotel?
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Marriott loses appeal in Eden Roc case: Why all long-term hotel management agreements are now terminable.
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The 10 biggest mistakes shopping centers make when adding a hotel
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How to Buy a Hotel Handbook — Hotel Lawyers Announce New Book Release
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ULI presentations available on adding a hotel to a shopping center or mall
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Stranger than fiction? A closer look at the Molinaro Koger criminal convictions regarding deals with Host . . .
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Hotel industry outlook for the next several years bodes well for hotel investment now
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A Detailed Overview of the Hotel Acquisition Process (30-page booklet)
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So you think you want to buy a hotel? Well, NOW is probably the time to do it!
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Dual-branded hotels — What every owner or developer should know
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HOW TO BUY A HOTEL: Hotel Acquisition Checklist
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Finally! Relief from abusive ADA litigation in California? Maybe not. . .
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Hotel-retail mixed-use: A wave of new hotel development is beginning to swell
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Hotel Lawyers in Los Angeles at the ALIS hotel investment conference
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DOJ sues 3 of NYC’s top Zagat-rated restaurants for ADA violations
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Security interest in golf course revenues cut off by Bankruptcy
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Pool lift deadline of January 31, 2013 looms, but may be a diversion from enterprise-wide ADA compliance
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Hotel Lawyer Privacy Alert: Do your hotel mobile apps comply with new interpretations of online privacy rules?
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Hotel Lawyer on Repositioning: The New York Times reports 39 percent increase in reflagging
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Hotel-Retail mixed-use: hospitality industry trend for 2013.
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Buying a hotel? Financing a hotel? 10 things every borrower should know. (part 2)
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Buying a hotel? Financing a hotel? 10 things every borrower should know. (part 1)
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Hotel Lawyer with the new “Guide” for international hotel transactions — doing business abroad or with foreigners
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The hotel purchase and sale agreement — What is the value of the seller’s representations and warranties to a hotel buyer?
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Seller representations and warranties in a hotel purchase agreement — What are the big issues today?
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Hotel Lawyer Alert: U.S. Hotel Owners could lose $2.1 billion in hotel value with new Expedia program
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JMBM will be at the Boutique Lifestyle Leadership Symposium 2012
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David Loeb shares RW Baird industry analysis
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JMBM will be at the Fall 2012 Trigild Lender Conference
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Hotel Lawyer with PKF’s “US Lodging Market Outlook” — What if we hit the Fiscal Cliff? What if we postpone it? Recession in 2013?
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How to buy a hotel — What you don’t know about undocumented workers could really hurt you!
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3 Nuggets of Information from Vail Brown of STR on Hotel Industry Prospects for 2013 and Beyond
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JMBM’s Hotel Lawyers Post 500th Blog
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Phoenix Rising — Insights from the Phoenix Lodging Conference
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Hotel Liability for Guest Information — What you need to know and how to avoid liability.
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HMA Handbook, 2nd edition is released — Hotel Management Agreements for hotel owners, developers, investors and lenders
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JMBM’s Chinese Investment Group™ happenings and events
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Dodd-Frank Act presents Hotels with decisions on credit and debit card charges
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Hotel restructuring, workouts, receiverships and bankruptcy. The art of heavy lifting.
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HOW TO BUY A HOTEL Handbook: Franchise issues in hotel purchase and sale transactions
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Hotel Lawyer: Experts share top 5 tips on picking the right hotel operator and brand for your hotel
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Losing the expectation of privacy bit by bit, byte by byte
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How to terminate a hotel management agreement: A Tale of Two Hotels — Marriott’s Edition Waikiki and Fairmont’s Turnberry Isle Resort
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Chinese Investment and EB-5 Finance Forum June 21, 2012
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“Cyber Accessibility” is the new frontier for ADA lawsuits. Your next DOJ investigation or ADA class action could be just a mouse click away!
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ADA compliance and defense lawyer: ADA experts discuss hottest issues facing the hotel industry today
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HotelLawyer.com launches
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Successful joint ventures for hotel development, acquisition and financing
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ADA compliance and defense lawyer alert: ADA pool lift deadline extended to January 31, 2013
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Hotel Lawyer from Meet the Money® — Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC) announces its top 10 challenges for hotel industry in 2012
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Meet the Money® conference talks about Hotel loans and equity investment, creating value with hotel value-add and repositioning, hotel opportunistic investment, deal making and much more
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ADA compliance and defense lawyer alert: Charles Schwab settles claim over website accessibility
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Join us at Meet the Money® in Los Angeles May 7-9, 2012. Get the latest on debt and equity financing and what’s up in the hotel industry.
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JMBM is one of 20 hottest law firms in the U.S. per the NLJ’s latest list
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Hotel Labor Lawyer: California Supreme Court finally gives employers some good news in Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court
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ADA Defense Lawyer: AH&LA supported legislation would give 1 year delay for pool lift requirements
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Hotel Lawyer: How to negotiate a Hotel Management Agreement. 10 tips for a smoother process
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ADA Defense Lawyer: What does the ADA pool lift compliance extension mean to you?
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DOJ turnabout: Pool lift compliance deadline extended to May 15
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5 Things to remember when buying hotel notes
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ADA defense and compliance lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March 15 ADA standards?
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GlobeSt.com interviews JMBM’s ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyers
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ADA ALERT – A call to action before the March 15, 2012 ADA deadline
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FBI tips for hotels. How to spot terrorists and what to do.
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JMBM’s 22nd Annual Meet the Money 2012
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Sponsors of 2012 JMBM’s 22nd Annual Meet the Money
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ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ clarifies March 15, 2012 mandatory pool lift requirement! (Uh-oh!)
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: New ADA compliance standards for golf courses. What do they mean to you?
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Hotel Lawyer on 2012: A good year to buy a hotel (and a bad year, if your hotel note is due)
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Quick! Can you pass this 3-question ADA pop quiz?
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Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS – What’s the commotion all about? Closing the conference hotel to outsiders.
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Hotel management contract disputes: Importance of “fiduciary” duties in Owner-Operator lawsuits
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Litigation and disputes between hotel owners and operators are on the rise. Why?
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: New ADA regulations kick in soon. Say goodbye to “grandfathering” under the ADA.
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Hotel Lawyer in Washington DC at NATHIC – Why the lodging industry will continue to do well despite bumpy markets and more
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Chinese investment in U.S. hotels: What the real estate professionals want to know
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Fairmont v. Turnberry decision is issued by Federal Court
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Hotel Lawyer with optimism for the hotel industry from at the Dallas Lenders Conference, Fishing for Solutions 2011
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Hotel Lawyer in Dallas listening to the Special Servicers
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Hotel Labor & Employment Update: California Supreme Court one step closer to decision in meal and rest period case
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Updating Service Animal Policies of Your Hotel or Other “Place of Lodging”
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Hotel Industry Alert: Some things to feel (very) good about!
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Hotel Lawyers in Phoenix: “It’s not just me. The market has changed in just the last 60 days!”
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Hospitality Lawyers in Phoenix for the 2011 Lodging Conference. What’s happening to the hospitality industry?
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Hotel Labor and Employment Lawyer Update: Controversial Union Rights Notice Subject to Legal Challenge — Employers Should Not Rush To Post It
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Hotel Franchise Lawyer: Hotel Franchise Agreements and the 5 biggest mistakes a hotel owner can make
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Hotel Labor and Employment Lawyer Alert: The NLRB is making it harder to stay union free.
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Tips from hotel franchise and management lawyers: Beware the trap of “changing brand standards”
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Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about hotel due diligence
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Hotel lawyers on terminating hotel operators: M Edition lawsuit against Marriott has a new twist — Marriott is replaced overnight
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Hotel lawyers on terminating hotel operators: Turnberry Resort drops Fairmont flag
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Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about Cash Controls
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Hotel Lawyer with more on M Waikiki Edition lawsuit against Marriott – What Marriott’s General Counsel says
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Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about SNDAs
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Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about HMAs and hotel franchise agreements
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Hotel Lawyer on the importance of brands — intellectual property rights and what they mean
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Hotel Lawyer on the fiduciary, contractual and agency duties of hotel brokers – Host Hotels & Resorts LP v. Molinaro Koger litigation
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M Waikiki’s Edition lawsuit against Marriott and Ian Schrager — an owner’s HMA dispute with Marriott
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Hotel Investment: Why Asian investors are targeting U.S. hotels for purchase and investment, and what could it mean for you?
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Chinese Investment Group™ — Hotels, Real Estate, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas
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華人酒店和房地產投資法律顧問集團™ — 酒店、房地產和EB-5投資移民
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华人酒店和房地产投资法律顾问集团™ — 酒店，房地产和EB-5投资移民
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Hotel Lawyer in New York with pre-NYU industry forecast: Sunny with occasional clouds and NO storms on the horizon
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Hotel Lawyer with the Executive Roundtable results.
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: How to quickly lose business. (no ADA-compliant reservation system)
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Hotel Lawyer: Latest perspective on the hotel industry from Smith Travel
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Hospitality Lawyers with PKF and Mark Woodworth’s Lodging Overview
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Hotel Lawyers’ updates on capital and debt markets for hotels, transaction sales data and financings
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Hotel Lawyer updates on hotel cap rates, values and transactions
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Hotel Lawyer with nuggets from JMBM’s Meet the Money® 2011
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JMBM’s Meet the Money® in the Wall Street Journal today!
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Hotel industry think tank’s top 10 challenges for 2011
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Top hotel industry leaders converge for Executive Roundtable at Meet the Money®
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Condo Hotel Lawyer: What is happening with the condo hotel sector?
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Connecting online at Meet the Money®!
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Hotel Lawyer: The hotel transaction market is heating up!
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Hotel Lawyer with good news! A new federal court decision upholds condo hotel structure. No “securities” involved as structured. Disgruntled condo hotel unit purchaser lawsuit dismissed.
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Meet the Money®: Hotel financing Renaissance is underway!
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New Book Release: The HMA Handbook, Hotel Management Agreements for Owners, Developers, Investors & Lenders
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Buying a Hotel? Don’t buy an ADA lawsuit or DOJ Investigation
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Hotel Lawyer on Hotel Management Agreements: Exculpation Clauses for protecting the owner’s assets
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: How to handle an ADA lawsuit . . . and How not to do it
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Hotel Lawyer: 5 key elements for good Hotel Management Agreement budget provisions
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Hotel Lawyer: How improving fundamentals make 2011 the year of “Great Expectations” for the Hotel Industry
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Ask the Hotel Lawyer: 2011 is starting as the year of “Great Expectations” for the hotel industry!
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Hotel ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: How a recent ADA case affects all hotels but particularly conference centers and meeting hotels
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Hotel Lawyer: So,You Think You Want to Buy a Hotel?
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Sheraton Universal Hotel Sale Facilitated by JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer Alert: Hilton’s ADA Settlement with the Department of Justice: Precedent-setting agreement delivers more than removing architectural barriers
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BLOOMBERG interview with Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer
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New York Times: Hotel Sector May Lead Economic Recovery
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer: California’s Certified Access Specialist program — Does it provide all of the intended ADA protections?
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How “standards” can protect your hotel mixed-use assets . . .
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Hotel Lawyer: Checklist for negotiating Hotel Management Agreements/Hotel Operating Agreements – The HMA PRO™ Checklist
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Hotel Lawyer: Distress continues for hotel and CRE. New data suggests 8 year downturn, dismal prospects and increased foreclosures.
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Hotel Lawyer with insights on “How to get a great hotel operator”
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ADA Defense & Compliance Lawyer Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect
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Hotel Lawyer in Phoenix at The Lodging Conference . . . If you are not here, you are missing out!
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Hotel Joint Ventures: Four Keys to Success
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Hotel Lawyer: The more things change, the more they stay the same . . .
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Global Hospitality Advisor: National implications of the July 2010 Atlas Hospitality Group distressed hotels survey
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Global Hospitality Advisor® with Lodging Industry Midsummer Report
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Hotel Labor Lawyer Alert: U.S. Department of Labor targets the hospitality industry
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ADA defense lawyer: Implications of the latest ADA enforcement “sweeps” against hotels in Portland and San Francisco.
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Hotel ADA defense lawyer: Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA enforcement “sweeps” hit the West Coast. What you need to know now.
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Hotel Management Agreement performance standards — The Owner’s Return test
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Hotel Management Agreement performance standards — The Operator’s take
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Hotel management agreement performance standards and why they matter
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Hotel Lending: How to avoid the pitfalls of hotel lending
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Hotel Lending: Why hotel lending is different. . . and some things you should know . . .
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Hotel Lending: “NOW” could be the best time for hotel lending in 20 years
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Hotel ADA defense Lawyer: The end to sue-and-settle “drive bys” in California?
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Hotel Lawyer in New York City with the pulse of Manhattan and the 2010 New York Investment Conference – The tide has turned!
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Hotel lawyers: Public-Private Financing still works for hotel developments
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Timeshare Lawyer: What’s happening with Vacation Ownership — fractionals, timeshares and clubs? Expert perspectives and insights on investor and hotel-owner benefits
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California hotel defaults, foreclosures and sales — weather vane for hotels everywhere? Atlas Hospitality Group’s latest survey
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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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Meet the Money® 2010: Art Adler, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels: Global capital markets
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Meet the Money® 2010: David Loeb, RW Baird: Capital markets outlook
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Meet the Money® 2010: Richard Green, USC Lusk Center: Economy and Outlook
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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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Meet the Money® 2010: Suzanne Mellen, HVS: Hotel values and cap rates
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Meet the Money® 2010: Mark Woodworth, PKF Consulting: What better time?
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Meet the Money® 2010: Greg Hartmann, STR Analytics: Light at the end of the tunnel?
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The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels — How to get a FREE copy . . .
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Hotel industry think tank top 10 challenges for 2010
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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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Hotel workouts, hotel bankruptcies, hotel receiverships — We wrote the book on troubled hotel assets: The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels.
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Hotel management agreement terminations — Is there a better way?
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Meet the Money® at JMBM’s 20th annual hotel conference!
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Global Hospitality Advisor®: Opportunistic investment alert! What to watch for when buying distressed debt on timeshare, fractional and vacation club developments
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Global Hospitality Advisor®: A masterstroke hospitality investment by savvy investor
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ADA defense lawyers: When disabled hotel guests’ needs go beyond the norm for typical guests, what do hotel owners and managers have to do?
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Tranche Warfare: The coming litigation among stakeholders in CMBS Loans
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Timeshare lawyer advisory for timeshare developers, owners and operators. Impact of new ADA rules on your timeshare project.
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Hotel Lawyer: California foreclosure traps for unwary lenders: California’s one action and anti-deficiency rules. What one top expert tells lenders about avoiding the pitfalls of foreclosing in California on hotels and other mixed collateral.
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Atlas 2009 Year End Hotel Survey . . . and what it means
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Hotel Lawyer: ALIS brings optimists to earth. Lenders make new evaluations. Realism is cold and gray.
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How they are going to make you pay TOT on revenues your hotel never received
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Hotel Lawyers and the ADA: Is the DOJ’s ADA Compliance Survey Coming to Your City Soon? What to do when you receive the DOJ’s ADA Compliance Review questionnaire.
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Occupancy tax update on internet hotel booking: More lawsuits against Expedia and online travel companies (OTCs) over “lost” bed taxes — Why hotels should care about the transient occupancy tax (TOT) battle
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Hotel Occupancy Tax Alert: online travel company suits over transient occupancy taxes raise – 5 things every hotel owner and operator needs to know
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Hotel Lawyer: Distressed hotel investments — Maximizing the value for Lenders, Borrowers and Investors
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ADA Hotel Lawyers: California opens door to more ADA litigation, but also offers protection to the well-informed
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Hotel Lawyers in Phoenix: What happened at the Phoenix lodging conference? Can we find a Black Swan?
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New CMBS rule insights from Hotel Lawyer — effective immediately. Panacea or placebo?
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Hotel Lawyer: Hotel liability — Have you checked your parental release forms lately?
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The Hotel Owner’s and Hotel Lender’s Dilemma: Sell now or sell later? How long does it take to market a hotel today?
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Hotel Lawyer: Does “End of the Recession” mean “Recovery”? Not for luxury hotels!
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Hotel Lawyer: Some practical alternatives to hotel closings – turning around operating results.
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Closing that hotel may be the worst money-saving idea you ever had! Lenders, here’s why mothballing a hotel can be a very bad idea.
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