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Meet the Money® 2014

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This is Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com and hotel lawyer. Please contact me at Jim Butler at jbutler@jmbm.com or 310.201.3526.

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18 June 2010

Hotel Lawyer with lessons from the past on why this is the best time to be lending on hotels

Having recently assisted 3 major lenders design their hotel lending programs and hotel loan documentation, the hotel lawyers in JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® believe that now is the best time for hotel lending in 20 years. My partner, Guy Maisnik, and I thought you might like to know why we believe this is true. So, here’s why.

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15 June 2010

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Hotel ADA defense lawyer alert. LA judge sanctions ADA plaintiff and his lawyer.

Finally, there is a promising new development in California for beleaguered owners of hotels, restaurants and other commercial real estate. An ADA plaintiff and his lawyer were recently sanctioned for lack of merit and failure to perform due diligence prior to filing a lawsuit.

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04 June 2010

Hotel lawyers with insights on how some development deals are still getting done: Public-Private Financing for Hotel Developments

To view presentations made by the experts, see the easy download links.

Hotel lawyer Catherine Holmes, one of our public-private hotel financing specialists in JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® has represented cities and other governmental entities in several public-private partnership hotel development and convention center hotel deals, such as the recent transactions with the City of Dallas and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside.
Cathy recently moderated a panel on the topic of public-private financing for hotel development in Los Angeles with some of the top experts in the field. Here is a summary of what they told us.

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02 June 2010

Timeshare lawyer, David Sudeck, organized a great panel of vacation ownership experts who met earlier this month to discuss developments and opportunities for profit within the vacation ownership industry. David Sudeck, a senior member of our Global Hospitality Group® who focuses on vacation ownership issues, writes extensively on issues in this area. (See the section of HotelLawBlog.com devoted to Timeshare

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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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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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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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