8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with David Loeb’s analysis of the hotel industry, values and trends — Meet the Money® presentation May 7, 2009
Meet the Money® is the annual hotel finance conference presented by the hotel lawyers of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. These slides were presented at the 19th annual Meet the Money® conference held in Los Angeles on May 5-7, 2009.
8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with John Arabia’s analysis of the hotel industry, values and trends — Meet the Money® presentation May 7, 2009
Meet the Money® is the annual hotel finance conference presented by the hotel lawyers of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. These slides were presented at the 19th annual Meet the Money® conference held in Los Angeles on May 5-7, 2009.
8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with Suzanne Mellen’s “What’s happening to hotel values and cap rates” Meet the Money® presentation May 7, 2009
Meet the Money® is the annual hotel finance conference presented by the hotel lawyers of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. These slides were presented at the 19th annual Meet the Money® conference held in Los Angeles on May 5-7, 2009.
8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with Mark Woodworth’s “Night has fallen. Waiting for sunrise” presentation– Meet the Money® presentation May 6, 2009
Meet the Money® is the annual hotel finance conference presented by the hotel lawyers of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. These slides were presented at the 19th annual Meet the Money® conference held in Los Angeles on May 5-7, 2009.
8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with “U.S. Lodging Industry Overview” by Mark Lomanno — Meet the Money® presentation May 6, 2009
Meet the Money® is the annual hotel finance conference presented by the hotel lawyers of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. These slides were presented at the 19th annual Meet the Money® conference held in Los Angeles on May 5-7, 2009.
8 May 2009
Hospitality Lawyers with the latest information from Meet the Money® 2009
Typical comments at Meet the Money® this year were “Best ever conference!” and “I am never going to miss this conference again. It’s different than all the others.”
For all of our industry friends — whether or not you were able to attend Meet the Money® 2009 — we will present some of the invaluable information delivered at the conference. We will present both the “raw data” of the PowerPoint presentations, and will also have some commentary in the next few days.
28 April 2009
Hospitality Lawyers on Innkeepers’ legal duties in dealing with Swine Flu and other infectious diseases. There is a lot of great information available about what Swine Flu is, how it is caused, and precautions people should take to avoid becoming infected. But there is very little guidance so far telling lodging operators what the legal and liability questions that apply to their operations.
That is why I turned to Jim Abrams, a valued senior member of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® and former President and CEO of the California Hotel & Lodging Association, for some help.
What are the legal ramifications of refusing guests who may appear ill or who have come from Mexico? What are the liabilities that an employer might face for not training and protecting employees? What practical steps should hoteliers be taking to deal with the outbreak? Here is what Jim told me.
27 April 2009
Hotel Lawyer with more information about the World Health Organization upgrade to “Phase 4” (on a 6 phase system) of the threat of a flu pandemic.
Today I received more reader comments on swine flu blog than I have for a long time. Clearly, blog readers are concerned about the swine flu catching the headlines. And after concern about health and safety issues, the potential implications of a “flu pandemic” are severe for the economy, and particularly, the travel and lodging industry. This was discussed in the article earlier today entitled Swine flu or SARS 2?
One of the bullet points in the cited article noted that the World Health Organization or WHO had increased its rating for the seriousness of this threat by a full notch to “phase 4.” In answer to your questions, here’s what that means.
27 April 2009
Hotel Lawyer with breaking concerns over a flu pandemic. International fears of a flu pandemic rose today as the death toll from swine flu in Mexico rose to 149. Cases have also been reported in the United States, Canada, Spain and New Zealand. What does this mean for the lodging industry and the economy?
26 April 2009
Hotel Lawyers with a serious new study documenting pricing premiums for GREEN hotels. At least for new construction, properly planned from the outset, there is little or no additional cost for building to LEED certification standards (for example, see my Cornell Hospitality Quarterly article entitled “The Compelling Hard Case for Green Hotel Development.”).
Even the myth that luxury hotels cannot be sustainable has been shattered with beautiful luxury hotels gaining LEED certification, like Montage Beverly Hills recent award of LEED Gold certification.
And just a few days ago, my friend Meng Li, a LEED AP whom I met through JMBM’s 2008 Hotel Developers Conference, sent me a copy of a new study published by two professors at the University of Reading, documenting a very strong economic premium in both rental income and asset prices (sales price) for green buildings based upon data from 553 green projects. The numbers may even amaze you (more than a 31% value premium).