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National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Robyn Taylor Parets	The Belle of the Ball It's been a long wait for hotel investors, but finally their time has come. For nearly three years following 9/11, hotels were pretty much left out of the party as prices for other types of commercial property soared.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 Sara Drummond	Investment Profile: In the Lap of Luxury It's hard to find an unhappy hotel owner, developer, or investor at any level this year. Buyers continue to book high-end hospitality assets. While REITs have been active participants in luxury hotel transactions, they are not the only buyers waiting in the reception area.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	Phase II of Hotel Recovery Now that Phase I of the hotel market's recovery is complete, with vital signs improving on all fronts, what's next? It may be a good time to buy hotels, but sellers are also reaping the rewards of escalating values.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 H. Lee Murphy	Hotel Development Pipeline Swells Buoyed by strong occupancies and room rates, the hotel industry is poised to embark on its biggest construction binge since the go-go days of the late 1990s.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2015 Patrick H. Ford	Lodging Sector Update Hotel investment settles in for a long stay.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	Extended-Stay Brands Roll Out Expansion Plans Brands Some developers are giving serious consideration to building economy extended-stay hotels. With lower operational costs than full-service and even limited-service properties, owners can often recoup costs faster and reap the rewards of higher profits.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Sibley Fleming	Hotel Investors Celebrate What happens when hotel investors mix great property fundamentals, double-digit returns and an abundance of capital in a cocktail shaker of limited supply? The hospitality industry becomes the life of one big investment party.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Robyn Taylor Parets	Why Condo Hotels Are a Hot Concept Why have condo hotels become so hot? For starters, developers can sell off hotel units prior to construction, enabling them to obtain construction debt and equity more easily than if they were building a traditional hotel.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Matt Valley	Will Developers Spoil the Hotel Party? Atlanta -- the nation's fourth-largest hotel market with an inventory of 92,000 rooms -- serves as a microcosm of the bigger hotel picture. And there are signs that the pre-development pipeline is beginning to fill up.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Let the Good Times Roll This may be the best time to own a stabilized U.S. hotel property in five years. Fundamentals are improving fast, low interest rates continue to buoy the sales market, and the summer season --- that operational windfall --- is now here.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Joe Gose	Hilton Elevates Its Game Hotel chains couldn't have picked a better time to get aggressive. Quite simply, the debt and equity markets are hot for hotels.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 Sara Drummond	Haute Hospitality Luxury hotels roll out the red carpet for guests -- and ring in the profits.
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2003 Mark A. Lunt	Waiting for a Wake-Up Call Hospitality looks for signs of recovery as the economy remains uncertain.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Joe Gose	Condo Hotel Wave Hits U.S. Again What's the attraction? Condo hotels can generate highly lucrative returns of 25% to 30% versus conventional hotels, which yield 10% to 12%. Pre-construction room sales also raise 25% to 40% in equity that ground-up projects need to secure financing.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Robyn Taylor Parets	Select-Service Hotels Entice Developers Following one of the worst industry downturns ever, hotel developers are back in full swing but with a new twist: An upscale product known as select service has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most lucrative niches in the industry.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2014 Patrick H. Ford	Lodging Industry Rebounds Investors check in for the next up cycle.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Joe Gose	Condo Hotel Chase Afoot The condo hotel industry is coming to grips with its first-ever construction boom. But more questions than answers surround condo hotels, including whether there is enough demand to support the proposed developments.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	Orlando Magic In April 2001, Thayer Lodging Group broke ground on its 1,582-room Grand Lakes Resort in Orlando. Since then the project has faced as many rough spots as an amusement ride at nearby Disney World.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Parke Chapman	Let's Make A Deal An eagerly awaited uptick in occupancy and daily rates has sparked a seller's market for prime hotel properties.
CFO November 1, 2010 Marie Leone	"The Key Is to Outperform Your Competitors." By spending big even as it borrowed heavily, Strategic Hotels & Resorts appears to have survived the "AIG effect." An interview with Diane Morefield, CFO, Strategic Hotels & Resorts.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Steve Webb	Hotels: Still Too Much Room at the Inn No other corner of the commercial real estate industry has been victim to as many converging trends as the hotel sector: Corporations are cutting back on business trips, families are still avoiding airline travel and virtually everyone has less money to spend.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2007 Dees Stribling	Q & A An interview with David Loeb, a senior research analyst and managing director of Robert W. Baird & Co., about prospects for hotel REITs and the broader outlook for the hospitality market, which has been so robust in recent years.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Growing Supply Clouds Hotel Forecast Hotel investors are enjoying increased travel plus a shallow construction pipeline, a combination that's boosted occupancies. But are the seeds of another downturn being planted as developers scramble to meet occupancy demand with a flurry of new projects?
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2012 Sara Drummond	Hotel Reservations Lenders and investors have not checked in to smaller markets.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2004 Hortense Leon	Hospitality's #1 Pick Limited service hotels are gaining popularity because they are easier and quicker to build than full-service properties
InsideFlyer September 2010	A Hotel Recovery Without Leisure Travelers? Three key performance metrics reported by Smith Travel Research finally revealed positive signs for the upscale, upper-upscale and luxury segments of the U.S. hotel industry.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	HEI Once Again Embarks on Hotel Buying Spree HEI Hospitality, which targets full-service hotels and resorts with 200 to 500 rooms, is in the beginning stages of a buying binge, powered by a $275 million private equity fund formed in June 2004.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Robyn Taylor Parets	Developers Check into Boutique Hotels Boutique hotels, which focus on high style, personalized service and trendy restaurants, are growing in number as more developers tap into this lucrative segment -- including some of the nation's largest hotel companies.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 H. Lee Murphy	The Inn Is Open And For Sale In the past year, with convention business returning and tourists flocking to new attractions like Millennium Park on the Lake Michigan waterfront, Chicago has suddenly emerged as the darling of the hospitality industry. As buyers have looked in Chicago, they've found willing sellers.
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2002 Lesia Bates Moss & Margaret Holloway	Lodging Dealt Major Blow, Slow Recovery Expected Of all the commercial real estate sectors, the tragic events of 2001 took the biggest toll on the lodging industry. Although the worst has likely occurred, the outlook for the lodging sector continues to be negative...
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2010 Robert Eaton	A Hospitable Future As the travel industry recovers, hotels may provide a comfortable investment option.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Steve McLinden	Inn Favor With the Hip Crowd Cambria Suites is just one of three sleek, contemporary select-service brands rolling out nationally into retail and mixed-use sites, responding to a changing guest demographic that finds younger travelers slowly supplanting baby boomers as bigger hospitality spenders.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Dees Stribling	M&A Wave During the first quarter of 2006, hotel mergers and acquisitions are heating up internationally. However, much depends on continued strong global hotel fundamentals.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Steve Webb	Upscale Hotel Brands Headed for Smaller Towns Can it be that the future of the Westin and Sheraton brands is in places like Normal, Ill.?
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Steve McLinden	Hospitable Conditions The hotel real estate market has rebounded and prices are up.
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2002 Lorna Pappas	The Upside of Upscale Host Marriott lodges potential as travel/leisure market recovers.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Selective Hotel Strategy RLJ Development is one of a growing number of companies that view select-service hotels as favorable yield plays.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Geoff Lewis	Asset Managers Hunt for Flow Through Three years after 9/11, hotels are just recovering. The investment community woke up a year ago and said it was okay to go into the hotel sector again.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Matt Thurmond	Reservations Over Host Marriott This hotel REIT is on the upswing, but the price is a downer. Since assets and profits don't measure up, investors should forgo this high-scale hotel owner for something more economy-priced. Luxury isn't always better.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins	IHG's Strategy Pays Off InterContinental Hotel Group is lightening its load. The London-based hotelier is aggressively disposing of assets and ramping up its franchise and management lines of business.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	Hilton Garden Inn is Fastest Growing Brand in the Family Long a dominant player in the full-service business and leisure hospitality sector, Hilton Hotels Corp. is relaunching an upscale brand.
National Real Estate Investor October 8, 2002 Steve Webb	Suburbia is the next frontier for Sheraton and Westin Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has unveiled a strategy to expand its upscale Westin and Sheraton brands into secondary and tertiary markets with newly designed prototypes.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Strikeout or Home Run? Luxury resort owner Wyndham is looking like an interesting gamble.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2003 Stephen Nostrand	Developers Add Condominiums to Hotels to Increase Profits Stymied by the increasing costs of building stand-alone luxury hotels, developers have turned to condominium hotels to allocate costs to a wider revenue base while creating another profit center.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Ashford Hospitality Hands Out Money The hotel REIT raises its dividend. Again. One reason for the dividend increase: a recent deal Ashford negotiated using some clever financing strategies, something CEO Montgomery J. Bennett is famous for.
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2001 Lorna Pappas	Going Their Own Way Now self-advised, LaSalle Hotel Properties is well positioned to move forward through a proven strategy for income and steady growth...
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	Kimpton Expands Boutique Concept Capitalizing on travelers' growing demand for boutique hotels with high style and personalized service, the newly formed Kimpton Hospitality Partners (KHP) plans to acquire $450 million in boutique hotel properties during the next two years.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	What's Next for Wyndham? On the heels of The Blackstone Group's announcement that it will acquire Wyndham International Inc., hotel industry insiders say the private investment group could emerge as a major player in the lodging business with brands spanning across all segments.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Robyn Taylor Parets	Survival Kit for Hotel Owners Even for the experienced hotel owner, operating a successful property is no walk in the park.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Matt Valley	Hotel Growth Spurt Coming to India With a population of 1.1 billion, a GDP that's projected to grow about 8% annually until 2020, and a burgeoning middle class, India is on the radar screen of several hotel companies.