Nina Kleiman

Senior Vice President   

nkleiman@hotelAVE.com

Nina Kleiman, Senior Vice President, leverages her 25 years experience in the lodging asset management, operations, gaming, and consulting to develop and execute strategies to maximize each owner’s investment objectives, including identifying operational enhancements as well as real estate and contractual opportunities.  

Ms. Kleiman’s experience encompasses a variety of lodging companies including LaSalle Hotel Properties, Westmont Hospitality Group, and most recently, InterContinental Hotels Group, where she headed the company’s Investment Analysis team.  At Lehman Brothers, she was a lead gaming analyst and at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), performed acquisition analyses, feasibility studies, and appraisals of individual hotels as well as portfolios in the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America.  She also consulted for the Hudson Group providing hotel due diligence for lenders acquiring or refinancing hotels. 

Ms. Kleiman began her career at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, where she held a variety of rooms division management positions, ultimately managing the department and over 100 employees.  Ms. Kleiman received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business.  She serves as a Board Member for the Cornell Hotel Society - New York City Chapter.

Experience

  • InterContinental Hotels Group
    Vice President, Investment Analysis
  • The Hudson Group
    Lender Due Diligence Consultant
  • Westmont Hospitality Group
    Dedicated Consultant to Executive Director
  • Lehman Brothers
    Research Analyst, Equity Research - Lodging, Gaming & Cruise
  • LaSalle Hotel Properties
    Vice President
  • Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC)
    Manager - Hospitality Consulting Group
  • Westin Hotels & Resorts
    Rooms Executive

Education

  • Masters of Business Administration - Haas School of Business
    University of California - Berkeley
  • Bachelor of Science - School of Hotel Administration
    Cornell University

Industry Activities and Engagements

  • Cornell Hotel Society - New York chapter
    Board Member
    Co-Founder & Co-Chair, CHS NYC 80s Committee