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Enabling Our Clients to
Reach Their Most Ambitious Goals

Founded on the principle of creating value through innovation and a passion for achieving results, hotelAVE is the leading hotel real estate asset manager and advisor in the hospitality industry. Our 43-person team of former hotel owners, operators, and financial professionals is solely focused on enabling our clients to reach their most ambitious goals. Powered by a combination of research, insights, and industry intelligence, our team is uncompromising in the pursuit of maximizing value and achieving above-market performance on behalf of owners and clients.

A Track Record of Success

$8B

in Assets Under Management

1000

Hotels Served

200000

Rooms

$10B

in Advisory Annually

During 2021, hotelAVE was involved in over one-third of all the North American hotel transactions over $25 Million, whether as the asset manager for the seller, buyer, or to perform acquisition due diligence, lender underwriting, or other advisory service.

Explore Our Services

Asset Management

Advisory

Investment Management

Operational Effectiveness

“hotelAVE is a go-to partner for strategic hospitality advice. Their unique capabilities help drive sustainable performance and above market returns of our hotel assets. They treat our hotels as if they own them.”
Managing Director, Walton Street Capital

Meet Our Leadership Team

Our team is our greatest asset. Get in touch with us today to learn more about how we can align with your strategic goals to drive success.

Michelle S. Russo

CEO & Founder

Chris Hague

Chief Operating Officer

Loren Balsam

CIO & EVP of Advisory

Success Stories

Exterior view of Embassy Suites Anaheim, a hotel overseen by hospitality operations and hotel asset management firm, hotelAVE

Embassy Suites Anaheim/Orange

Ownership of the hotel was seeking a strategic repositioning of the asset with a goal of minimizing capital expense and driving cash flow for a planned disposition. Based on a deep understanding of the Hilton brand standards, hotelAVE helped negotiate the Hilton PIP, increase RevPAR performance, and improve profitability.

Entrance of the Hilton Brooklyn hotel, managed by hospitality operations and hotel asset management company, hotelAVE

Hilton Brooklyn New York

hotelAVE assumed asset management upon opening for the 200-room full-service Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn, NY. Ownership’s goal was to quickly achieve targeted RevPAR ranking, optimize the Food & Beverage operating model, and achieve NOI targets. Additionally, ownership’s objective was to refinance the existing debt within 3 years.

Entrance of The Perry Lane, a Luxury Collection Hotel overseen by hospitality operations firm, hotelAVE

Perry Lane Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel

hotelAVE was engaged to create and execute an asset management plan that included underwriting and positioning the first luxury hotel in the Savannah market with a goal to achieve #1 RevPAR ranking. Our team was also tasked with developing a pre-opening strategy with the operator to support ownership’s objectives.

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Our Breadth of Experience

450+

Years of Cumulative Experience

85

Brands

100+

Management Companies

48

Professionals