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Nina Kleiman, CHAM

Executive Vice President

Contact Information
Education
  • Master of Business Administration, Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley
  • Bachelor of Science, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University

Nina Kleiman, CHAM

Executive Vice President

Nina has over 35 years of experience in lodging asset management, operations, acquisitions, and consulting to maximize each owner’s investment objectives. As Executive Vice President, Nina deploys industry-leading asset management practices focused on revenue management and profit opportunities as well as real estate, capital, and contract optimization. She has experience with a wide array of hotels from luxury to midscale, both domestically as well as in the Caribbean and Mexico.

  • Prior to hotelAVE, Nina worked as Vice President for IHG where she headed Investment Analysis
  • Prior to IHG, Nina’s experience includes Vice President at LaSalle Hotel Properties, Consultant to Executive Director at Westmont Hospitality Group, and Lender Due Diligence Consultant at The Hudson Group. At Lehman Brothers, she was lead lodging and gaming analyst and at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) she performed acquisition analyses, feasibility studies, and appraisals of individual hotels as well as portfolios in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America.
  • Nina began her career at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Fransico, where she held a variety of rooms division management positions

Nina graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration. She also holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley. She is a member of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA). She is co-chair of the CHS annual Big Apple Update and has been named one of the 30 Influential Women in Hospitality by Hotel Management Magazine (October 2019). Nina is also a Certified Hotel Asset Manager (CHAM). Nina co-authored the article How to Drive Luxury Rates in Non-Luxury Destinations (2025).

“hotelAVE is about exceeding clients’ expectations. We work tirelessly to overdeliver to improve our hotels collaboratively. We don’t just report; we add value.”

Affiliations and Certifications
  • AH&LA – Certified Hotel Asset Manager (CHAM)
  • Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA): Member
  • Cornell Hotel Society (CHS) – New York Chapter: Board Member
  • Cornell Hotel Society NYC 80s Committee: Co-Founder & Co-Chair of annual Big Apple Update
  • Named one of the 30 Influential Women in Hospitality by Hotel Management Magazine (October 2019)
Publications/Articles
  • How to Drive Luxury Rates in Non-Luxury Destinations – June 2025 – Hotel Investment Today
  • Market in Decline? – December 2019, Hotel Asset Management Magazine
  • How to Ensure a Seamless Budget Process – September 2019, HAMA Speaks
  • Proactive Identification of Risk and Steps to Mitigate – September 2018, HAMA Speaks
  • Using External Tools to Impact Internal Performance – November 2017, HAMA Speaks
Has worked at hotelAVE since
2010
Interests and Hobbies

Ms. Kleiman enjoys food & wine, travel, and animals.  She lived in Argentina and France and adores her two cats and a dog.