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Laboring Over Hotel Labor: How to Recruit & Do More with Less

October 16, 2021
Industry Insights
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The U.S. unemployment rate has been almost negligible and historically low for months, making recruitment and retainment in the hospitality industry particularly challenging. The lower unemployment rates…

Deciding Factors When Determining a Hotel Brand or Flag Change

October 16, 2021
Industry Insights
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COVID-19 has created a myriad of troubles for owners. But sometimes trouble means opportunity. As the industry slowly rebounds, savvy owners may see this as a good time to evaluate their hotel brand flag…

People on the move at hotelAVE, Louvre hotels and HSMAI

March 21, 2021
Hospitality Dashboard
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Executive roles are being filled at hotelAVE and Louvre Hotels Group, while the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has introduced its 2021 Americas board. Here’s a…

Hotel Management Companies Versus Hotel Asset Managers – What’s the Difference?

March 15, 2021
Asset Management
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Hotel operators have many responsibilities that typically center around “day to day operations”, including hiring and training employees, ensuring high guest satisfaction, defining operating procedures…

Hotel Asset Management: A Guide

March 8, 2021
Asset Management
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While general real estate asset management has existed for decades, hotel asset management evolved as a specialization beginning in the early 1990s, and for good reason. To maximize hotel real estate…

Market in Decline? – It’s time to focus on fundamentals and implement these metrics and operational strategies to maximize financial performance during declining economic periods

February 8, 2021
Operational Efficiency
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Industry prognosticators continue to revise the U.S. lodging outlook downward. In a declining economic period like the one currently underway, hoteliers—including owners, asset managers, and operators—need…

Managing the Total Hotel Investment – Strategies to Maximize Owner Returns

February 1, 2021
Asset Management
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Hotel asset value and owner returns are influenced not only by cash flow from operations, but also by many other considerations. These include acquisition cost, capital expenditure requirements, capitalization…

hotelAVE Recognized with 2019 Hilton Legacy Award

December 20, 2020
Asset Management
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hotelAVE has been recognized with a 2020 Hilton Legacy Award for Hilton Garden Inn, Top Performer. The annual awards program celebrates owners and development partners in the Americas for contributions…

Where brand concessions have had biggest impact

December 17, 2020
Asset Management
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Steering a firm with more than U.S. $5.5 billion in assets under management and a deep track record, hotelAVE CEO Michelle Russo has a firm grasp of both the big picture and the day-to-day details. She…

How Investors Want Brand Standards to Shift

November 18, 2020
Asset Management
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The focus for brand standards needs to change, with firmer attention on making sure owners get a return on their investments, hotel owners and asset managers said. Speaking during a meeting of the Lodging…

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