Jan Freitag, vice president of Henderson, Tenn.-based Smith Travel Research, did his best to put a good spin on the state of the hotel industry in his presentation yesterday at the Hunter Hotel Conference in Atlanta. His attempt at optimism wasn’t...
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ATLANTA — The state of the hospitality industry in the Southeast goes under the microscope starting today as the 22nd annual Hunter Hotel Investment Conference kicks off at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis downtown...
The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed results in the three key measurements during the week of 14-20 February 2010, according to data from Henderson, Tenn.-based researcher Smith Travel Research...
No other commercial real estate sector has been quite so maligned as hotels (ok, maybe retail, but that’s another story). Now there appear to be a few rays of light emanating from the dark shroud that has been drawn over the hospitality industry...
Hotel loan delinquencies rocketed to an all-time high of 15.3% in January in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector, according to the newly released Trepp Delinquency Report...
Mixed amid the recent wave of bankruptcies, defaults and foreclosures, there has been a trickle of hotel transactions sparking hope that distressed assets can and will be sold...
For the first time in two years, hotel transactions may finally be on the upswing. In a new report, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels forecasts that global hotel transaction volume will increase next year by 20% to 40%...
Although hotel property values have dropped as much as 50% from their peak in 2007, ratings agency Fitch forecasts that over the next 12-18 months there will be an increase in distressed asset sales, leading up to the largest concentration of CMBS...
While vulture funds await returns of a bygone era, REITs move in to make a modest profit.
Storied hotel draws a suitor — but will it get a wedding band?
