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Robert Mandelbaum | October 1, 2021

By Robert Mandelbaum, Mark K. Owens The decline in the operating performance of U.S. hotels during 2020 has been well documented.  According to the results of CBRE’s 2021 edition of Trends® in the Hotel Industry, total operating revenue during the year declined by 62.2 percent, which resulted in an 82.6 percent drop in gross operating profits (GOP).  Similar to the decline in total operating revenues, the 30-day average annual LIBOR rate declined by 68.9 percent.  30-day LIBOR is historically the benchmark rate used by lenders for floating-rate loans, which are a preferred loan type of most institutional hospitality investors. Dec...