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Hunter Conference 2024 Takeaways
Josh Williams | March 25, 2024
By Josh Williams, Courtney Vris, Eric Guerrero The Atlanta Marriott Marquis was bustling this week with another successful Hunter Hotel Investment Conference. Kudos to the Hunter and Marriott teams for executing an extraordinary event! Some key takeaways from the HVS brokerage and consulting staff members who attended the conference are summarized as follows: There is still a material gap on bid/ask in brokered deals, but buyers are nevertheless active and looking increasingly toward deals outside of the top 25 MSAs, which may produce better yields. Fewer listings in general were launched at Hunter than at ALIS. Several buyers men...
Key Takeaways Fom the 2019 Western Canadian Lodging Conference: Cautious Outlook, Technological Disruption, and a More Experience-Focussed Industry
Shu Lin (Sharon) Liu | December 11, 2019
By Shu Lin (Sharon) Liu HVS was the Platinum Sponsor for the 2019 Western Canadian Lodging Conference (WCLC) that was held in Vancouver on November 25 and 26, 2019. The event welcomed more than 400 delegates, the highest attendance in the history of the conference. The main takeaways from the conference are briefly summarized in this article. Caution was the dominant sentiment expressed at WCLC 2019, primarily because of challenges specific to the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. While the Canadian lodging sector is currently achieving peak performance levels, hoteliers in Western Canada are expecting a slowdown in growth over the...