The 2016 Dallas Hotel Conference: HVS Takeaways

Kathleen Donahue | October 31, 2016

By Kathleen Donahue and Hunter Dietz Hotel owners, consultants, managers, developers, financiers, and other stakeholders gathered at the 2016 Dallas Hotel Conference on October 20, 2016, to share thoughts on U.S. hotel industry dynamics. The conference, held at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, offered insights ranging from the impact of foreign capital sources to new forms of competition in Texas and surrounding markets. Continued Influx of Foreign Capital on U.S. Hotels Hotel owners and developers continue to find financing from foreign sources, especially China. In fact, the amount of available capital and investor interest fro...