Are Hotel Management Companies All the Same? 2015 Hotel Management Benchmark Study

Hans Detlefsen, MPP, MAI | August 19, 2015

by Hans Detlefsen and Emiliia Gordiienko Introduction Hotel Appraisers & Advisors (HA&A) recently completed our 2015 Hotel Management Company Benchmark Analysis. The study was designed in response to a series of questions we frequently hear from our clients in the hotel industry. These developers and investors seek our help identifying hotel operators and negotiating hotel management contracts. They ask us: Aren't most hotel management companies basically the same? How much does it really matter which operator we select? Is there any quantitative data suggesting that different management companies produce different profitability...