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Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Marks Its 35th Year by Honoring Bob Hunter, Founder, With the 2024 Hunter Conference Award for Excellence and Inspi
Hunter Hotel Investment Conference | February 7, 2024
ATLANTA (February 7, 2024) – The Hunter Hotel Investment Conference (“HUNTER” or “Hunter Conference”) is pleased to present Bob Hunter, Founder of Hunter Hotel Advisors and Hunter Conference, with the 2024 Hunter Conference Award for Excellence and Inspiration. Each year, the award recognizes a hotelier who exemplifies exceptional leadership, citizenship, and innovation. From his start as a hotel broker to founding a nationally attended conference that hosts over 2,000 attendees, Bob Hunter has been a leader that has pioneered relationship-driven business and results. Bob Hunter began his industry career as a general commercial...
Sheila Johnson, Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, Named 2023 Keynote Speaker at the 34th Hunter Hotel Investment Conference...
Hunter Hotel Investment Conference | February 14, 2023
ATLANTA (February 14, 2023) – The Hunter Hotel Investment Conference is pleased to announce Sheila Johnson, Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, will take the main stage as the Keynote Speaker at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2023. Johnson established her footprint into the hospitality industry by purchasing 340 acres in Middleburg, Virginia. This property became the site of the luxurious, equestrian-inspired Salamander Resort & Spa, which has gone on to achieve both Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond ratings. Johnson now oversees an extensive portfolio of luxury properties center...
OTO Development Acquires Hyatt House Nashville at Vanderbilt...
OTO Development | January 3, 2022
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA – January 3, 2022 – OTO Development is moving into Music City with the acquisition of Hyatt House Nashville at Vanderbilt. The deal for this Nashville, Tennessee property was brokered by Hunter Hotel Advisors. Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, OTO Development is part of The Johnson Group. The company develops, owns and operates a dynamic portfolio of select-service hotels across the country. “Nashville has been on our potential playlist for quite some time,” says Corry Oakes, CEO of OTO Development. “Hyatt House Nashville at Vanderbilt presents an ideal opportunity for us to ente...
The 32nd Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Will Take Place in 2021...
January 6, 2021
The Hunter Conference reschedules from March to May 10-12, 2021 Atlanta, GA: Back in March, we made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 conference with the hopes of resuming in March 2021. In our commitment to deliver the most relevant content, meaningful networking, and the opportunity to gather again safely—the 32nd Hunter Hotel Investment Conference will take place May 10-12, 2021 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Our focus remains consistent: a hotel real estate and finance conference designed for owners and investors. More than ever, we believe that it is vital to provide a place and time for the hotel industry to come toget...
Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Sets Sights on 28th Annual Conference, Atlanta, March 16-18, 2016...
The Hunter Hotel Investment Conference | December 9, 2015
ATLANTA, December 9, 2015 – Event organizers with the 28th annual Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, one of the nation's top hotel investment conferences, anticipate the best Hunter conference to date on March 16 – 18, 2016, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga. The prominent real estate and finance conference annually attracts the highest percentage of hotel owners and expects to host over 1,200 hotel and finance executives at its three-day event. Keynote speakers will include Jonathan Tisch, chairman of Loews Hotels, and Terry Jones, Chairman of Wayblazer. Jones is also the founder of Travelocity.com and foundin...
Blackstone Acquires 15-Hotel Portfolio from Pinnacle Hotel Management for $203 million...
Hunter Hotel Advisors | July 16, 2015
ATLANTA, July 16, 2015—Hunter Hotel Advisors announced today that it represented Pinnacle Hotel Management (PHM) in the sale of a 15-hotel, select-service portfolio comprised of Marriott- and Hilton-branded hotels for $203 million to the Blackstone Group. Nine of the hotel transactions already have closed, with the remaining six scheduled to close in November. Hunter's Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices worked together on the transaction, led by Teague Hunter, president, Mark Morris, senior vice president and Kyle Stevenson, senior vice president. "At this point in the cycle, premium, select-service portfolios are scarce, allowing ...