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HVS Takeaways – The Lodging Conference
Luigi Major, MAI | October 11, 2024
By Luigi Major, MAI This week marked another successful and highly attended Lodging Conference. HVS was proud to sponsor and speak at the event. Our recap on the conference sentiment follows. The event was marked by cautious optimism as industry professionals assessed the current state of the U.S. hotel market. With the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates, many believe that the worst effects of rate hikes and inflation are behind us, offering hope for a rebound in hotel transactions after the significant slowdown over the last 18 months. The upcoming election and intensifying geopolitical concerns continue to somewhat balance the r...
Sheila Johnson To Receive Peggy Berg Castell Award at The Lodging Conference 2024
AHLA Foundation | September 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2024 -- AHLA Foundation announced today that trailblazing entrepreneur and hotelier Sheila Johnson will receive the Peggy Berg Castell Award at The Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona in October. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to elevating and advancing women in the hospitality industry. As Founder and CEO of Salamander Collection, Johnson has built a portfolio of properties in the United States and Jamaica, emphasizing the importance of showcasing each hotel's unique environment. The Salamander Collection is the largest Black-owned luxury hotel company in Am...
HVS Conference Takeaways: The Lodging Conference 2023
Rod Clough | September 25, 2023
By Rod Clough With contributions from Eric Guerrero, Josh Williams, Neil Flavin, Zabada Abouelhana, James Rebullida, and Aleisha Smith Harry Javer and team executed another stellar Lodging Conference at the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge, where over 2,700 attendees gathered to ponder and map the future of our great industry. We were thankful to sponsor such an important meeting, and I was honored to take the main stage at its start to share my perspectives on the direction of cap rates, discount rates, and values. Here are our takeaways from the conference: There is a notable disconnect at present between buyer and sel...
Hotel Guru Robert Rauch to Moderate a Key Session at The 2022 Lodging Conference in Phoenix
R.A. Rauch and Associates | August 24, 2022
PHOENIX, August 24, 2022 - R.A. Rauch and Associates (RAR) announced today that CEO and CHA Robert Rauch will be hosting a panel of distinguished speakers at The Lodging Conference in Phoenix, this September. The Lodging Conference is one of the leading hotel industry events in the world and brings together the industry's most influential hotel owners, operators, presidents, CEOs, investors, and dealmakers to strategize about development, finance, franchising, management, construction, design, and operations. This year’s conference will be held at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa from September 19 through 22. Dur...
Meet Turnbull Capital Group at The Lodging Conference
Turnbull Capital Group | September 20, 2021
The Principals of Turnbull Capital Group are aligned with some of the most creative debt and preferred equity providers in the hospitality industry and have exclusively transacted hotels and resorts for 37 years, 20 years as the visionary and Founder of CBRE Hotels. The Lodging Conference Founder Mr. Morris Laskey (deceased) and Dr. Donald W. Wise were professional and personal friends for over 30 years. When The Lodging Conference launched with its first ever event in 1995 at the Phoenician Scottsdale Luxury Collection Resort, Dr. Wise was a speaker on the finance panel for this very first inaugural event. This has always been ...
Arne Sorenson to Receive Above and Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award Posthumously at 26th Annual “The Lodging Conference” in Phoenix This
The Lodging Conference | August 11, 2021
Phoenix, AZ — August 11, 2021 — Harry Javer, Producer and Founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry’s leading events for Hotel Owners, CEO's and Deal Makers, announced today that Arne Sorenson, the beloved former President & CEO of Marriott International, has been selected posthumously as the recipient of the 2021 Above and Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at The Lodging Conference on September 29, 2021. The prestigious Above and Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has provided outstanding, life-long contributions to the hospitality industry. Past recipient...
A Look Ahead – The Lodging Conference 2019
Andrew Hazelton | September 18, 2019
By Andrew Hazelton and Matt Peterson Later this month the 25th Annual Lodging Conference will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, an event that historically caps off the “conference year” for many in the hotel business. It is a time to reconnect with industry friends and colleagues, but it also gives us a few days to pause and reflect on the past year and speculate on the year to come. Heading into the event there are a number of agenda items that pique our interest, so let’s dive in. The State of the Union: Like many of those attending, we have a high level of curiosity as to how key leaders and economic experts feel about the ge...
Lodging Econometrics’ Patrick H. Ford to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 24th Annual “The Lodging Conference” in Phoenix This September
Lodging Econometrics | July 10, 2018
Phoenix, AZ July 10, 2018—Harry Javer, Producer and Founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry's leading events for Hotel Owners, CEO's and Deal Makers, announced today that Patrick H. Ford, Chairman, CEO, and Founder of Lodging Econometrics (LE) and New England Hotel Realty (NEHR), has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at The Lodging Conference on September 25, 2018. The prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has provided outstanding, life-long contributions to the hospitality industry. Past recipients include Minaz Abji,...
