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Lawyer with Fresh Perspectives on the Hotel Industry from Smith Travel
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Hotel
Lawyer with Fresh Perspectives on the Hotel Industry from Smith Travel
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By
Jim
Butler
and the Global Hospitality Group®,
Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com May 20, 2011 For
the most recent update on this topic, click
here When
the hotel lawyers of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® hosted their
21st annual
hotel conference recently, Jan Freitag of Smith Travel Research gave a
very
interesting update and some fresh perspectives on the hotel industry,
including:
Vice President, Global Development Smith Travel Research 735 East Main Street Hendersonville, TN 37075 (615) 824-8664 [email protected] Mr.
Jan Freitag is the Vice President, Global Development at Smith Travel
Research
(STR), the recognized leader in lodging industry benchmarking services.
In his
capacity Mr. Freitag is a frequent public speaker and is quoted in
trade
publications and the general news media such as The Wall Street
Journal, New
York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Forbes, etc. He also writes a
monthly column
for Lodging Magazine, the official magazine of the AH&LA. Prior
to joining STR, Mr. Freitag was the Director of Content Integrity at
hotelreports.com
in upstate New York and a hospitality consultant with Ernst & Young
in
Phoenix. Mr.
Freitag holds a Bachelor Degree, with distinction, from the School of
Hotel
Administration, Cornell University, and received his Executive MBA,
with honors,
from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Freitag resides in Nashville, TN. Click
here to download the presentation file Jan
Freitag,
STR: US Lodging Industry - What Lies Ahead?. ________________________ This is Jim Butler,
author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
and hotel lawyer,
signing off. We've done more than $60 billion of hotel transactions and
have
developed innovative solutions to help investors be successful in
bidding for
hotel acquisitions, and helping investors and lenders to unlock value
from
troubled hotel transactions. Who's your hotel lawyer? ________________________ Our
Perspective. We
represent hotel lenders,
owners and investors. We have helped our clients find business and
legal
solutions for more than $60 billion of hotel transactions, involving
more than
1,250 properties all over the world. For more information, please
contact Jim
Butler at [email protected]
or 310.201.3526. Jim
Butler is a founding partner of JMBM and Chairman of its Global
Hospitality
Group®. Jim is one of the top hospitality attorneys in the world.
GOOGLE
"hotel lawyer" and you will see why. JMBM's
troubled asset team has handled more than 1,000 receiverships and many
complex
insolvency issues. But Jim and his team are more than "just" great
hotel lawyers. They are also hospitality consultants and business
advisors. For
example, they have developed some unique proprietary approaches to
unlock value
in underwater hotels that can benefit lenders, borrowers and investors.
(GOOGLE
"JMBM SAVE program".) Whether
it is a troubled investment or new transaction, JMBM's Global
Hospitality
Group® creates legal and business solutions for hotel owners and
lenders. They
are deal makers. They can help find the right operator or capital
provider.
They know who to call and how to reach them. JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® The hotel lawyers in the Global Hospitality Group® of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (JMBM) comprise the premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm and are the authors of the Hotel Law Blog. We represent hotel owners, developers, investors and lenders and have helped our clients find business and legal solutions for more than $60 billion of hotel transactions, involving more than 1,000 properties worldwide. For more information about the Global Hospitality Group®, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com. For more information about full range of legal services provided by JMBM, go to www.JMBM.com. |
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