The 1996 Hotel Industry Top 32
Ranked by Total Compensation
Source: HVS Executive Search
| Pay Rank | CEO | Company | Tenure as CEO | Salary ($K) | Bonus ($K) | Worth of Long-Term Stock & Other | Options ($K) | Total ($K) | Value of In-the-Money Options | HVS Value Index |
| Includes other annual compensation, restricted stock awards and LTIPs | The Black-Scholes value of stock options granted in 1995 | Includes both exercisable and unexercisable options | Based on an average of 100.0 | |||||||
| 1 | Henry Silverman | HFS | 5 | 1,000 | 434 | 7 | 51,396 | 52,836 | 0 | 92.8 |
| 2 | Rand Araskog | ITT | 16 | 2,000 | 2,331 | 701 | 11,322 | 16,354 | 17,838 | 92.5 |
| 3 | Micky Arison | Carnival | 16 | 179 | 1,035 | 0 | 9,962 | 11,176 | 3,500 | 92.6 |
| 4 | Michael Eisner | Walt Disney | 11 | 750 | 7,269 | 10 | 0 | 8,029 | 171,880 | 94.0 |
| 5 | David Johnson | Red Lion Hotels | 4 | 406 | 335 | 82 | 6,049 | 6,872 | 0 | 90.4 |
| 6 | Barry Sternlicht | Starwood Lodging | 1 | 92 | 150 | 0 | 4,646 | 4,888 | 0 | 102.9 |
| 7 | Norwood Cowgill Jr. | Studio Plus | 5 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 3,027 | 3,104 | 0 | 92.0 |
| 8 | Paul Nussbaum | Patriot American | 1 | 180 | 152 | 0 | 2,559 | 2,891 | 0 | 91.2 |
| 9 | J.W. Marriott Jr. | Marriott International | 31 | 800 | 696 | 8 | 1,242 | 2,746 | 0 | 101.8 |
| 10 | Peter Kline | Bristol | 14 | 231 | 72 | 2 | 2,247 | 2,552 | 1,781 | 89.9 |
| 11 | Raymond Schultz | Promus Hotel | 1 | 302 | 346 | 176 | 971 | 1,795 | 1,488 | 89.0 |
| 12 | Thomas Corcoran | FelCor | 1 | 120 | 0 | 5 | 1,508 | 1,633 | 1,163 | 94.2 |
| 13 | Phillip McNeill Sr. | Equity Inns | 2 | 175 | 121 | 3 | 1,027 | 1,326 | 0 | 86.7 |
| 14 | Isadore Sharp | Four Seasons | 17 | 1,000 | 229 | 45 | 0 | 1,274 | 0 | 84.5 |
| 15 | Barron Hilton | Hilton Hotels | 16 | 650 | 350 | 3 | 0 | 1,003 | 0 | 97.5 |
| 16 | David Simon | Prime Hospitality | 3 | 337 | 218 | 9 | 419 | 983 | 0 | 139.7 |
| 17 | Jonathan Tisch | Loews Hotels | 9 | 806 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 811 | 0 | 135.6 |
| 18 | Jeffrey Fisher | Innkeepers USA | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 742 | 802 | 0 | 88.3 |
| 19 | Robert Alter | Sunstone | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 666 | 726 | 0 | 82.7 |
| 20 | Terrence Golden | Host Marriott | 1 | 572 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 724 | 0 | 92.3 |
| 21 | Stephen Marcus | Marcus | 15 | 296 | 313 | 5 | 0 | 615 | 0 | 92.0 |
| 22 | Gary Mead | La Quinta Inns | 3 | 350 | 255 | 4 | 0 | 609 | 0 | 163.2 |
| 23 | Richard Kelleher | Doubletree | 2 | 338 | 220 | 10 | 0 | 568 | 1,931 | 96.3 |
| 24 | Leon Moore | ShoLodge | 19 | 340 | 100 | 0 | 56 | 496 | 165 | 75.8 |
| 25 | Roger Sonnabend | Sonesta International | 25 | 418 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 0 | 86.1 |
| 26 | David Hawthorne | Servico | 5 | 385 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 460 | 1,955 | 130.8 |
| 27 | E. Anthony Wilson | Microtel (Hudson Hotels) | 2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 415 | 0 | 176.9 |
| 28 | Howard Milner | Kahler Realty | 10 | 281 | 97 | 2 | 20 | 400 | 153 | 127.1 |
| 29 | Robert Solmson | RFS | 2 | 193 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 0 | 103.7 |
| 30 | Thomas Kitchin | Jameson Inns | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 113 | 122 | 80.0 |
| 31 | John Q. Hammons | John Q. Hammons Hotels | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 32 | James Humphrey | Humphrey Hospitality Trust | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 71.4 |