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The U.S. hotel industry reported increases in all three key performance metrics for fourth quarter 2012 in year-over-year measurements, according to the data tracked and compiled by STR and STR Analytics. On March 13, Stephen Hennis, Director of STR Analytics, will join the HBI Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast and HBI President Charlie Fritsch to take a detailed look into the hotel performance data and review which regions, markets, and segments were the greatest contributors to the increases posted in 2012. Could the industry’s occupancy, ADR and revenue per available room continue this upward trend throughout 2013 and 2014?


About Stephen Hennis, CHA, ISHC
As Director of STR Analytics, Stephen Hennis oversees specialized consulting projects and the development of new STR products and services. Mr. Hennis has over 17 years of experience in the analysis of lodging investments. He has appraised and evaluated over 500 lodging facilities, and has been involved in the underwriting, negotiation and acquisition of luxury hotels and resorts.

About STR Analytics
Meeting the needs of all lodging industry participants for in-depth, comprehensive analysis of hotel industry performance data, STR Analytics provides an extensive range of services and creative applications to a variety of clients. STR Analytics offers the unique combination of experienced lodging industry experts and STR’s unparalleled international hotel database. STR Analytics is based in Boulder, Colorado. STR is the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable information and analysis to the lodging industry. Since 1985, the company has served the industry operating on the key principles of integrity, confidentiality and customer service.

As the year winds down, we look toward 2013. How will the hospitality real estate and finance markets differ from 2012? What new opportunities will the New Year bring? What, if any, impact will the United States Presidential Election have on the hospitality industry? Be a part of the conversation as our panel of hospitality industry professionals - Charlie Fritsch, Hotel Brokers International; Laurie Ivy, PMC Commercial Trust; and Joe McCann, Optimum Hotel Brokerage – look toward 2013 and discuss the issues most important to hotel real estate investment, financing and operation.

Webcast will feature the most recent hotel performance trends data as tracked by Smith Travel Research. Join Charlie Fritsch, president of Hotel Brokers International, and Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for STR/STR Global/HotelNewsNow.com, as they discuss the hospitality real estate industry market and opportunities for investment.

The 18th ANNUAL HOTEL FINANCING SURVEY sponsored by HOTEL BROKERS INTERNATIONAL and LODGING HOSPITALITY, distributed to nearly 200 industry lenders, surveyed the types of hotel lending available in the market, requirements for generating hospitality loans and opinion on the status of the lending industry this past year and for 2012. During this webcast, Ed Watkins, editor of Lodging Hospitality will join HBI President Charlie Fritsch to discuss the hotel financing market and share the results of this survey with the hospitality investment community.

The economic recovery has brought new opportunities in real estate investment, and hotel acquisitions seem especially well positioned to benefit from rising asset values and the recovering capital markets. The U.S. hotel industry closed 2011 with increases in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. While the industry is not back to 2007 and 2008 levels, 2012 shows signs of continuing this upward trend and opening a new window of opportunity.

Join the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast as our panel of industry professionals discusses 2012: The Year of Opportunity.

Our Panel

Charles H. Fritsch, V, CHB
President, Hotel Brokers International
President, MBA Hotel Brokers, Inc.

Christopher G. Hurn
CEO & Cofounder
Mercantile Capital Corporation

Robert L. Hunter, Jr., CHB, ISHC
CEO, Hunter Realty Associates, Inc.
Co-chair, Hunter Hotel Investment Conference

Robert W. White
President
Hospitality Appraisals, Inc.

During the complimentary Hotel Investor's Marketplace Webcast scheduled for November 9, HBI president Joe McCann will be joined by lodging industry media... And, instead of posing the questions, these Editors will be answering them. Lodging industry Editors spend every day focused on the facts of the industry, participating in industry investment conferences, interviewing experts in the industry and studying industry analyses. They are familiar with all aspects of the industry. Through this Webcast industry Editors will share their perception on the State of the Lodging Industry. Webcast attendees will glean invaluable information on a variety of hospitality industry topics including: finance, hotel franchise and the overall health of the industry.

Panelists include:
Joe McCann, president, HBI / president, Optimum Hotel Brokerage LLC
Dennis Nessler, editor, Hotel Business
Stephanie Ricca, editor in chief, Hotel Management
Eric Stoessel, managing editor, Lodging Hospitality

In the first six months of 2011, Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR were all on the rise in the hotel industry. According to STR data, “The U.S. hotel industry finished June with the highest revenue per available room since August 2008.” Will this steady improvement continue into the second half of the year? What are the greatest opportunities for hotel investment? Join the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast as Joe McCann, president of Hotel Brokers International, and Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for HotelNewsNow.com/STR/STR Global, sit down to discuss the outlook for the hospitality real estate industry market. Jeff will share the most recent hotel performance trends data tracked by Smith Travel Research.

About the Presenters:
Joseph R. McCann, CHB, is president of Hotel Brokers International and president of Optimum Hotel Brokerage. Joe is a thirty-year hotel industry veteran who has held senior management positions with Hilton and Marriott at their largest and most successful properties. During his hotel brokerage career, he has closed more than $500 Million in hotel asset transactions and his Philadelphia-based firm, Optimum Hotel Brokerage, is recognized as one of the leading hotel brokerage and hotel capital advisory services companies in the United States.

Jeffrey Higley is the vice president of digital media & communications for HotelNewsNow.com/STR/STR Global. Jeff, a 26-year journalism veteran, has specialized in the hotel industry for the past 14+ years. He launched HotelNewsNow.com, a division of Smith Travel Research in September 2008. Prior to joining HotelNewsNow.com and Smith Travel Research in March 2008, Higley served in various leadership positions for Questex Media Group’s Hotel Management. Higley was instrumental in the company’s launch of Hotel Design, Luxury Hotelier and The Hotel Times magazines.

Fourth quarter 2010 brought a measurable uptick in the number of distressed hotel property and note sales. More than half of all distressed asset sales in 2010 transpired in the year’s final three months. Will this upward trend continue through 2011? When will the promised flood of distress come to market? Where will this year’s greatest opportunities exist? What strategies should a would-be-purchaser employ? Learn the answers to these questions and more as Joe McCann, president of Hotel Brokers International, and Jeff Kolessar, senior vice president of development of GF Management, sit down to discuss the great overhang of distress in the hospitality real estate industry market.

Social media networking has catapulted to the #1 activity on the Web and has changed forever the way in which we interact. Approximately 75% of all adult Americans use at least one of the hundreds of established social media platforms. While it can be overwhelming, social media is an essential component to a business marketing plan. Your marketing program doesn’t have to include all social media outlets, but there is a significant importance to having some kind of presence in the online social scene.

Join the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast on March 2 as we welcome Brian Bagel, social media director for TIG Global, who will talk about the overall importance of using social media in hotel marketing and share what tactical steps hotel owners/managers can take to improve their hotel’s online marketing.

TIG Global provides hotel Internet marketing management services to more than 800 hotels, resorts, restaurants and spas - from small, independent boutique properties to large international brands, located in more than 20 different countries around the world.

Presenters:
Joe McCann, CHB
President, Hotel Brokers International
President, Optimum Hotel Brokerage

Brian Bagel
Social Media Manager
TIG Global

Join the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast on November 17 as a panel of hospitality professionals analyze the results of the United States midterm elections and the impact they may have on the lodging industry. What ramifications, if any, will this election have on the hot button issues most important to hotel real estate investment and operation?

Participants in the discussion will include:

Tony DeGeorge, CHB
President, Hotel Brokers International (HBI)
President, Greene, Canfield, DeGeorge, Ltd.

Marlene M. Colucci
Executive Vice President, Public Policy
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)

Fred Schwartz
President
Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)

Don’t miss this opportunity to attend the live Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast and ask your questions about the important issues affecting the lodging industry.