
Asset managers provide a wide range of management oversight, analysis, and support to hotel owners. The specific scope of services is tailored to each owner. Compensation is usually a flat fee or a fee that is a percentage of gross revenues.

Written by Mark Lynn in 2002, Nasdaq’s Impact on Silicon Valley Hotel Revenue , the article addresses the cyclical nature of supply and demand in this high profile market.

Even More Spare Change In The Parking Couch...The Second Edition of a Three Part Series on Parking Asset Management Success

Anne Lloyd-Jones discusses factors impacting hotel investments in the post 9/11 environment, and correctly predicts the initial decline and ultimate revival in hotel values that we are witnessing today.

Global hospitality news and information.

Brand equity: Raising the Flag

Steve Rushmore's April 2005 Hotels monthly.

When taxes and lender criteria are considered, the estimated value of a hotel property can change. The effect of taxes, for instance, may well be to increase a potential buyer's bid for a given property.

In an earlier article (December 1995) the authors introduced two models that demonstrated the effects of taxes and tender criteria on a property's estimated value. Here's the proof of value for those two models.

Fiji is emerging as the new hot spot in the Pacific. Developers and investors appear enthusiastic about market prospects, stimulated by the Fiji Government which is offering generous financial and tax incentives to encourage new development.