July 23, 2010 - Colliers PKF Consulting USA, the U.S. hospitality industry specialist of Colliers International, has opened an office in Chicago, increasing its presence in the Midwest. The office will be led by Mark Eble, a long time veteran of the Chicago hotel market. 

Mr. Eble began his career in Chicago in 1981 with the hotel consultancy at Laventhol & Horwath, after graduation from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. Eble lived in Chicago for twelve years before moving to New York City to join the lodging consulting group at Coopers & Lybrand LLC. Mr. Eble has led PKF's Midwestern practice from Indianapolis since 2004. Before joining PKF Consulting, Eble was a Senior Vice President with Resort Condominiums International.

Eble has managed and conducted hundreds of consulting assignments, involving both the public and private sectors, throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Asia. He has worked for the industry's leading lenders, developers, chains, and management companies and has an in-depth knowledge of most aspects of hospitality operations, development, and financing.

Eble has been quoted on hospitality issues in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, The New York Times, The Economist, USA Today, the Bloomberg Business Report, and has appeared as a travel industry expert on CNN Business News. He has spoken at many industry conferences and lectures at universities such as Cornell, Michigan State and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Mr. Eble's contact information is below:

Mark Eble
Colliers PKF Consulting USA
2 North La Salle Street - Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60602-3707
312-602-6070 (Direct)

Colliers PKF Consulting USA ("Colliers PKF") is a division of Colliers International (Nasdaq:FSRV), the third largest real estate services firm in the World. Colliers PKF is a national firm of management consultants, appraisers, real estate brokers and industry specialists who provide a full range of services to the hospitality and tourism industries. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Firm has offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, ME, Atlanta, Miami, Washington, D.C., Houston, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Seattle, Sacramento, and Bozeman with nearly 100 professionals and support staff.