Hospitality Financial Leadership: The First Fifty
David Lund | June 13, 2022
By David Lund As I write this piece, I am proud to say I am 58 years young. So far, my life has been great. Many challenges to overcome like anyone and many bumps in the road for sure. Someone once said that success is simply going from one disaster to the next and the trick with that is no stopping to lament on the carnage left behind. That might be a little tongue and cheek, but you get the point. Things happen to us all and our ability to move on and keep going without the permanent thoughts about what happened and why, I believe is the key to my life. That does not mean I do not learn from my mistakes, but it does mean I go easy on ...
Agilysys to Report Fiscal 2022 Fourth Quarter Results May 17th and Host Conference Call and Webcast
Agilysys | May 4, 2022
ALPHARETTA, GA. — May 4, 2022 — Agilysys, Inc. (AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation, cloud-native SaaS and on-premise hospitality software solutions and services, announced today that it will release its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 and host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET that day. Both the call and webcast are open to the general public. The conference call number is 224-357-2393 (domestic or international) and the conference ID number is 9326259. Participants should call the conference line at 4:15 p.m. ET to ensure connection before the presenta...
Avison Young Closes 29 Hotel Transactions
Avison Young | May 3, 2022
ATLANTA – May 3, 2022 – Avison Young Hospitality Group announced today that the hotel brokerage firm has closed 29 separate hotel transactions over that last 150 days totaling just under ½ billion of value. 12 of the hotels were either Hilton, Marriott or Hyatt assets and were located in most US regions. Most notable was the Fall River Resort - Estes Park CO, Hotel Monaco - Chicago, 15 story IHG - Downtown Nashville, Hyatt Place/ Hyatt House dual brand – Scottsdale AZ and the Courtyard Oceanfront – Ocean City Maryland. Three of the sales represented pricing between 400k and 500k per room....
Avison Young’s Hotel Auction Team
Avison Young | April 28, 2022
ATLANTA – April 28, 2022 – Avison Young announced today that Brad Sinclair and Michael Bernath lead Avison Young’s hotel auction team. Over the past 10 months, the team has closed 8 hotels on the Ten-X Auction platform at an average sale of 23% over the reserve pricing. The latest hotel auction ended last week, ultimately selling for 74% over reserve. Avison Young has closed over 80 transactions through the Ten-X platform. Examples of recent closing include the Homewood Suites Lansdale PA, Hilton Garden Inn Cranberry PA, the Springhill Suites Albany/Colonie, NY and the Hampton Inn Omaha, NE. Brad Sinclair said: Our consistent and a...
What the 2022 Revitalization of EB-5 Financing Means Today: Part 1
Jim Butler | April 19, 2022
By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group® Since the renewal of the EB-5 program this year, there has been a lot of talk about what this means for developers interested in taking on new projects. Our recent article in Westlaw Today sums up the latest information about the program. Part one is below; part two will be published next week. This article was originally published on Westlaw Today on April 14, 2022. What the 2022 Revitalization of EB-5 Financing Means for Real Estate Developers and Other Entrepreneurs: Part 1 After being sidelined for the last few years by circumstances culminating with the pandemic and the lapse o...
Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index Increased 2.2% in March
Baird | April 11, 2022
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee, and MILWAUKEE — April 11, 2022 — The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index increased 2.2% in March to a level of 5,882. Year to date through the first three months of 2022, the stock index increased 2.4%. “Hotel stocks increased in March but underperformed their benchmarks as stock market volatility eased and geopolitical concerns did not worsen,” said Michael Bellisario, senior hotel research analyst and director at Baird. “Underlying hotel fundamentals continued to improve in March, and the outlook appears more favorable today than just one month ago despite all of the background noise in the stock ma...
Hospitality Financial Leadership: The Key Attributes of a Proper Hotel Financial Statement
David Lund | April 4, 2022
By David Lund Having a monthly financial statement for your hotel is the key to creating an effective management process inside your business. But, like many things in life, hotel financial statements are not all equal. To be effective your statement needs to be in shape, and it must have the proper features that allow you the insight you need to make better operating decisions in a timely manner. That is what this is all about, defining what the modern-day standards are when it comes to designing and producing a good hotel financial statement. Monthly First and foremost, you MUST produce your financial statement each mo...
Spirides Provides $7 Million in Loans to Refinance Debt & Renovate Two Hotels in Sylva, NC
Spirides Hotel Finance Company | March 29, 2022
TAMPA, FLORIDA—Spirides Hotel Finance Company has successfully provided and the borrower has officially closed $7 million in loans to refinance the existing mortgage debt and fund renovations to the Holiday Inn Express and Clarion Pointe hotels in Sylva, North Carolina. The 67-room Holiday Inn Express Sylva, NC is located at 26 Rufus Robinson Road. Its ownership retained the services of Spirides Hotel Finance Company to provide them with a new conventional mortgage which has a much lower fixed rate of interest than that of their previous mortgage as well as additional funds to perform a comprehensive Holiday Inn Express “Formula Blue...
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