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Hospitality Financial Leadership: The Bridge
David Lund | May 16, 2022
By David Lund In our lives we are continuously evolving as people. When thought of most of the time, this evolution seems like a continuous stream of challenges to overcome. This persistent development is both personal and professional. The bridge is what I refer to when I think of my advancement in the hotel profession from a 20-something leader who knew nothing about the financial goings on in the hotel to a 30-something controller who was on fire. This is all about what it takes to cross that financial bridge and what it looks and feels like once you are on the other side. I have said this is my articles many times: The hotel bus...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $50,000,000 of First Mortgage Financing for the Cliffs Hotel & Spa, Pismo Beach, California
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company | May 11, 2022
Beverly Hills, CA – May 11, 2022 – Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $50 million of long term fixed rate first mortgage financing for the Cliffs Hotel & Spa, a 162-room, full-service, luxury boutique hotel located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Pismo Beach, California. The non-recourse loan was funded by an investment bank and priced at 4.8 percent with interest-only payments for the entire term of the loan. Proceeds from the loan provided for a return of equity to the Borrower in order to purchase a partnership interest. Located along California’s central coast, the Cliffs Hotel & Spa features direct...
Hospitality Financial Leadership: What Is the Only Thing We Know for Sure About the Hotel Budget?
David Lund | April 25, 2022
By David Lund The budget is a BIG deal. Heck, it consumes so much time and energy in the hotel. Getting it right is a critical element to any branded, managed hotel. If you are reading this and you do not prepare an annual budget, you are probably scratching your head and wondering what I am talking about. Read all about how to prepare a budget right here. In your average hotel, the budget process is a two- to three-month deal. It means, or it should mean, each key manager is implicated in doing their part by preparing and negotiating the payroll and expenses for the department they manage. The annual gut-wrenching process we call...
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...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $39 Million Interim Leasehold First Mortgage Financing for Moxy Portland Downtown Hotel in Portland, OR
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company | January 13, 2022
Beverly Hills, CA - January 13, 2022 - Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $39 million of non-recourse interim leasehold first mortgage financing for Moxy Portland Downtown, a 197-room hotel located in the West End District of downtown Portland, OR. The hotel opened in March 2021 and consequently has limited operating history. Proceeds from this financing were used to pay off the construction loan, provide funds for an interest reserve as well as closing costs and fees. The five-year LIBOR-based floating rate loan was sized to approximately 76% of total project costs. The property was developed and is managed by Graves Hospitality...
Finance, Technology and Service Will Dominate
Bob Rauch | January 12, 2022
By Bob Rauch Interest rates are low, consumer confidence is stronger, oil prices are high and employment is very uneven. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is at 58.7 in December 2021, down from 60 in November and 61 in October. Any number over 50 shows that the economy is expanding so the PMI is good news. Threats from COVID-19 variant Omicron should peak this month. Perhaps the biggest threat is inflation as that is starting to impact the middle class as well as the poor. The silver lining is that this inflation might cause hotel room rates to grow beyond the 6% inflation rate. Hotel Finances During most recessions, there is a signi...
Operational and Financial Issues in the “Great Reopening”
Mark D. Podgainy | January 6, 2022
By Mark D. Podgainy U.S. Hotels have been on a roller coaster ride for the last 18 months, from the heights of 2019 and early 2020 RevPar performance, to the depths of Covid-19 lockdowns, and on to the “Great Reopening” and the Omicron variant. Though we are living in a rapidly changing environment, there are some issues and trends that are likely to be with us for the-near-to-mid future that owners, operators, investors and lenders should be aware of. Supply chain issues. Supply chain issues are causing shortages and higher prices for everything from guest supplies and food and beverage items to FF&E and repair an...
It’s Time for Hotel Finance Teams to Re-Evaluate Their Budget ‘Drivers’
Jill Wilder | September 14, 2021
By Jill Wilder As we are all aware, budgeting for 2022 will present some challenges, without a crystal ball we are going to need to use our knowledge to form new ways to plan for our future. While historical drivers helped hoteliers in previous years with their future planning, it’s a whole new ballgame today, as the very way a hotel operates is radically different from even a year ago. As in the past, just comparing departmental profits from previous months is just one piece of the puzzle. To have better, more accurate budgeting numbers for the year ahead, hoteliers need to re-evaluate their drivers and establish a new baseline data set...
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