| MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Nov. 15 - - Manhattan
Hospitality Advisors (formerly known as Westergom & Assoc., Inc.),
a leading hospitality real estate advisory firm announced the appointment
of hotel and hospitality veteran William G. (Bill) Sipple to its firm as
partner and member of its Board of Directors.
Mr. Sipple has more than 24 years of executive
experience in the hospitality industry. He was most recently Regional
Director of Development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide where
his duties included product positioning for Westin, Sheraton, Four Points
and Luxury Collection brands for the Western United States. During
his tenure at Starwood, Mr. Sipple was responsible for developing over
$1 billion of assets including portfolio transactions, ski resorts, golf
resorts, mixed-use developments, urban high-rise and luxury destination
resorts. He also developed Starwood�s development MIS systems, enabling
the company to reach its operational/development objectives.
| Mr. Sipple�s previous experience
includes Manager-In-Charge of Hospitality Practice with PKF at their Dallas
office. While at PKF, he developed and instructed their national
training course and designed their national computer-based market and financial
analysis models.
Mr. Sipple was also a founding principal in Index
Consulting Group, Inc., a leading consulting and valuation firm for hotels,
casinos, office and retail assets. Major clients included Prudential
Insurance, Chemical Bank, Bank of America, Home Savings, RTC and FDIC.
Additionally, he held regional vice president of development roles for
Ramada Inns and Brookshire Development.
Mr. Sipple is a Certified Hotel Administrator
with the American Hotel & Motel Association. He is also a Certified
General Appraiser in Colorado and has held the same designation in Massachusetts
and Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration
from Cornell University�s School of Hotel Administration and is a member
of the Cornell Society of Hotelmen. He has also completed numerous
educational courses presented by the Appraisal Institute and the National
Association of Realtors.
Jack Westergom, Managing Director of Manhattan
Hospitality Advisors stated, �Bill brings a unique professional |
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S. Ricci & Company Aligns with Manhattan
Hospitality Advisors
NEW YORK, NY., Nov. 15 - - Susan
Ricci, founder and Managing Director of S. Ricci & Company, Inc. a
leading hospitality real estate advisory firm announced that the company
has established an affiliated relationship with Manhattan Hospitality Advisors.
According to Ms. Ricci, �this association reflects the two companies� growing
collaboration on hospitality consulting engagements throughout the United
States and internationally.� Manhattan Hospitality Advisors
has offices Los Angeles and Denver.
S. Ricci & Company, Inc. formed
in 1986, has successfully opened many of New York�s most successful hotels
including the Trump International, SoHo Grand, and the Hotel Millennium.
Specializing in the development, marketing and management of independent,
upscale hotels, the firm has also provided advisory services to such renown
properties as the Delano, one of Miami�s most popular South Beach resorts,
the Castle at Tarrytown, the only Relais & Chateau hotel in the New
York metropolitan area and the Hotel Baker, a national historic landmark
in suburban Chicago. Recently Ms. Ricci has expanded her firm�s consulting
services, providing technical services and operations management to luxury
golf club operations.
According to Jack Westergom, �Susan
Ricci and I have been friends and business associates for almost 25 years
and our new arrangement formalizes what has already been a successful and
prosperous working relationship. Susan is one of the most knowledgeable
and successful hospitality consultants in New York.� |
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background to Manhattan Hospitality Advisors.
His wealth of experience in consulting, computer information systems, operations
and development will be invaluable assets as we expand Manhattan Hospitality
Advisors� industry presence.�
According to Mr. Westergom, the name change was
necessary to more appropriately reflect the company�s expanding line of
hospitality advisory services and the opening of a new office in Denver,
and an affiliate office in New York City.
Manhattan Hospitality Advisors has been involved
in approximately one billion dollars of new and adaptive re-use hotel,
resort, spa and mixed-use projects. Those projects include the Shore
Club, South Beach, FL, Bryant Park Hotel, New York, NY, Canyon Vista Resort,
Palm Springs, CA, Sonnenalp Resort, Telluride, CO, Westin Pasadena, Pasadena,
CA and the Le Meridien San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Manhattan Hospitality Advisors, a leading hospitality
real estate advisory firm, assists developers, owners and investors of
hospitality assets in maximizing value through asset management, construction
management, new product development and creative marketing and repositioning. |
