Hospitality Industry Trends - Financial

Economic growth has slowed a bit. Various special factors are weighing on a few sectors. The 'government-aided' recovery likely needs to transition to a 'jobs-aided' pickup - More

he Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended June at 1757, an 8.9-percent decrease for the month and a 9.6-percent increase for year-to-date 2010. The Index ended 2009 at 1603. For the second quarter of 2010, the Index fell 9.7 percent to 1757 after closing the first quarter at 1945. - More

Lessons Can Be Applied To 2011 Budgeting Process - More

The road to fiscal sustainability - More

This article focuses on 8 pitfalls of hotel lending - the special traps that hotel lending presents beyond all the typical considerations of traditional real estate lending - and how to avoid them. These are hotel-specific structuring, documentation and legal issues that can really snare the unwary lender. - More

Hotel Lawyer with lessons from the past on why hotel lending is different and the things you should know. - More

Chinese businesspeople are more than twice as optimistic about their national economy and their jobs as Americans and Europeans, according to a global business poll conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. - More

Chinese businesspeople are more than twice as optimistic about their national economy and their jobs as Americans and Europeans, according to a global business poll conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. - More

Senior finance executives from around the world report growing optimism about economic recovery but are proceeding with caution, investing in categories that will boost growth such as sales and product development while selectively increasing discretionary spending in areas like marketing and technology. At the same time, companies continue to ... - More

As expected, economic activity in March was significantly improved over February’s weather-related sluggishness. Gains in some areas were even stronger than anticipated - More