Horwath HTL Representative Consulting Assignments

• Management company selection and contract negotiation for the 550-room Intercontinental Hotel San Francisco.
• Market demand study with proforma operating estimates for a full service resort in Tahiti including spa, golf, residential, and fractional ownership.
• Land-use entitlement and building design advisory services including California Coastal Commission approvals for an upscale, beachfront resort located on the central California coast.
• Revenue enhancement study including evaluation and recommendation regarding: website, marketing plan, advertising strategy, revenue management techniques, e-channel distribution, and sales planning and implementation.
• Market demand study and financial feasibility for a condominium hotel and spa in a resort community.
• Convention center operational review and expansion study including a citywide transient occupancy tax study.
• Asset management assignment for the Dolce Hays Conference Center owned by the City of San Jose, California.
• Facilities review study of a large, international hotel chain on behalf of aprivate investment fund seeking to acquire the chain.
• Loan underwriting analysis including property facilities assessment, contract review, market evaluation, and proposed repositioning strategy.
• Appraisal of the public spaces, ancillary amenities and management contract for a full-service condominium hotel.
• Transient occupancy tax study to estimate future City tax revenue and evaluate the potential for future tax rate increases.
• Re-negotiation of a long-term hotel lease on behalf of the building owner.
• Represented a county government in the re-negotiation of several land leases with existing hotels.
• Evaluated alternative hotel development incentives for the City of Beverly Hills, California.
• Litigation support services on various cases such as: construction defects and related revenue impact, operational revenue losses due to group cancellation, purchase contract dispute, bankruptcy valuation issues.
• Market and facilities evaluation study related to converting a condominium residential tower into an upscale, full service, hotel.
• Financial impact study related to the opening of a new property with the same franchise within close proximity.
• Facilities design and amenities recommendations for a proposed new hotel including competitor property assessments.
• Hotel market demand and feasibility study for a commercial full-service hotel.