References
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Investing in Hotels & Motels
Hyatt Stock: Should You Buy the Dip? (Forbes, Jun. 7, 2021)
5 Tips to Outsmart Competition in the Post-COVID Hotel Market (Hospitality Net, Jun. 7, 2021)
Remember When You Could Score a Bargain on Airbnb? Not Anymore (Market Watch, Jun. 5, 2021)
New York Travel is Down. Plenty of Hotels Are Opening Anyway (The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2021)
Stumbling Hotel Industry Starts to Regain Footing After Its Worst Year (The Wall Street Journal, Mar. 16, 2021)
This Is What It’s Like to Open a Hotel Right Now (Million Acres, Feb. 9, 2021)
Hotel/Motel Management
NYC Temporarily Eliminating Hotel Room Occupancy Tax to Boost Tourism (Travel Pulse, May 21, 2021)
COVID-19 Management in Hotels (Hospitality Net, May 18, 2021)
Marriott CEO: Finding New Hotel Employees Has Been Tough as Demand Spikes (Yahoo! Finance, May 11, 2021)
Do the Motels of the Past Have a Future in a Post-Covid World? (Travel Weekly, Mar. 8, 2021)
Empty Hotels are Being Reimagined as Tiny Apartments (REALTOR® Magazine, Dec. 22, 2020)
Marriot CEO Wants Workers Back in Offices – and Traveling for Business (The Real Deal, Nov. 9, 2020)
Safety & Security Issues
Why Hotels Need Strong Security for Contactless Check-In (Hotel Management, Apr. 15, 2021)
Hospitality Security Adjusts to COVID-19 Constraints (Security, Feb. 8, 2021)
Newest Amenity at Hotels? Covid-19 Test at Check-in or Before Your Flight (NBC News, Dec. 31, 2020)
Need to Stay at a Hotel? Try These Pandemic Tactics (Los Angeles Times, Nov. 13, 2020)
Appraisal Considerations
Sac, West Paid Millions Over Appraised Values for Two Motels Under Homekey Program (Sacramento Business Journal, Apr. 1, 2021)
Value of Beekman Tower Cut by 45% in New Appraisal (The Real Deal, Mar, 17, 2021)
Five Commercial Real Estate Valuation. Methods (First Republic, Jun. 13, 2019)
The Art and Science of Hotel Valuation (Hotelier, May 8, 2019)
The Basics of Hotel Valuation (Stonehill, Apr. 10, 2019)
eBooks & Other Resources
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The following eBooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Chocolates on the pillow aren't enough: reinventing the customer experience (eBook)
Growth Strategies for Hotels (eBook)
Hotel Success Handbook (eBook)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
As a member benefit, the following resources and more are available for loan through the NAR Library. Items will be mailed directly to you or made available for pickup at the REALTOR® Building in Chicago.
2019 Hotel Management Survey (Hotel Management, 2019) E
2019 Hotel Management Survey Top Design Firms (Hotel Management, 2019) E
Commercial Real Estate Quarterly Market Survey (National Association of REALTORS®)
—See this report for quarterly cap and vacancy rates for hotel properties.
Resort Development (Chicago: Urban Land Institute, 2008) NAC 1800 Ur1rd1
Climbing the Real Estate Risk Spectrum (Chicago: Real Estate Research Corp., 2007) HD 1375 R22c
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