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1 week ago | hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Jeffrey Weinstein |Rob Schneider

QUOTE OF THE WEEK“Both the hotel and I have outlived some of the icons I’ve gotten to know asguests over the years from David Bowie to River Phoenix to Sinead O’Connor toKurt Cobain (a note to Courtney Love, written on a Phoenix-logoed notepad, wasfound on Cobain upon his death).

2 weeks ago | hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Jeffrey Weinstein |Rob Schneider

QUOTE OF THE WEEK“Our understanding, our reading of the body language — and Hyatt is obviouslykeeping it close to the vest — is that there is a [asset sale] deal in hand tobe signed, probably to be announced when the [Playa] deal is closed.” – MichaelBellisario, R.W. Baird   Read story“Our thesis has been since we’ve been doing this andcontinues to be ultra-high-end, high-barrier-to-entry markets where we believetwo things are true.

3 weeks ago | hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Rob Schneider

$160Mloan for Waldorf residences. Miami-based Related Group and Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Merrimac Ventures have closed $160 million in construction financing from Bank OZK for Waldorf Astoria Residences Pompano Beach. Set on two acres on the oceanfront in Pompano Beach, Florida, the development will offer 92 condominium homes and willbe Waldorf Astoria’s first-ever standalone residential development.

3 weeks ago | hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Rob Schneider

Here is acompilation of the most important executive moves of the past week in the hotelinvestment world alphabetically (by company):Dreamscapenames new VP. Dallas-based Dreamscape Hospitality has appointed Angela Englett as vicepresident of revenue management. With over two decades ofexperience, she began her hospitality career at the front desk and steadily gained hands-on experience in front-office operations, reservations andrevenue strategy.

3 weeks ago | hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Jeffrey Weinstein |Rob Schneider

“These new brands are much easier to launch through socialmedia… People are willing to try things, and they can find them on socialmedia. It’s not about your million-dollar marketing budget. It’s aboutconnecting to the right people with a tight mission and then drawing that groupinto your property.” – Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Hotels   Read story“Just anecdotally, what I’m hearing is if you haven’t brokenground, they’re going to wait and see what’s happening with tariffs before theydo.