Hotel Investment Risk: What are the Chances?

So what is riskier: Investment in a limited service hotel, full service hotel, serviced appartments/extended stay or shared ownership property? Should a mortgage of a limited service be structured in a similar way to that of a full service hotel or other type of hotel asset, or should some distinctions be considered given the nature of each asset-class? By Elie Younes, Director & Russell Kett, Managing Director HVS International.

So what is riskier: Investment in a limited service hotel, full service hotel, serviced appartments/extended stay or shared ownership property? Should a mortgage of a limited service be structured in a similar way to that of a full service hotel or other type of hotel asset, or should some distinctions be considered given the nature of each asset-class? By Elie Younes, Director & Russell Kett, Managing Director HVS International. Click below link to download the article...

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Russell Kett is Chairman of the London office of HVS, having joined the firm in 1995. He was appointed managing director in 1996 and became chairman in 2012.

Russell Kett is Chairman of the London office of HVS, having joined the firm in 1995. He was appointed managing director in 1996 and became chairman in 2012.

HVS is the world's leading consulting and services organization focused on the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries. Established in 1980, the company performs more than 2,000 assignments per year for virtually every major industry participant. HVS principals are regarded as the leading professionals in their respective regions of the globe.