John Montgomery, Managing Director of the Horwath HTL office in the Rocky Mountain Region (based in Denver), has more than 30 years of hospitality industry consulting experience and has performed hospitality industry related engagements in all regions of the United States.

In addition to his consulting work, he also has had operations and development experience with several well-known hotel companies including Hyatt Corporation. John Montgomery prepared this article in conjunction with Mark Beadle (Horwath HTL-Atlanta), Richard Mandigo (Horwath HTL-Chicago) and Joel Hiser (Horwath HTL-San Francisco).