CHMWarnick (CHMW), the leading hotel asset management and owner advisory services
company, today appointed Maxine Taylor senior vice president of asset management. In her new
role, Taylor will oversee asset management operations from the company’s new San Francisco
office, which brings CHMW’s total to eight offices across the country. Additionally, she will grow
the company’s asset management capabilities for a client portfolio of first-class, full-service
convention, airport and luxury hotels, creating a stronger presence and expanding services to
clients with a growing number of investments in Hawaii and the western region of the U.S. With
the company’s recent West Coast expansion, CHMW’s hotel asset management portfolio now
includes more than 60 hotels comprising approximately 25,000 rooms totaling $15 billion in
assets.
With more than 25 years of hospitality experience, Taylor has worked with some of the most
respected industry names and holds high honors and recognition in significant hospitality
circles. Most recently, Taylor served as Hospitality Asset Management Association (HAMA)
international chair, was named their vice president for 2017 and remains an active speaker at
top industry events. Prior to rejoining CHMW, Taylor held the positions of executive vice president
of asset management at Chartres Lodging Group and vice president of asset management at
Capital Hotel Management. She also worked with Horwath Landauer Hospitality Consulting, as
well as with The Ritz-Carlton hotels in Florida and Georgia and was a professor of hospitality
management at Edison Community College. Other industry affiliations include the Starwood
Owners Advisory Council, the Association of Sheraton Franchisees of North America (ASFONA)
and the Consumer Innovation Forum (CIF). Taylor received her master’s in Hospitality
Management from Florida International University in Miami and is a Certified Hotel Administrator
(CHA). Prestigious honors include the 2014 “Women of Influence” award from Real Estate Forum
and the 2011 recognition by the San Francisco Business Times as one of East Bay’s “Most
Influential Women.” Additionally, Taylor is founding chair of Chartres Lodging Group’s
philanthropic organization, “No Reservations Giving,” a program created to help nonprofits that
provide food, shelter and education to the needy.