Interview w/ Robert Mandelbaum, Director of Research Information Services, PKF Hospitality Research - Discussing the PKF report: ‘Trends in the Hotel Industry.’
The past year was a good one for hotels. With unit-level growth in double-digits, the industry is back on its feet, measurably, since before 9/11/01. But does the 11.4% increase tell the whole story? Not exactly. The news is good but not great – yet. In this Windows Media streaming audio interview, PKF’s Robert Mandelbaum joins us to discuss their recent report and give us a glimpse of the future.
Mr. Mandelbaum began his hospitality industry career with Holiday Inns, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. He started his career with the firm in 1983 in the Memphis office of Pannell Kerr Forster, where he conducted market and financial feasibility studies and operational analyses for hotel, restaurant, club, and conference center clients. Prior to moving to Atlanta in November 1997, he also worked in PKF’s San Francisco office.
Mr. Mandelbaum holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. He is a member of the American Hotel and Lodging Association’s Financial Management Committee and is currently working on the new 10th edition of the Uniform System of Account for the Lodging Industry. He is the Southeast Regional Vice President for the Cornell Society of Hotelmen, the author of articles for industry trade publications, and a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at college and university hotel school programs.