Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California’s
foremost full-service law firms, today announced that its 18th
Annual Meet the Money® Conference, sponsored
by the Firm’s Global Hospitality Group®,
will be held May 6-8, 2008. Considered to be the “Gateway
to Hotel Finance,” connecting providers and
consumers of debt and equity capital for hotel deals, the event is
expected to bring together hundreds of hotel financing experts, hotel
developers, and hospitality insiders to “do
business” at the Green Valley Ranch Resort &
Spa, in Las Vegas.
Everybody wants to know if anybody is still lending in today’s
credit crunch environment. And, what does it take to get financing to
buy, refinance or develop a hotel or hotel mixed-use project? According
to Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
and chairman of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®,
“I have grilled our speaker candidates for
Meet the Money®, and we have a lot of
financing sources that are emphatic — They
have money to put out. They are active now. And they are coming to Meet
the Money® to find the right borrowers or
investment opportunities.” In other words,
this event is specifically designed to help hotel owners finance hotel
acquisitions, refinance hotels, and provide the capital stack for hotel
development or repositioning.
The opening session of the Conference will feature special presentations
by Bobby Bowers, Smith Travel Research Senior Vice President for
Operations, who will provide lodging industry trends; Mark Woodworth,
PKF Consulting Executive Vice President, who will offer a hospitality
industry forecast; Suzanne Mellen, Managing Director of HVS, who will
discuss hotel values and CAP Rates; and Daniel H. Lesser, CBRE’s
Senior Managing Director, who will provide insights on the U.S. hotel
investment market. This year’s Meet the Money®
is the place where:
Developers and owners find capital solutions
Capital meets serious investment opportunities
Value gets created, deals are struck, and solutions are uncovered
Kicking off with a welcome reception on the evening of May 6th,
the conference’s two-day, all-inclusive
program will offer informative panels entitled, “Alternative
Strategies for Troubled Times, Survival Strategies, Workouts &
Opportunistic Investments”; “Who’s
Funding Now?” and “How
Independent Operators and Boutiques Create Value,”
just to name a few. For more information about the conference, to
register or learn how to become a Meet the Money®
sponsor or exhibitor, please be sure to visit http://www.jmbm.com/mtm
or contact Kathy Lubecki at 310-785-6707 or at KLubecki@jmbm.com.
About JMBM’s Hospitality Group
JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®
creates legal and business solutions for hotel owners, developers and
lenders. Comprised of more than 50 hotel lawyers, the Group has handled
more than $50 billion of hotel transactions around the globe. In the
last 5 years alone, the Group has represented clients in more than 100
hotel mixed-use projects. For more information, visit www.JMBM.com
or www.HotelLawBlog.com. To
contact Jim Butler directly, call 310-201-3526, or via email at jbutler@jmbm.com.
Jim’s blog can be accessed at www.HotelLawBlog.com.
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