The U.S. Supreme Court in 2012 will take up the issue of whether lenders should be able to bid for their own collateral with debt at bankruptcy auctions.



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Is there room for more growth in China?
David Grossniklaus   16 May 2012
Markets that have managed to time supply growth with their overall economic development have shown positive signals for long-term growth during the past three years.


The key to financing is in your own backyard
Patrick Mayock   11 May 2012
Debt financing is hard to come by. We all know that. What fewer hoteliers know is the best places to start looking for it.


The end of the beginning
Jan Freitag   08 May 2012
If there's any number that might give STR executives pause, it's the pending increase in supply three years out.


Derby days and the AAHOA haze
Patrick Mayock   04 May 2012
The Kentucky Derby is driving up performance in Louisville, Kentucky. A few hundred miles away in Atlanta, hoteliers are grumbling at AAHOA.



2012 is year of renovations in the US
Alan Benjamin - 16 May 2012
Three years after the Great Recession and with solid hotel industry fundamentals, FF&E projects in the U.S. this year will revolve around renovations.
Hoteliers disconnected from shaky reality
Joel Ross - 15 May 2012
The chasm between the hotel industry optimists and the risks in the world ahead is expanding.
Leveraging Pinterest, Instagram for hotels
David Backes - 14 May 2012
Social networking sites enter the technological fray every day. Though some don’t have longevity, Instagram and Pinterest are proving to have a large reach providing long-term benefits to a hotel’s business.
 
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