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This Week’s Comings & Goings
JLL Hotels & Resorts has added Mike Wernet to its executive team as senior vice president, asset management. Wernet is responsible for leading JLL’s portfolio in gateway markets throughout the United States. Previously, Wernet...
Elise Capital Completes First Hotel Acquisition
ATLANTA—Hotel real estate investment firm Elise Capital announced the closing of its first hotel acquisition, the Hampton Inn by Hilton Douglas in Douglas, Georgia.
The property offers 61 guestrooms and completed a full renovation in...
Bijal Patel Receives AAHOA’s Political Forum Award for Advocacy
Bijal Patel, chairman of the California Hotel & Lodging Association (CHLA) for 2020—2021, has won AAHOA’s Political Forum Award for Advocacy.
Presented during AAHOA’s 2021 national convention held in Dallas last week, the award recognizes...
AHLA Helps Improve EIDL Program for the Hotel Industry
WASHINGTON—The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the Biden Administration, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) collaborated over the last several months to expand and improve the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)...