Recent News


Mike Cahill discusses the LIIC Top Ten at the Meet the Money Conference 2011


Mike Cahill and Mike Armstrong speak with Hotel News Now on CMBS loans


Bill Murney speaks with Arizona Central about the number of hotel transactions within the past 12 months


Mike Cahill expresses optimism in 2010 hotel sales


Hotel Business speaks to Monty Levy about creation of Atlanta Hospitality Alliance


Mike Cahill moderates discussion on hotel sales' transactions


Mike Cahill speaks with Hotel Interactive about availability of financing for hotel transactions


Hotel News Now speaks to Mike Cahill about uptick in hotel transactions in first quarter 2010


HREC releases the Florida March 2010 Newsletter: A Change is Blowing in the Florida Wind


Hotel News Now speaks to Mike Cahill about the CMBS market


Mike Cahill and LIIC discuss with Hotel & Motel Management the stresses put on hotel transactions by the financial markets


Mark Lukens joins HREC as SVP and Establishes HREC Office in Seattle


Mike Cahill and members of the International Lodging Finance Council (ILFC) discuss the state of lending in the hotel industry


Paul Sexton joins HREC as VP and Establishes new office in Orlando


Mike Cahill offers advice on buying distressed hotels and what to expect in 2010
Bill Murney comments on the James Hotel in Phoenix, AZ


Hotel News Now speaks to Mike Cahill about the global economies effecting the Dubai World


Mike Cahill projects hotel price stabilization dates


Bill Murney comments on the Wigwam sale price


At the Navigating Troubled Times in the Hotel Industry Conference, Geoff Davis and other panelists predict when we will see steady deal flow again  


 

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