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National Real Estate Investor March 4, 2004 Parke Chapman	Expect Flurry of Lodging IPOs This Year, Says Report PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that four to seven IPOs, among them several REITs, will occur this year. If this happens, it will make 2004 the biggest year for lodging IPOs since 1996, when 12 public offerings occurred
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National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Geoff Lewis	Asset Managers Hunt for Flow Through Three years after 9/11, hotels are just recovering. The investment community woke up a year ago and said it was okay to go into the hotel sector again.
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National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Matt Valley	Will Developers Spoil the Hotel Party? Atlanta -- the nation's fourth-largest hotel market with an inventory of 92,000 rooms -- serves as a microcosm of the bigger hotel picture. And there are signs that the pre-development pipeline is beginning to fill up.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Growing Supply Clouds Hotel Forecast Hotel investors are enjoying increased travel plus a shallow construction pipeline, a combination that's boosted occupancies. But are the seeds of another downturn being planted as developers scramble to meet occupancy demand with a flurry of new projects?
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Matt Valley	There's Limited Room at the Inn in New York, and Rates Are Rising Listed under the definition of supply and demand in any business textbook should be the following words: "See New York hotel market." It's a classic case study.
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National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Robyn Taylor Parets	Survival Kit for Hotel Owners Even for the experienced hotel owner, operating a successful property is no walk in the park.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Dees Stribling	The Upside of Upscale Hotels The upscale segment of the lodging industry has earned bragging rights. It is the shining star in the eyes of hotel investors as 2006 begins, and for good reason: key measures of performance continue to rise, and supply is in check.
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National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Buck Wargo	A Passion for Hotels An interview with a recent graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
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National Real Estate Investor January 22, 2004 Morris Newman	Stabilizing Room Rates Bode Well for Robust Hotel Recovery, Say Experts at ALIS Conference Increasing consumer confidence in the safety of air travel is heralding good news for the traumatized lodging sector, according to forecasters at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit.
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National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Joe Gose	Condo Hotel Chase Afoot The condo hotel industry is coming to grips with its first-ever construction boom. But more questions than answers surround condo hotels, including whether there is enough demand to support the proposed developments.
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