- Hospitality Lawyer in Miami at the HHOA Inaugural Convention. What energy! What focus! ¡Que Fabuloso!
- Hospitality Lawyer: $700 billion bailout bill is now law! Warren Buffett insights on (1) Why the Bailout Bill had to pass, (2) The key to making the bailout work, and (3) How the Treasury can make a profit.
- Hotel Lawyer: $700 billion financial rescue bill is signed! Full text of the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008'' or "EESA 2008"
- Hospitality Lawyer: Fortunes will be made . . . or lost . . . in the wake of The Financial Bailout Bill and the Panic of 2008. What happens AFTER the Bailout Bill . . .
- Hospitality Lawyer with Outlooks and Predictions for U.S. Lodging Industry from The Phoenix Lodging Conference. PKF Consulting's Mark Woodworth's presentation.
- Agreement on Bailout Bill. The ''Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" likely to pass. Sets up the "TARP" for the U.S. economy and the hospitality industry
- Hospitality Lawyer's take on The Panic of 2008. Financial Crisis impact on the Lodging Industry.
- Hospitality Lawyer: Pulse of the hotel industry from the Phoenix Lodging Conference. Where are we now? Where are we going?
- Hospitality Lawyer with urgent ADA warning: You won't believe what they want to do with ADA now
- Green Hospitality Lawyer: Index and links to articles on Green Hotel Development and Green Hotel Operations and Sustainability
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Cap Rates. What's happening to hotel cap rates, values and financing?
Hotel Attorney at Meet the Money® -- Report on Major Hotel Transactions by Suzanne Mellen of HVS
Hotel Attorney with Hotel Financing Experts at Meet the Money® 2008
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 1
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 2
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 3
Hotel Lawyer -- How to terminate a hotel management agreement when an operator really deserves it!
Hospitality Lawyer on the Hotel of Tomorrow
JMBM's Hospitality Attorneys with case studies of the compelling economics of Green Hotel Development by Gary Golla of SERA
Hotel Lawyer: How to build, operate and finance GREEN hotels now.
- ADA
- Ask the Hotel Lawyer™
- Condo Hotels
- Disasters
- Green Hotels
- Hotel Developers Conference™
- Hotel Finance − Hotel Debt & Hotel Equity
- Hotel Management Agreements
- Hotel Mixed-Use
- International Hotel Investment
- Labor & Employment
- Land Use & Entitlements
- Lifestyle Hotels
- Meet the Money®
- Outlook and Trends
- Workouts, Bankruptcies & Receiverships
RFP for Hotel Operator
Management Agreements are pivotal to hotel ownership and value. See the "Topic" of "Management Agreements" on www.HotelLawBlog.com. Important articles include:
How to get a great hotel operator - part 1* Hotel management agreement & hotel operator fundamentals
* Why management agreements are so important to the value of your hotel
* The 5 biggest mistakes owners make in pursuing hotel management agreements (and how to avoid them)
* The hotel owner's best friend - the Hotel RFP
How to get a great hotel operator - part 2* What is an RFP?
* What critical steps should be included in every RFP?
* How does the process work and what do the documents look like?
* Isn't there just some form we can see?
How to get a great hotel operator - part 3* 5 Factors that determine what your RFP looks like. Is it just a notice to take bids? (NO!)
* How we can help you with your RFP
* Who does what?
* Why it is critical to mixed-use projects?
* The 16 Step Program -- steps to a successful RFP Process
How to terminate a hotel management agreement when an operator really deserves it!
Jim Butler
Jim Butler is recognized as one of the top hotel lawyers in the world. He devotes 100% of his practice to hospitality, representing hotel owners, developers and lenders. Jim leads JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® — a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $50 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,000 properties located around the globe. In the last 5 years alone, they have brought their practical advice to more than 100 hotel mixed-use projects in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Virtually all of these projects involve hotel condos or condo hotels — often along with other real estate uses such as office, retail, spa and sports facilities.
Jim and his team are more than "just" great hotel lawyers. They are also hospitality consultants and business advisors. They are deal makers. They can help find the right operator or capital provider. They know who to call and how to reach them. They are a major gateway of hotel finance, facilitating the flow of capital with their legal skill, hospitality industry knowledge and ability to find the right "fit" for all parts of the capital stack. Because they are part of the very fabric of the hotel industry, they are able to help clients identify key business goals, assemble the right team, strategize the approach to optimize value and then get the deal done.
Jim is frequently quoted as an expert on hotel issues by national and industry publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Hotel Business. A frequent author and speaker, Jim's books, articles and many expert panel presentations cover topics such as negotiating, re-negotiating or terminating hotel management agreements, development, acquisition and sale, hotel finance, complex joint venture and entity structure matters, workouts, as well as many operating and strategic issues.
Jim Butler is a Founding Partner of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP and he is Chairman of the firm's Global Hospitality Group®. If you would like to discuss any hospitality or condo hotel matters, Jim would like to hear from you. Contact him at jbutler@jmbm.com or 310.201.3526.
