Survey: Lodging property values, sales expected to rise through 2015

The Lodging Industry Investment Council‘s annual survey of senior hospitality executives indicates that the hotel industry is expected to undergo an extended investment cycle amid declining equity rates and increased transactions activity across the United States. According to the report, 98 percent of hotel leaders predicted that lodging real estate values will continue to rise over the next 12 months, with 52 percent expecting that properties will not reach peak values before 2017. Hotel lending is predicted by 83 percent of respondents to become more available in the next 12 months. Read the Hotel Management online story here