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Rob Sadoff

Rob Sadoff

Co-founder & Principal

Scarlett Hotel Group

Allie Hope

Allie Hope

Chief Development Officer

Virgin Hotels

Steve Smith

Steve Smith

SVP, Corporate & Community

Leopardo

Rich Sprecher

Rich Sprecher

Vice President

Aimbridge Hospitality

Rob Sadoff

Co-founder & Principal

Scarlett Hotel Group

Mr. Sadoff is a co-founder and principal of Scarlett Hotel Group where his focus is in the

investment and development of hotel real estate assets. Since the formation of his new

company in 2017, Mr. Sadoff has managed the execution of each deal for the company’s

portfolio of owned hotels. His expertise in deal structuring, franchising, financing and legal

oversight provides the team with the confidence to execute and close on each transaction.

Previously, Rob served as the Senior Real Estate Director for First Hospitality Group where he

was involved in over $125 million dollars of real estate transactions and 8 hotel developments.

Rob was influential in the company’s growth by solidifying multiple management contracts

generating nearly $6M in management fee revenue during his tenure. His department was also

responsible for asset management on the portfolio of externally owned hotels with a portfolio

value of over $900M.

Allie Hope

Chief Development Officer

Virgin Hotels

Allie is responsible for setting and implementing Virgin Hotels’ global growth strategy. Allie’s primary responsibilities include identifying properties in key markets, and structuring transactions that work for Virgin Hotels and our Owner/Developer partners. Prior to joining Virgin, Allie worked on acquisitions, dispositions and asset management at Sunstone Hotel Investors where she was on a team that completed over $1 billion of hotel transactions. Allie was previously a partner at HMR Analytics, a hospitality asset management firm based in California, and a consultant with PKF Consulting, one of the top advisory services firms in the hospitality industry. Other experiences include hotel operations with Interstate Hotels and Resorts and spa development at Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Allie is a graduate of Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration where she received the Dean’s Baccalaureate Service Award, is a guest lecturer at Cornell Hotel School Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship, Columbia University and NYU, was named Southern California Real Estate “Woman of Influence” in 2007, and is the co-chair of the Dean’s Young Advisory Board for Cornell Hotel School.

Steve Smith

SVP, Corporate & Community

Leopardo

Steve’s construction career spans decades and his tenure at Leopardo started when he joined the company as an intern in 1987. He is responsible for the strategy and operations of Leopardo’s retail, office, industrial and mixed-use markets. He has personally overseen construction projects totaling more than $600 million across practically every major market. His project experience includes countless Fortune 500 firms and many of the world’s most-recognized brands like Lexus, Apple, Audi, Harley-Davidson, Jewel-Osco, Walgreens and more.

Rich Sprecher

Vice President

Aimbridge Hospitality

Richard Sprecher currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for

Aimbridge Hospitality based out of their Chicago Area Offices. His goal is to grow

the company’s third party hotel management contracts, structure Joint venture

agreements, obtain hotel receivership assignments, and identify hotels that the

company should acquire.

Aimbridge Hospitality is the largest Independent Hotel Management &

Investment Firm in the country, currently operating over 800 hotels and Resorts

in 45 states and three Countries. Ambridge operates independent properties and

hotels franchised with Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Choice, Radisson, and Wyndham

Hotels.

Prior to joining Aimbridge in March of 2009, Rich spent 17 years with Choice

Hotels International as The Director of Franchise Sales for the Upper Midwest.

Selling over 215 hotel franchises in his Career and being a member of Choice’s

President Club in all but two years.

Prior to that he held senior management positions with Amerihost Properties,

Bradbury Suites Hotels, Adams’s Mark Resorts, Stouffer Hotels, and Renaissance

Hotels.

Richard Sprecher Graduated with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Stout

Hotel & Restaurant Management School and is a Certified Hotel Administrator.

Summary

  1. The hotel industry is poised to have its worst year in decades. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

  2. Now that many workers have gotten accustomed to conducting their businesses from home, will business travel suffer?

  3. How are hotel owners supporting their employees who were laid off or furlough?

  4. What long-term impact could the coronavirus have on the hotel industry even once the pandemic ends?

  5. How are hotel owners and developers communicating with their lenders and investors?

Agenda

Time Activity
4:30 PM
5:15 PM
Deep Dish: Lodging and Hospitality
5:15 PM
5:30 PM
Post-Discussion Q&A

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