"This allows us to complete the lifecycle of hotel product," Brumleve tells GlobeSt.com. "We can now fully engage with the client through all the phases." He says that he's "never seen a better time for the lodging industry" and that the group has hit the ground running by working on a number of projects.

Brumleve adds that the new focus is a natural extension for Warnick. It broadens "the firm's array of professional support and management consulting services." Warnick will now also provide project concept development, project programming, planning, budgeting and schedule management in addition to design and consultant team orchestration and construction and implementation phase management. Rich Warnick, founding principal, notes that the firm now has the capability to take a project from inception through final delivery with ongoing asset management.

Warnick & Co. is a consulting, asset management and investment banking company that specializes in the hospitality and recreational real estate industries. It was founded in 1996.