NEWPORT BEACH, CA–Chicago Title National Commercial Services California launched its new nationwide Chicago Title Hospitality Group, bringing in hotel industry veteran Steven L. Senft to serve as vice president, national sales.

Senft has more than 24 years of hospitality experience, including hotel ownership, management and operations, financial analysis, sourcing equity, strategic planning, and hotel acquisitions and dispositions. He has also been involved in the sale, development, management, advisory and financing of more than $15 billion in hotel assets representing more than 1,000 hotels.

"We are excited that Steven Senft will be heading Chicago Title's new national Hospitality Group," Ryan Huntsman, vice president, national sales at Chicago Title NCS California said in a statement. "Although Chicago Title has been very active in the hotel sector for two decades, we now have an experienced leader that thoroughly understands all the complexities of a hotel transaction from every perspective — a buyer and seller, operations, asset manager, lender, broker and more. He has sat in the client's seat and speaks their language. We look forward to growing our national footprint in the hotel sector under Steven's leadership."