NEW YORK CITY—The second quarter lodging metrics tell a story of both resilience and possible upcoming weakness.

The US lodging market has experienced its 72nd consecutive month of positive albeit decelerating growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR). Modest…

NEW YORK CITY— After conducting a recent survey on major US hotel sales, LW Hospitality Advisors president &amp; CEO Daniel Lesser says in this <b>EXCLUSIVE<b /> column that the industry's rock solid fundamentals only will continue to strengthen.

Against a backdrop of national and worldwide economic fragility and a continued restricted debt market, US hotel sector operating metrics continue to improve from the devastating downturn of 2008-2009.

An interesting dynamic has been evolving within the US hotel business as, against a backdrop of sagging consumer confidence, economic turmoil and a restricted debt market, sector operating metrics have been improving.

There is no shortage of recent news and events which have cast dark clouds on the future of the world. A global economic crisis, rising tensions in the Middle East, and U.S. political uncertainty and rancor have all contributed to a broad crisis of confidence. If the U.S. economy is not currently in a recession, it is certainly at the cusp of slipping into one. On the positive side, despite high unemployment and a largely&#133;

NEW YORK CITY-With the global economic recovery slipping into lower gear, the US is experiencing a lethargic and delicate fiscal improvement of its own.

NEW YORK CITY-The hotel transaction market reached an inflection point in 2010, with loosening credit markets and growing interest, 2011 looks promising.