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Jim Butler’s article titled, "Green Hotels are Profitable Now!" was published by Hospitality Net on March 23, 2007 and in Hotel News Resource on March 21, 2007.
Jim Butler’s article titled, "Hotel Mixed-Use . . . Pass Key to Unlocking New Development and Bigger Profits?" was posted to the Las Vegas Trade Show Guide and Hsyndicate on March 15, 2007 and on Hospitality Trends on March 19, 2007
Jim Butler authored an article on March 5, 2007 titled, "Reggie Jackson Hotel, Conference Center and Baseball Hall of Fame?" on Hospitality Net.
Industry Outlook: Looking Back on 2006 Jim Butler recently chaired the annual Hospitality Roundtable with some of the industry’s leading experts. As usual, they have plenty to say about where the industry has been, where it is headed, and the opportunities and challenges their companies are facing. Jim Butler: Welcome, everyone! Let’s start by reviewing […]
Condo Hotels: Prelude to a Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use Revolution Ask the Hotel Lawyer™ is a regular column that provides practical insight into timely legal hospitality issues. In his last column, Jim Butler addressed the complexities of allocating costs among condo hotel stakeholders. In this column, he delivers a new vital message for the hospitality and investment […]
Ask the Hotel LawyerTM is a regular column that provides practical insight into timely legal issues. In the last column, Jim Butler addressed the complex issue of "condo hotel splits." In this column, he will share lessons learned at the Condo Hotel Boot Camp session of The Hotel Developers Conference(tm) sponsored by JMBM’s Global Hospitality […]
In an important case for the hospitality industry, JMBM attorney Martin (Marty) Orlick, along with insurance defense counsel, helped a Santa Barbara hotel avoid paying plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs in a lawsuit filed against it under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Marty Orlick has defended more than 175 ADA lawsuits, many of them […]
Smith Travel Research reports that there are 227 condo hotel projects in the development pipeline, representing more than 93,000 units— close to the average annual supply of traditional hotel rooms in a “normal” year. That is a boom! This meteoric rise in condo hotel development has caused some to wonder about the product’s long term […]
This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I appeared in the March 2005 issue of the Global Hospitality Advisor. This article by Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik was originally published in the February 2005 issue of Urban Land Magazine by the Urban Land Institute (ULI),© 2005. ULI is the copyright owner of the […]
This is Part I of a two-part series. This article by Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik was originally published in the February 2005 issue of Urban Land Magazine by the Urban Land Institute (ULI), © 2005. ULI is the copyright owner of the article. This article is reprinted with the permission of ULI. Perhaps the […]
