TEAM
Mike DeNicola​
Principal of EMA Lodging Group; former chief investment officer FelCor Lodging Trust; head of Lend Lease Lodging Group; EVP strategic planning & M&A Carlson Hospitality; head of hospitality Kenneth Leventhal Chicago; VP at Radisson, VMS Realty; director at Prudential Realty
Tom Huffsmith​
Founder of Beacon Hospitality Partners in 2008; former head of CBRE hotel advisory practice; chief investment officer for CNL Income Properties; President of Regent International Hotels; head of development at Inter-Continental Hotels; director at LaSalle Partners and Prudential Realty Group
Erik Nylen​
Principal of EMA Lodging Group; former SVP of acquisitions and development at FelCor Lodging Trust; Managing Director of Hospitality Technology Solutions; VP at Radisson Hotels, Boca Resorts Inc., Ruff Callaghan & Hemmeter and VMS Realty Partners
Richard Watson
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Senior partner in WES Consultancy; former partner in London based DE&J Levy, Chartered Surveyors and responsible for its investment division across UK, Europe, the Middle East and the US
Andy Welch
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Principal of EMA Lodging Group; former chief financial officer of Xenia Hotels & Resorts and FelCor Lodging Trust; treasurer at Bristol Hotels and former investment banker and lender with Bank of America and Citibank
