HVS Global Hospitality Services

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HVS
Company type Private
Industry Hospitality
Founded1980
FounderSteve Rushmore
Area served
 Worldwide
Number of employees
300
Website www.hvs.com

HVS is a consulting firm that specializes in providing services to the hospitality industry. As of 2020, HVS operated out of 47 offices located in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. HVS offers expertise across all types of hospitality assets, including hotels, restaurants, casinos, shared-ownership lodging, mixed-use developments, golf courses, and spa and wellness, as well as conventions, sports, and entertainment facilities. In addition to market studies, feasibility studies, and appraisals, HVS provides multiple hospitality services and specializations in areas such as executive recruitment, brokerage, hotel management, asset management, operational consulting, litigation support, court-appointed receivership services, hospitality interior design, tax advisory, and hotel brand and management selection.

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It is a privately held firm and performs more than 4,500 assignments each year throughout the world for hotel owners, operators, lenders, governmental entities, and various institutions. [1]

History

Originally known as Hospitality Valuation Services, the company was founded by Steve Rushmore in 1980 in a one-room office in Garden City, New York. Rushmore, a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, [2] drew upon his experience as head of the hospitality consulting division of Helmsley-Spear, a position he took on in 1971. At that time, there were valuation companies specializing in appraising real estate (but not hotel operations) and accounting firms knowledgeable in hotel operations (but not real estate). Recognizing the need for an appraisal company that specialized in the hospitality arena, Rushmore pursued membership in the Appraisal Institute (then known as the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers). [3] When he received the MAI [4] designation from the Institute in 1976, Rushmore enjoyed the distinction of being the Institute's only member with a degree in hotel administration. [5]

Combining his Appraisal Institute membership with his hotel school degree from Cornell, Rushmore then wrote an appraisal textbook for the hospitality industry, The Valuation of Hotels and Motels, [6] which the Institute published in 1978. The text has been updated numerous times, and the most recent publication is Hotel Market Analysis and Valuation: International Issues and Software Applications, [7] which is co-authored with Stephen Rushmore Jr., HVS’s current CEO and President. This publication has been described as "the seminal text on the art and science of hotel appraisals". [8] This, and other publications by Rushmore and HVS staff, established the methodology for appraising hotels that is today considered an industry standard. [9]

Capitalizing on its singular status as the only consulting and valuation company dedicated solely to the hospitality industry, HVS expanded, opening a West Coast office in San Francisco five years later, followed by offices in London, Colorado, and Florida. Today, the company has a presence in fifty cities on four continents. [10]

Operations

The organizational structure and operations of HVS are modeled on those of other consulting firms, such as McKinsey & Company, particularly with regards to the company's recruitment of hospitality students from prestigious universities and its compensation structure. [11] Although the learning curve is steep, those who thrive in the company's entrepreneurial environment have the opportunity to transfer to other offices in a different part of the globe. In a May 2010 cover story about HVS, Lodging Hospitality magazine opined, "The list of alumni reads like a who's who of the most highly regarded consultants, development executives and financial experts in the worldwide lodging industry." [12]

To help market its hotel consulting and valuation services, HVS disseminates a broad spectrum of complimentary information to the lodging industry. HVS associates publish articles on informative, timely, and interesting topics for the lodging industry, and the research and writings of HVS associates are published and cited in trade journals, digital publications, and newspapers around the world. [13] [14]

HVS conducts seminars on hotel valuation and the hospitality industry for the Appraisal Institute and other organizations around the world and has trained more than 20,000 appraisers and industry professionals. HVS research and data-gathering about historical and projected hotel value trends, sales transaction data, hotel brokerage, compensation programs, U.S. lodging taxes, franchise fees, hotel development costs, and hotel renovation costs provides data to industry participants. [15]

Research and conference sponsorship

Consistent with the academic background of the company's founder, HVS supports several institutions of higher learning that specialize in hospitality. To foster academic research in the field, HVS endows a professorial chair at Cornell University's hotel school. HVS also funded the Rushmore–Jennings Computer Library for New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management. HVS employees routinely conduct seminars at universities around the world on hotel valuation and feasibility.

Each year, HVS plays a significant role in New York University's International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, where the company presents its annual report on Hotel Valuation and Transaction Trends for the U.S. Lodging Industry to conference attendees. [16] An HVS executive serves as the conference coordinator, [17] and others associated with the company serve as panel moderators and speakers. [18]

HVS has also launched other industry conferences around the globe and continues to organize the Mexico Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (MexHIC) [19] and the Caribbean Hospitality Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS), [20] among others.

Key publications

Recent articles and presentations authored by HVS principals and associates are accessible on the HVS website. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "HVS Celebrates 40th Anniversary". Hotel News Resource. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ↑ http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/about/pubs/news/newsdetails.html?id=609 (11-11-2009) Fourth Paragraph. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/about/history.aspx First paragraph. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  4. ↑ Member of the Appraisal Institute; http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/findappraiser/show_Member_Profile.asp?p=RbAKPVd4JnqhrEZbNM3zuaTKNFlFbOj3tG4ORb(1976) Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  5. ↑ "The House that Steve Built" (2002-10). Cover story, fourth paragraph. Lodging magazine.
  6. ↑ Rushmore, Stephen (1978). ISBN   0-911780-44-0.
  7. ↑ Rushmore, Stephen, and Stephen Rushmore, Jr. (2012). Appraisal Institute. ISBN   978-1-935328-28-5. https://ai.appraisalinstitute.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Action=Add&ObjectKeyFrom=1A83491A-9853-4C87-86A4-F7D95601C2E2&WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&DoNotSave=yes&ParentObject=CentralizedOrderEntry&ParentDataObject=Invoice%20Detail&ivd_formkey=69202792-63d7-4ba2-bf4e-a0da41270555&ivd_cst_key=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&ivd_cst_ship_key=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&ivd_prc_prd_key=5681556F-EAD0-4F6A-912C-43F396D1A470 Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. ↑ Watkins, Ed (2010-05-06). "HVS Marks 30th Anniversary". Second paragraph. Lodging Hospitality. http://lhonline.com/consulting/HVS_consulting_appraisal_transactions_0506/index.html Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  9. ↑ Watkins, Ed (2010-05-06). "HVS Marks 30th Anniversary". Third Paragraph. Lodging Hospitality. http://lhonline.com/consulting/HVS_consulting_appraisal_transactions_0506/index.html Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-10-28. Quotation from Bjorn Hanson, Divisional Dean and Clinical Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, NYU Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management.
  10. ↑ "HVS Offices" . Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Watkins, Ed (2010-05-06). "HVS Marks 30th Anniversary". Seventh paragraph. Lodging Hospitality. http://lhonline.com/consulting/HVS_consulting_appraisal_transactions_0506/index.html Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-10-28.
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  13. ↑ "HVS Report - COVID-19 Impact on the Denver Lodging Market". Hotel Resource. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "HVS Report - Mixed-use Development - The Most Sustainable Model for Hotels Going Forward - Mandeep S Lamba, Akash Datta and Dipti Mohan". Hotel Resource. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  15. ↑ Turkel, Stan (2010-06-19) http://www.bluemaumau.org/welldeserved_compliment_steve_rushmore Second paragraph. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  16. ↑ http://hotellaw.jmbm.com/2009/06/hospitality_lawyer_what_lies_a.html Butler, Jim and the Global Hospitality Group (2009-06-14). Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  17. ↑ http://www.scps.nyu.edu/export/sites/scps/areas-of-study/tisch/hospitality-conference/hospitality-conference-speaker-bios.pdf%5B%5D Page 3. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  18. ↑ http://www.scps.nyu.edu/export/sites/scps/areas-of-study/tisch/hospitality-conference/hospitality-conference-speaker-bios.pdf%5B%5D Pages 11, 30, 37. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  19. ↑ mexhic.hvsconferences.com https://mexhic.hvsconferences.com/ . Retrieved 18 November 2020.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  20. ↑ chicos.hvsconferences.com https://chicos.hvsconferences.com/ . Retrieved 18 November 2020.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  21. ↑ "HVS | Publications & Events". www.hvs.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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