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Selling Lodging Real Estate in a Rapidly Changing Economic Environment

This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article Real estate fundamentals always remain the same: sellers want to sell, and buyers want to buy, but only at their respective price points. The challenge is bringing those two together in a rapidly changing economic environment subject to immediate disruption from micro- and macroeconomic forces. We no longer operate in 24-hour news cycles but in a moment-by-moment atmosphere. While the market remains…

Innovation

Former Remington Hospitality CEO Sloan Dean Launches AI Hospitality Group

This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article DALLAS, Texas—Sloan Dean launched AI Hospitality Group (AIHG), the hospitality industry’s first fully vertical, AI-native hotel operating company. Dean, former CEO and president of Remington Hospitality, is joined by Co-Founder and CTO Kishan Dahya, Chief Operating Officer Eve Moore, and Founding Partner & Head of Data and Analytics, Zach Cunningham. AIHG combines 60-plus agent autonomous back-office…

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Taxation Alone Does Not Determine Best Countries for Hospitality Investment; UAE and Singapore Among Top 10 Favorable Markets

💸 United Arab Emirates (UAE) offers a 9% corporate tax and 5% VAT, with strong tourism investment and connectivity, yet high rents and competition persist. Singapore has a 17% tax rate, but high costs prevail. Portugal presents a 19% tax and supportive business conditions but faces seasonality. Estonia promotes reinvestment, with tax on distributed profits. Georgia offers low costs…

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