ABOUT US OUR SERVICES OUR WORK CLIENTS RESOURCES CONTACT Continuing resources for navigating market conditions. In our continued effort to share resources with our friends, colleagues and clients in our community, we invite industry experts to weigh in on the challenges facing our industry. These virtual presentations will enable the Hardy Group to provide valuable information from different perspectives on market development. We hope that this information can empower decision making that enables your business to better navigate these times. September 18, 2021 Capitalize on Opportunities Where is the “overall market” headed and when will it get there? Some leisure markets are very strong while some urban markets lag significantly behind. Valuations for leisure properties in some cases exceed 2019 valuations while other properties face foreclosure. On the operating side leisure properties experience record profits while operating with major labor shortages. Others just the opposite. With the Delta variant spreading how and when does business and group travel return? Will business travel be changed forever? We have never experienced a “recovery” like this in our history. Join us while Mark Woodworth, Principal of R.M. Woodworth & Associates, and Ben Brunt, Principal & Chief Investment Officer at Noble Investment, discuss their different perspectives on these hot topics. March 15, 2021 Hotel Design After COVID, the Brand’s Perspective As hotel brands update or revise brand standards what changes will be permanent, what changes will be temporary, and what new revisions may still be on the horizon? Join us while Aliya Khan, Vice President Global Design Strategies at Marriott International, Vito F. Lotta, Vice President of Architecture & Design for Hilton Worldwide, and James Millar, Senior Director of Choice Hotel’s Upscale Design & Construction Department chat and discuss what the future may look like from the Brand’s perspective. February 8, 2021 Building Your Team for the Post Pandemic Future There is a rare opportunity now and going forward to strengthen your leadership and organization’s team and to more closely align it with your market, workforce, and talent pipeline. Anjali Agarwal, Chief Operating Officer at AutoCamp, Tyronne Stoudemire, Global VP of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Hyatt Hotels, and Peggy Berg, Chair of The Castell Project will share their thoughts about identifying and attracting the right people to optimize your company’s future. November 30, 2020 Creative Visionaries From Radical Innovation Share Their Vision for the Future A special edition of our Continuing Resources series as we approach our 14th annual Radical Innovation Awards Ceremony. We will take a moment to reconnect with past contestants to learn more about their vision for the future of hospitality. We are fortunate to welcome back Carley Cannell (2007, 2010), Raphael Delstanche (2011), Gianluca Santosuosso (2012), Yasmin Solemin (2015), and Caspar Schols (2017). November 16, 2020 The Atlanta Federal Reserve – Miami Branch, PwC and Kalibri share their perspectives on the State of the Global Economy, the US Economy and the US Leisure & Travel Industry. Karen Gilmore, Vice President and Regional Executive of Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Cindy Estis Green, Founder of Kalibri Labs and Warren Marr, Managing Director of PwC discuss their views and perspectives on the current state of the Global and US economy and how they relate to the US Leisure and Travel Industry. Our industry is the most distressed segment of the US economy and we are now facing a second wave of the Covid 19 virus going into the fall and winter into 2021. The concerns for the economy and our industry will be identified and the bright spots will be highlighted. Join us for these major experts to illustrate how they analyze current market conditions and predict future outcomes while their basic metrics are changing every day. November 2, 2020 Creative Adaptation to the New Normal in the Global Travel Market We are very fortunate to have three highly creative industry leaders representing some of the top hotel companies globally share their experiences dealing with The Covid 19 Pandemic. Prem Devadas, President of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, Andrew Miele, Head of Development, Americas for Six Senses Resorts and Christian Glauser Benz, Vice President of Development and Acquisitions for the Dream Hotel Group will discuss how they have contended with the market challenges in 2020 and how they have creatively adapted their business model to the evolving operating climate of the Pandemic going forward into 2021 and beyond. October 19, 2020 COVID-19 and the Challenges of Developing and Opening a New Hotel – TownePlace Suites Nashville Downtown The Upscale TownePlace Suites in Downtown Nashville’s development team will share their experiences during the Covid 19 crisis. The unique perspectives of the Owners, Project Managers, Design Consultants, and the General Contractor team will describe how they successfully delivered an outstanding hotel despite the challenges of the Covid 19 crisis. October 5, 2020 COVID-19 and Ownership and Investor Legal Challenges Two of the top legal minds in the industry will outline and discuss the many challenges faced by Owners and Investors due to the severe negative impact of the Covid 19 crisis on the hospitality industry. Join Jeffrey Horwitz and Steven Lichtenfeld, Partners at Proskauer, as they outline the legal options available and discuss the pros and cons of each approach and answer questions. This will be very critical information that will affect our industry as it faces a difficult recovery from the crisis. Don’t miss it. August 24, 2020 COVID-19 and Today’s Transaction Market The Transaction market has dropped remarkably compared to 2019. Trades have decreased by over 80%. dollar volume dropped over 90% and sales price per room has dropped over 40%. Learn what our highly respected panelists describe what they are seeing as they are in the thick of it as much as anyone in our industry. Where is the transaction market now and when and where is it heading? August 10, 2020 Covid 19 and the Path Forward Join three distinguished hospitality experts to discuss the current headwinds to a recovery and potential opportunities ahead. Jon Bortz of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB), Cindy Estis Green with Kalibri Labs and Lawrence B. Wolfe of Newark’s Lodging Capital Markets group will be discussing where we are now, what challenges we are facing and where the path ahead may lead us.