hotel

Professional Experience

40+ years Operations and corporate hotel management, including senior positions with ITT Sheraton Hotels and Holiday Inns, Inc. in Chicago, Boston, and New York. Directed the opening of five Embassy Suites Hotels and managed a nationwide nine-hotel portfolio with over 1,925 rooms, including the Embassy Suites, the Pasadena Hilton, the Dallas Melrose Hotel, and the Sterling Hotels Sacramento. I was the senior partner in managing over $510 million of hotel acquisition due diligence including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Bel Air Hotel, the Los Angeles Hilton & Tower, and the Dallas Melrose Hotel 1985-87. Selected as one of lodging defense experts in the MGM Resorts mass shooting occurrence in Las Vegas, 2018.

  • Colbert Hotel Consulting, LLC; Principal; Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and South Florida; 1992-Present
  • Ken+ Asset Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President; Los Angeles; 1990-1992.
  • Laventhol & Horwath; Senior Principal; Los Angeles and New York; 1983-1990
  • Holiday Inns, Inc.; Director System Planning, Regional Director of Sales; Memphis, Tennessee; 1978-1982
  • Sheraton Hotel Corporation; Northeast Regional Sales and Director of Sales, Manager of Technical Services; Chicago, Boston and New York; 1970-1977
Consulting
  • Industry Standards
  • Franchise Obligations
  • Management A'gmt Terms
  • Cash Flow Analysis
  • Financing Due Diligence
  • Reporting Practices
  • Mismanagement
  • Condemnation
  • Premises Liability
  • Assault
  • Hotel Operations / Control
  • Wrongful Death related to Hotel Fires, Hotel Pools, Hotel Carbon Monoxide
  • Duty of Care
Clients

Developers, owners, management companies, insurance companies, national hotel franchisors and law firms.

Professional Qualifications
  • Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), American Hotel & Lodging Association 1991-2006; 2011-indefinitely
  • Certified Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA), American Hotel & Lodging Association 2014-2025
  • Real Estate Licenses: Pennsylvania, 2003-2010 and California 2000-2028
  • University of Denver, BSBA, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Guest Lecturer
  • UCLA, Annual Real Estate Finance Course
  • Cal Poly, Pomona, California, Senior Class Seminar
Professional Affiliations
  • Hotel Asset Managers Association (Former)
  • Association for Corporate Growth, Pittsburgh
  • Executive Committee (Former), Embassy Suites Owners Association
Scouting
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Military
  • United State Army Reserve, Honorable Discharge, 1975
R. Britton Colbert, CHA, CHIA

R. Britton Colbert, CHA, CHIA

Hotel Asset Management / Litigation Consulting

South Florida
561-927-7400
ColbertLLC1@gmail.com

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