Karen McSteen
March 4, 2024

Karen McSteen

I’m a results-driven branding and business strategist who has spent my career developing distinctive brands and working with organizations to strengthen their competitive position and increase customer engagement. My “first...

Carter Wilson
March 4, 2024

Carter Wilson

Carter is Co-Founder of Larkspur Hospitality Consulting. Along with Ali Hoyt, Carter uses industry-leading data to service clients’ needs on topics including hotel market identification, optimizing comp sets, market trends...

Kate Burda
March 4, 2024

Kate Burda

Travel is key. I grew up in New Zealand and learned at a very young age that travel is the answer to the human condition. It is always a part...

Joe Strain, Emeritus

Hotel broker and consultant with asset management, finance, feasibility and buyer background and experience. Have worked with hotel opportunity funds buying hotels and have consulted with funds and groups for...

Alison Hoyt
March 4, 2024

Alison Hoyt

Ali is Co-Founder of Larkspur Hospitality Consulting. Along with Carter Wilson, Ali uses industry-leading data to service clients’ needs on topics including hotel market identification, optimizing comp sets, market trends...

Alan Benjamin
March 4, 2024

Alan Benjamin

Alan Benjamin, ISHC is the world’s leading expert on hospitality Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) and is the founder of Benjamin West, the purchasing firm based in Boulder, Colorado, with...

Adam Docks
March 4, 2024

Adam Docks

Adam Docks is an experienced hospitality transaction attorney focused on the acquisition, disposition, development, management, and financing of hotels. He has experience working with all of the major hotel brand...