Membership Profile

Experience & Expertise

Collectively ISHC members have experience and expertise in over forty different areas of specialty in the industry. Specialty areas include appraisals, arbitration, architectural and engineering services, asset management, construction and project management, feasibility, executive search, food service, franchise expertise, legal services, operational reviews, marketing and sales, organizational development, research, training, strategic planning and technology. For a complete listing please refer to the consultant search.

Members also have experience with many different property types including arenas and convention centers, boutique hotels, casino hotels, conference centers, extended stay hotels, limited and full service hotels, independent hotels, marinas, mixed use developments, resort hotels, theme parks and attractions and time share and vacation clubs.

Industry Leadership Positions

ISHC members hold leadership positions in many other professional and industry trade organizations. ISHC members have served on the board of directors and in leadership positions in the following organizations.

• American Hotel & Lodging Association
• American Hotel & Lodging Foundation
• Appraisal Institute
• American Marketing Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
• Canadian Restaurant and Food Association
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
• CRE (Counselors of Real Estate)
• Educational Institute
• Hotel Asset Managers Association (HAMA)
• Hotel Sales & Marketing International
• IREFAC (Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council)
• Mystery Shopping Providers Association
• NEWH (Network of Executive Women in Hospitality)
• SCORE
• Travel Business Roundtable
• Travel & Tourism Marketing Association

Membership in Professional Organizations

Collectively ISHC members represent membership in over 50 related industry organizations, including the following:

• Academy of Law, Singapore
• America Society of Appraisers (ASA)
• American Bar Association
• American Hotel & Lodging Association
• American Institute of Architects
• Appraisal Institute
• American Hotel Financial Management Educators (AHFME)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• American Marketing Association
• American National Recreation and Park Association
• American Resort & Development Association (ARDA)
• American Society of Interior Design
• American Society of Landscape Architects
• American Society for Training & Development
• Association for Quality & Participation
• Association of Executive Search Consultants
• Australian Society of Accountants
• Canadian restaurant & Food Services Association
• Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute (CCIM)
• Cornell Hotel Society
• ECO Tourism Society
• Fellow Foodservice Consultants Society International
• Hotel Asset Managers Association
• Hotel/Motel Brokers Association
• Hotel Sales & Marketing International
• Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HTFP)
• International Association of Amusements & Attractions
• International Association of Assembly Managers
• International Association of Conference centers
• International Bar Association
• International Council of Shopping Centers
• Institute of Directors
• International Health Raquet & Sport Association
• International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IHRA)
• International Real Estate Institute
• International Women¹s Alliance
• Japan Hotel & Restaurant Consultant Association
• Lodging Industry Investment Council
• Mortgage Bankers Association
• NACORE
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• National Association of Industrial Office Parks
• National Restaurant Association
• New England Women in Real Estate (NEWIRE)
• Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH)
• New Zealand Law Society
• Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
• Professional Services Management Association
• Real Estate Finance Association (REFA)
• Society of Telecommunications Consultants
• The International Alliance
• Urban land Institute (ULI)

Member Articles & Publications

ISHC Members have authored and/or co-authored numerous texts and investment books widely utilized in the hospitality industry, including:

• The Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry
• The Uniform System of Accounts for Restaurants
• Quality Leadership and Management in the Hospitality Industry
• Hotel Investments: Issues & Perspectives
• Hotel Development
• The Hotel Investment Handbook
• Timesharing; Coming of Age

ISHC Members are frequently published and member article have been featured in over 40 prominent industry and related industry publications.