R. Britton Colbert is a 30-year+ experienced hotel operations executive with on-site operations with ITT Sheraton Hotels and Holiday Inns, Inc., with a focus in hotel operations, hotel development, investment, franchising, financing and litigation support nationwide. Mr. Colbert has extensive hotel due diligence experience for both acquisition and financing projects. He has provided assistance in answering interrogatories and discovery, trial and deposition preparation. Formerly with Laventhol & Horwath in NYC and Los Angeles. As partner in the LA office, he directed the hotel and litigation practice from 1985-89, whereupon in 1990 he became EVP of operations of a 9-hotel portfolio.
His case work has included matters involving hotel operating standards; partnership reporting issues; cash flow analysis; and franchisor-franchisee matters, including license agreements, management contract issues, wrongful termination, misrepresentation, security, personal injury, wrongful death and zoning approval matters.
Recent distinguishing assignments include California Court Appointed hotel expert regarding an 11-hotel portfolio dispute, testimony in death and near-death defense cases in Mississippi representing a national hotel franchisor, testimony in Virginia regarding wrongful death cases associated with a hotel fire and fraud, and an embezzlement case in Maryland regarding two hotels and a condo development. Other recent cases include a wrongful death case associated with a swimming pool in Pennsylvania (defense), assault case in New York (plaintiff), standards and control case in the Bahamas (defense), defense case regarding cash flows associated with construction and renovation for a 6-hotel portfolio and plaintiff shooting case in Maryland.
He is certified by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (1991-2006) and holds real estate licenses in Pennsylvania and California.
Hotel asset management and consulting work includes assistance with 92-room Pennsylvania historic hotel regarding cash flows and redevelopment plans; revenue, expense and marketing management for 102-room national chain affiliated hotel in Ohio; and consulting for two resort motels on the Maryland Eastern Shore.
Other areas of expertise include: Hotel financing and hotel development matters, and hotel reporting standards.
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