Hotel shares suffer as travelers cut back Jan 2, 2009
Shares of hotel real estate investment trusts like Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. and Felcor Lodging Trust Inc. were hit hard as fears about the housing market downturn led investors to punish hotel owners ... Shares of Hotel REITs Ashford Hospitality and Felcor Lodging Trust dropped more than 80 percent this year. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Hotel stocks suffer in year of the 'staycation' Jan 1, 2009
Shares of hotel real estate investment trusts like Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. and Irving, Texas-based Felcor Lodging Trust Inc., were hit hard as fears about the housing market downturn led investors to punish hotel owners ... Shares of Hotel REITs Ashford Hospitality and Felcor Lodging Trust dropped more than 85 percent this year. (AZCentral -- Business)
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Occupancy and RevPAR (revenue per available room) fell in the third quarter at FelCor Lodging Trust Inc.s three Chicago-area hotels. The real estate investment trust owns the Embassy Suites Chicago-Lombard/Oak Brook in Lombard, the Embassy Suites Chicago-North Shore/Deerfield and the Sheraton Gateway Suites Chicago OHare in Rosemont. (Crain's Chicago Business)
In brief: New River North sports bar, Zell firm cashes out fund Aug 8, 2008
Occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose in the second quarter at the three Chicago-area hotels owned by FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. The real estate investment trust owns the Embassy Suites Chicago - Lombard/Oak Brook in Lombard, the Embassy Suites Chicago - North Shore/Deerfield and the Sheraton Gateway Suites Chicago OHare in Rosemont. Occupancy at the three hotels was 81. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Analyst predicts lodging industry revpar declines Jul 18, 2008
Wachovia analyst Jeffrey Donnelly downgraded his ratings for Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. to Underperform and lowered his ratings on Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. and Diamondrock Hospitality Co. to Market Perform. At the same time, Donnelly raised his rating for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. to Outperform, arguing that the company's shares already reflect most of the risk to estimates. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Marriott to raise third flag at Union Square Jan 14, 2008
Owner Felcor Lodging Trust said the conversion and renovation will take close to a year. At that point, within a roughly 1,000-foot radius around Union Square, will sit the downtown Marriott, with 1,500 rooms; the JW Marriott, with 330; and the 403-room former Crowne Plaza. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Felcor 2Q earnings up Aug 2, 2007
Felcor Lodging Trust Inc.'s second-quarter income rose dramatically from a year ago, helped by the sale of some of its properties. The Irving-based hotel real estate investment trust reported second-quarter net income available to shareholders of $45. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Goodbye to the old Holiday Inn Jul 20, 2007
Fueling more worries about the brand, big owners such as FelCor Lodging Trust, a publicly traded real estate holding company in Dallas, started selling off hotels. As part of a broader repositioning of FelCor, the company sold two-thirds of its 50 Holiday Inns in smaller markets such as Knoxville, Tenn. (USA Today -- Money)
