Join us and hear from Emmy Hise and Emir Tursic as they share information on Utah's hospitality market and construction pipeline activity. Covid forced changes in design, amenities, and class of hotels now being built, so how does Utah's market compare to other major cities in the West?

About our speakers: 

Emmy Hise. Emmy Hise is the Senior Director of Hospitality Analytics for CoStar and covers the Western U.S. She follows hotel and investment trends and shares them with clients through presentations at industry events, market reports, news articles, and videos. Previous to her current role, she was in the Consulting and Analytics division for STR and provided custom data solutions to clients using STR’s extensive database. STR provides clients from multiple market sectors with premium, global data benchmarking, analytics, and marketplace insights. STR was acquired in October 2019 by CoStar Group, Inc., the leading commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces provider. Emmy has over 15 years of experience in the lodging sector. Ms. Hise spent the first few years of her career working in operations. From there, she transitioned to a hotel real estate role for nearly eight years. She worked for CBRE Hotels and then moved to the acquisition and management contract side for a hotel management company. She focused on numerous analytic lodging and real estate projects, including market studies, due diligence, single asset and portfolio transactions, valuations, underwriting, and amenity and facility offerings analysis.

Emir Tursic. As a Principal with 20 years of professional experience in hospitality, entertainment, and assembly design, Emir leads the HKS hospitality and commercial mixed-use studio in Salt Lake City. Emir's vast hospitality experience ranges from resorts that changed the paradigm of hospitality design in Las Vegas and luxury ski resorts in the Wasatch Range to urban lifestyle hotels throughout America.

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