Welcome to the Big Leagues
April 2018
If it’s appropriate for a corporate executive to be visibly giddy with excitement, then Nasir Raja has found his place.
Raja is senior...
Premium Partners
May 2018
Rajeev Saxena is not trained in hotel management, but he and his business partner, Suresh Patel, for several years made a successful go...
Platform to Launch
June 2018
For years after the real estate crash of 2008, PeachState Hospitality LLC held off on developing new hotels. In the years immediately following...
Only Halfway There
Hitesh (HP) Patel lived the prototypical Asian American immigrant story, growing up behind the front desk at his parents’ independent motel. He watched his...
The View From Here: Hotel Sales in 2018
When former AAHOA chairmen Mukesh Mowji and Tarun Patel launched Pracrea Inc., an online commercial real estate sales platform, a few years ago they...
Still Going Strong
Editor's Note: This cover story ran in Asian Hospitality, April 2017 (Vol. 2017, #147)
They both grew up in India and immigrated to the U.S....
Leading Through Change
Editor's note: This cover story ran in Asian Hospitality, March 2017 (Volume 17 #146)
For the next 12 months, New Jersey hotelier Bhavesh Patel will...
Sole Survivor
Editor's note: This cover story ran in Asian Hospitality, February 2017 (Volume 17 #146)
As hotel investors everywhere seek increased value and returns in a...
Brand Renew-al
Editor's Note: This cover story ran in Asian Hospitality, January 2017 (Volume 17 #144)
The 125-room Howard Johnson along Interstate 75 in Ocala, Florida, has...
