The NHIF Spring 2026 Meeting
The Northwest Hotel Investment Forum is a place where:
- Stakeholders learn about trends affecting hotel investment, ownership and development.
- Equity, debt, management, brands, and developers find each other.
- Stakeholders learn about opportunities in the region and elsewhere.
- Investors, owners and developers who are new to hotels make industry connections.
THE NHIF SPRING 2026 MEETING
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 2025, 4:00-7:30 pm
The Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Bellevue
10777 NE 10th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
AGENDA:
3:45-4:00 pm – Registration and Check-in
4:00-4:55 pm – Opening Networking Reception
Refreshments and light appetizers
Reconnect with regional and national industry colleagues. Learn from each other about deal opportunities and projects in the pipeline. Whether you’re equity, debt, brand, management, development, or ownership, build the relationships that will help you achieve your objectives.
5:00-6:45 pm – Presentation and Panel Discussion
Short Program—Hotel Performance. This presentation will provide current information and data on hotel performance and transactions.
Presenters:
Michael Stathokostopoulos, Senior Director of Hospitality Analytics, CoStar Group (Los Angeles, CA). At CoStar, Michael identifies industry trends and develops market insights for several of the top 25 hotel markets on performance, pipeline, and transaction activity. Michael has over fifteen years of experience in real estate transaction advisory and valuation for financial reporting across all major asset types, with a particular focus on hotels, advising clients throughout the lifecycle of their real estate investments. CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. STR (acquired by Costar in October 2019) is the hospitality industry’s unparalleled information gatherer and supplier, providing global data benchmarking, analytics, and marketplace insights. www.costar.com; www.strglobal.com.
Mark Lukens, Managing Director, LWHA (Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA). Mark has over 25 years of experience in hospitality real estate and holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. LWHA provides advisory, valuation, feasibility, investment counseling, asset management, and transactional services focused exclusively on hotels, resorts, gaming properties, and conference center assets worldwide. www.lwhospitalityadvisors.com.
Centerpiece Program: To be announced. As always, we will have a timely and valuable panel discussion with
nationally respected panelists. Further details of the topic and the panelists will be forthcoming.
Moderator:
Irvin Sandman, Principal – Attorney, Sandman Savrann PLLC (Seattle, WA). With over 30 years of
experience in the hospitality industry, Irvin has served as lead counsel for hotel clients in thousands of
hotel matters and transactions regionally, nationally and internationally, including hotel developments,
acquisitions and dispositions, financial and entity structuring, management and franchise agreements,
operational matters, dispute resolution, and workouts. He is the 2008 recipient of the Anthony Marshall
Award for lasting contributions to hospitality law, is the editor-in-chief of the Washington State Hospitality
Law Manual, Third Edition, and is recognized by Best Lawyers in America® in the category of Leisure and
Hospitality Law. Sandman Savrann is a national law firm devoted to the hospitality industry. The Firm is
recognized as a Tier 1 law firm by Best Law Firms® in the category of Leisure and Hospitality Law. Through
its Associated Firms, which serve as Sandman Savrann’s departments, the Sandman Savrann team includes
over 1,400 attorneys nationwide, delivering comprehensive, cost-effective counsel for regional, national,
and international hotel companies and owners. www.sandmansavrann.com
Panelists:
To be announced.
6:45-7:30 pm – Post-Presentation Networking and Cocktail Reception
Cocktails and appetizers
Pick up your discussions and connections from earlier in the evening. Meet those still on your list. Make plans
for follow-up meetings or visits to northwest sites, hotels, or markets.
7:30 pm – Adjournment
REGISTRATION AND NHIF MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION:
Registration is open only to Members of NHIF and to NHIF’s invited guests. Early registration (through Friday,
April 17, 2026) is $275; later registration is $300. Early registration is recommended. To register, please go to
the link shown in the email notifications you’ve received about the meeting.
RESERVATIONS AT THE HOST HOTEL:
The Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Bellevue will again be providing a limited block at the favorable rate of $189 for
NHIF attendees. The room block will end on end on Monday, April 13, 2026, or when the group block is sold
out, whichever comes first. To make a reservation under the room block, please follow the instructions in the
email notifications you have received about the meeting.
NHIF STEERING MEMBERS:
Irvin W. Sandman, Sandman Savrann PLLC ~ Mark Lukens, LWHA
