Hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE)
Chris Hague has over 17 years of experience in the hotel industry. Chris is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE), where they oversee asset management and advisory services for hospitality assets. Prior to this, Chris worked as the Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and as the VP of Asset Management at LaSalle Hotel Properties. Chris also has experience as an Asset Manager at Capital Hotel Management and in accounting at Millennium Medical Communications.
Chris Hague attended the University of New Hampshire from 2001 to 2005. During this time, they studied at the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, focusing on finance. Chris successfully completed their Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of New Hampshire in 2005.
Hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE)
Hotel Asset Value Enhancement (hotelAVE) is the leading independent hospitality real estate investment manager providing asset management and advisory services to owners, investors and lenders of hospitality assets. The organization has provided services on over 1,000 hotels; its current asset management portfolio comprises over $5.5 billion, 22,000 rooms, and over 30 different hotel operators. In addition, hotelAVE advises on an additional $10 billion of hotel real estate annually, including acquisition due diligence, underwriting, development, financing, manager selection, franchise agreements, repositioning, renovation, dispositions, and lender services. Founded by one of Lodging Magazine’s 2015 Leading Influential Women, Michelle Russo, hotelAVE features a 48-member management team consisting of former hotel owners, operators and hospitality professional advisors, who provide a unique and hands-on operating experience of superior value and above-market return for hotel owners. hotelAVE supports clients in the Americas, including LATAM from its headquarters in Providence, R.I. and its regional offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.