Dan Lesser

President & CEO of LW Hospitality Advisors

A little bit about Dan…

Daniel H. Lesser, President & CEO of LW Hospitality Advisors has forty years of specialized experience in hospitality related: real estate appraisals, economic feasibility evaluations, investment counseling, asset management, receivership, and transactional services of hotels, resorts, conference centers, casinos, spa & wellness, and timeshare/fractional ownership properties on a worldwide basis. 

Mr. Lesser provides services to corporate, institutional, municipalities, and individual clients on all facets of hospitality real estate.  An international authority and thought leader with iron clad credibility on the topic of hotel feasibility and property valuation, Mr. Lesser has served as an expert witness under oath through depositions and testimony in court and arbitration hearings in U.S. federal and state courts, and domestic and international arbitrations in connection with a wide variety of matters.  Mr. Lesser has balanced his practice with service as a neutral panelist in commercial arbitration disputes.

Prior to his hospitality advisory experience, Mr. Lesser held operational and administrative positions with Hilton Hotels Corporation and Eurotels-Switzerland.  He is highly sought after to speak at lodging and real estate events, as well as lectures at prestigious institutions of higher education. Mr. Lesser is widely published and quoted in major publications, and has or currently serves as a columnist for HotelNewsNow.com, HotelBusiness.com, GlobeSt.com and Hotelsmag.com.

Mr. Lesser earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, and attended the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Switzerland, and Baruch College - City University of New York. He holds the following professional designations: MAI (Member of the Appraisal Institute), FRICS (Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), CRE (Counselor of Real Estate), CHA (Certified Hotel Administrator) and Certified Part 36 Judiciary Receiver in the State of New York.

Mr. Lesser is a member of and/or has served on numerous committees and advisory boards of private entities, universities, and a tax emept 501(c)(3) organization.

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