Veteran journalists
Weinstein, Scoviak tapped to launch media arm of The BHN Group
Contact:
Jeff Higley, President
The BHN Group
marketing@burba.com
December 15, 2022
RUTHERFORD, New Jersey – Northstar
Travel Group, owner of global hotel-investment conferences including the
America’s Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the world’s leading and largest
hotel investment conference, is expanding its voice to include a digital media
outlet with the launch of Hotel Investment Today. The new platform will
launch in early 2023 as the media presence of The BHN Group, Northstar’s hotel
and hospitality group.
Hotel Investment Today will be led by veteran industry
journalists Jeff Weinstein as editor in chief and Mary Scoviak as managing
editor.
Hotel Investment Today will provide the latest content and
information services, including written and video components of breaking news,
analysis of key deals, and profiles of dealmakers and developers. It will
identify trends and provide thought leadership and market intelligence for the
hotel-investment community. Initial newsletter distribution will be three times
weekly.
“The hotel-investment community has
looked to our organization for more than 20 years to provide content, make
business connections and move the industry forward through ALIS and all of our
other global events,” said Jeff Higley, president of The BHN Group. “We are eager
to expand that role and provide the hotel-investment community with an outlet
completely dedicated to reporting news and information that will help drive
decisions pertaining to ROI and other essential KPIs.”
“Joining forces with two strong, respected
journalists with impeccable integrity is a home run for The BHN Group and its
entire events roster as they will provide the backbone of a reader-centric
media outlet that will report on the most important issues to hotel investors
around the globe,” Higley said.
Weinstein spent the last 29 years as
editor in chief of HOTELS and created HOTELS’ Investment Outlook
during his tenure. He also spent more than eight years covering the restaurant
business before joining HOTELS. An award-winning journalist, he has
received five distinguished Jesse H. Neal awards for excellence in business
journalism.
“I am very excited to join The BHN
Group, a leader in the hotel investment conference space, and create its
initial media presence,” Weinstein said. “During my nearly 30 years of covering
the business, I have always been stimulated the most by the dealmakers, owners and
investment community. Launching this website from scratch with the utmost
editorial integrity is such a creative opportunity to best serve the hotel-investment
community that I had to jump at the chance.”
Scoviak brings nearly three decades of
B2B publishing expertise to this new role, including experience as the editor
in chief of HOTELS, executive editor of HOTELS Investment Outlook,
and editorial and conference programming director for Boutique Design.
She has won numerous awards including FOLIO honors as one of the 2017 Top Women
in Media and Best Blog, as well as awards for editorial excellence and art
direction.
“I am honored to be part of The BHN
Group creating a new kind of 360-degree omni channel platform to connect the
global hospitality investment community with need-to-know content from breaking
news to thought-leading business strategies,” Scoviak said. “This is a dynamic
point in the expansion of hotel investment to include a more diverse investor
base, fresh solutions for new markets, and innovation in deal structures. I
look forward to the opportunity to communicate that at every touchpoint.”
The launch of Hotel Investment Today
is a natural progression of The BHN Group as a part of the Northstar Travel
Group.
“This launch is
a great fit with Northstar’s expertise as a leader in information services,
content and omni channel platforms throughout the travel industry,” said Bob
Sullivan, President, Travel Group, Northstar Travel Group. “We take pride in
connecting our audiences to make business happen throughout the travel industry
and we are truly excited to add our content and media expertise to The BHN
Group portfolio.”
Follow The BHN Group on Linkedin for the latest on this
launch, and updates on all the group’s global events.
About The BHN Group
The BHN
Group is the worldwide leader in developing and organizing conferences for the
hotel and tourism investment community. With over three decades of experience,
more than 150 events completed to-date, and more than 100,000 international
delegates, these conferences have become “must attend” events for industry
leaders who come together to network, conduct business, and to learn about the
latest trends. The current slate of events include: the Americas Lodging
Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles; ALIS Law in Los Angeles; ALIS Summer
Update; Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami; Hotel
Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Singapore; Hotel Opportunities
Latin America (HOLA) conference in Miami; and HICAP Australia New Zealand
(HICAP ANZ) in Sydney.
About Northstar
Travel Group
Northstar Travel Group is the leading B-to-B
information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the travel
industry including leisure/retail, corporate/business travel, corporate and
sports meetings, incentives, hospitality, and travel technology.
Northstar is the owner of leading brands serving these travel segments. The
company produces more than 100 face-to-face events in 13 countries in retail
travel, hospitality, corporate travel, travel technology, sports travel, and
the meetings & incentive industry. In addition, Northstar owns
Phocuswright, the leading research and event producer serving the travel
technology industry. Northstar Travel Group owns the BHN Group, the leading
producer of hotel investment conferences. Northstar is also the majority
shareholder in Inntopia, the leading SaaS e-commerce software business serving
the mountain destination, golf, activities, and hospitality markets. Based in
Rutherford, NJ, the company has six offices in the U.S., UK, and Singapore. Northstar
Travel Group is owned by funds managed by EagleTree Capital.
About EagleTree
Capital
EagleTree Capital, formerly Wasserstein
Partners, is a leading independent private equity and investment firm, focused
primarily on leveraged buyout investments and related investment activities.
EagleTree manages capital on behalf of institutional and individual investors.
The firm is focused on investments primarily in the media and communications, consumer
products, and water and industrial sectors. EagleTree is headquartered in New
York.
