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Need to find several nightclub consultants all in one location for several days to get answers to your pressing questions on bar and night club operations, marketing and finance? Look no further than the upcoming Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show that will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 12-14, 2012. The show is an annual draw for the food and beverage industry and packs plenty of education, exhibits and events for owners, operators and staff.

An operator and hotel management expert may be faced with performance issues in economic downturns that can affect their relationship with the owners and investors of the lodging property. This may be a result of when it is perceived that the operator gets all of the benefit through compensation and incentives, while the financial risk is borne entirely by ownership regardless of whether the hotel or resort makes money.

Super Bowl Sunday would not be complete without some restaurant industry analysis and predictions on what folks will eat while watching the Big Game. In case you need some last minute thoughts on what to run on the menu specials board, wings and pizza will clearly be the best sellers.

This year from a restaurant advisor viewpoint is shaping up to be the one that the food and beverage industry gets back on track. According to recent reports from the NRA (National Restaurant Association), both restaurant growth and foodservice employment is projected to return to pre-recession levels.

If you are looking to buy a hotel, the lack of financing for lodging properties is starting to diminish at least with one major bank. Wells Fargo recently announced loan financing options available to hotel owners and investors. It has already closed some loan deals as well. So what is the catch and will you qualify?

Every nightclub operations expert knows that the secret to success in the night club business can evolve around promotions and hype. Finding and using a good promoter will add to venue marketing effectiveness. While having the right lighting will create the pizzazz, mood and hype, along with the music and entertainment, to insure the promotion is fun and self sustaining.

Recent reports about the amount of distressed hotels on the horizon suggest that cheap hotel real estate deals will be very hard to find. It is also unlikely that lenders will foreclose or hold ORE hotel assets for very long. Both the rise in hotel industry income fundamentals and the ability for banks and special servicers to find creative solutions to restructure debt have all but mitigated any chance of fire sales any time soon.

Join fellow attorneys and lenders to hear the latest commercial real estate forecast by a court appointed receiver and other professionals in their respective specialty. The event is being presented by the Bay Area and Sacramento Chapters of the California Receivers Forum. It will be held on the evening of February 29, 2012 in the Financial District of San Francisco.

An integral part of green restaurants planning is taking advantage of the latest in technology and factoring in certain consumer attitudes. Recent findings on sustainability trends and eco surveys suggest that solar energy and the customer pocketbook will have the most impact on your foodservice and restaurant operation being green this year.

Industry leaders, hotel consultants and others involved in the hospitality and travel industry are giving applause and kudos to the announcement by President Obama on the new “National Travel and Tourism Strategy” for the USA, which is designed to attract more international visitors here. It seems Washington is now starting to get it when it comes to growing the national economy with more tourism. What better way to create jobs than off money that is brought in from another country.