Colliers PKF Consulting USA Expands Southeast Presence

Atlanta, GA, Aug. 11, 2010 – Colliers PKF Consulting USA (PKFC), the leading hotel and hospitality consulting and research firm in the United States, has merged their practice with Jacksonville, Florida-based Atlantic Hospitality Advisors (AHA).

 The three partners of AHA, Hank Staley, (top left photo) Jill Bidwell and Tony Jenkins, along with industry veterans Chuck Ross and Rachel Falkner, all joined the firm effective August 1, 2010.

PKFC now operates in a total of 20 cities across the nation, including five offices in the Southeast - Atlanta, Georgia, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville, Florida, as well as Asheville, North Carolina.

Founded in 1995, AHA specializes in market analysis, appraisal and dispute resolution services for a broad spectrum of lodging industry participants, including lenders, owners, developers and hotel chains.

 Staley, Bidwell and Jenkins are also designated Members of the Appraisal Institute and increase the bench strength of the firm’s valuation teams already resident in Atlanta, Bozeman, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

 “The coming together of PKFC and AHA is also a reunion,” said Mark Woodworth (top right photo) , executive vice president for PKFC in Atlanta.

 “Many of us had the good fortune of working with Hank, Jill and Chuck for many years back in the 1980’s,” Woodworth noted. “Their commitment to excellence and sizeable portfolio of dedicated clients furthers PKFC’s reach in the Southeast. We are fortunate to have such a talented, well-respected group join our firm.”

Hank Staley, the senior member of AHA and now a senior vice president of PKFC based in Jacksonville, cited the benefits that will come with the extensive nationwide resources of PKFC and their sister company, Colliers PKF Hospitality Research.

“PKFC, like our firm, has a long-standing commitment to the value of a rigorous approach to research. I look forward to leveraging the experience and expertise of our firm and to collaborating with the PKFC experts across the nation in the months ahead.”

For further information please contact:
Mark Woodworth, Executive Vice President, (404) 842-1150, ext 222, Email: Mark.Woodworth@pkfc.com, http://www.pkfc.com/

Chris Daly or Jerry Daly (media),   Daly Gray Public Relations, (703) 435-6293, Email: chris@dalygray.com, http://www.dalygray.com/

Hank Staley, Senior Vice President, Colliers PKF Consulting USA, Inc., (904) 610-9679, Email: Hank.Staley@pkfc.com, http://www.pkfc.com/