Journal of Hospitality Financial Management: Volume 28, Issue 1
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2019-2020 Restaurant Industry Performance Index
(2020-01-01) Sheel, Atul
Does Geographic Focus Reduce Systematic Risk in Hotel REITs?
(2020-01-01) Frutig, Brigitte Silvia; Das, Prashant
This paper examines how the systematic risk of large commercial real estate owners is associated with geographic diversification. It analyzed time-varying equity betas and geographic exposure of publicly traded pure-play lodging REITs. Contrary to popular expectation, results of this study showed that stock investors perceive smaller risk in geographic focus rather than diversification. Further, regional focus becomes insignificant in reducing the risk if the focus expands beyond two or three regions. The findings were robust to multiple measures of geographic diversification. As such, the study reaffirmed the impact of geographic focus in the context of commercial real estate as a risk minimization strategy.
F&B Performance in the United States Hotel Industry
(2020-01-01) Lin, Michael S.; Jung, InHaeng N.; Sharma, Amit
Competitive environments warrant otels to diversity products and services. Diversification is necessary to reduce the risks associated with revenues and profitability. This study explored whether food and beverage (F&B) activities have the potential to create a diversification of revenue sources for hotel businesses. Using STR hotel performance data from 2007 to 2016, the study conducted panel regression analyses and time trend analyses in the pre- and post-2008 recession period to investigate the impact of diversifying revenue and profit sources through F&B activities. Results indicate that F&B activities can be a source of diversification for upper upscale hotels. Results further suggest that F&B was a supplementary income source at the beginning of the recovery phase of the last recession. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed.
Impact of Leverage on Financial Information Quality: International Evidence from the Hospitality Industry
(2020-01-01) Poretti, Cédric; Schatt, Alain; Jérôme, Tiphaine
Earnings are a key firm-performance yardstick for investors. The quality of earnings has fascinated researchers and investors alike, as it may be manipulated by a firm's management. This paper studies the relationship between earnings quality and debt levels of firms in the hospitality sector, using a sample of 642 firms from 26 countries for the 2002-2016 period. Results of this study suggests a generally positive relationship between a firm's leverage and its earnings quality in the hospitality sector, particularly for firms incorporated in countries with stronger investor protection. As such, some interesting implications of the leverage-earnings quality relationship are revealed for investors, lenders, and professionals in the hospitality industry.
Human Capital and Hotel Operating Performance
(2020-01-01) Hua, Nan
Human capital plays an essential role in firm sucess in the hospitality industry (Baum, 2015; Tracey, 2014); however, how the mechanism through which human capital contributes to a hotel's performance remains unclear (Bagri et al., 2010; DomÃnguez-Falcón et al., 2016; Ooi et al., 2015). By extending Hua et al. (2015) and O’Neill et al. (2008), this study systematically examined the impacts of human capital, proxied by Total Labor Expenses at different lagged time points, on hotel operating performance, while controlling for a comprehensive array of potential confounding variables. This study offers a more holistic view of whether human capital influences hotel operating performance, and if so, how. It further sheds light on explaining the mixed results from prior research. The employment of the fixed effects model framework also enables control for fixed effects variables such as chain scale and location.