Daniel Lesser has more than 40 years of specialized worldwide experience in hospitality related: real estate appraisals, economic feasibility evaluations, investment counseling, asset management, receivership, and transactional services of hotels, resorts, conference centers, casinos, mixed use facilities, spa & wellness and timeshare/fractional ownership properties. Mr. Lesser offers a 360-degree, cross-functional and multi-disciplinary lodging industry perspective. Proffering innovation and strategy Mr. Lesser serves as a third-party advisor, independent expert witness, arbitrator, business model canvasser, asset manager, a property/business receiver, and as a principal investor, borrower, guarantor, franchisee. Mr. Lesser provides services to corporate, institutional, municipalities, and individual clients on all facets of hospitality real estate including site evaluation, highest and best use analysis, appraisals, workout strategies, operational analysis, property tax assessment appeal evaluations, economic impact studies, market and feasibility analysis, management and/or franchise company selection and contract negotiation, deal structuring, and fairness opinions. An international authority and thought leader with iron clad credibility 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. Mr. Lesser always bases his opinion(s) and/or conclusion(s) on thorough research conducted with an objective perspective. Furthermore, rather than limiting his litigation related engagements to one type of stakeholder, he has been retained by counsel to hotel owners, lenders, investors, and management companies, thus enhancing his credibility with finders of fact. 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 industry events and lectures at prestigious institutions of higher education. Mr. Lesser is widely published and quoted in major newspaper, internet, business, real estate, and hospitality industry periodicals.Mr. Lesser earned a B.S. degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, and attended the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Switzerland, and Baruch College - CUNY. He holds the following professional designations MAI, FRICS, CRE, and CHA.