Ford C. Barton is a 37-year hotel industry veteran, including more than 24 years at the executive level with Marriott Hotels, Manor Care Hotels / Sunburst Hospitality, and Choice Hotels International. Mr. Barton has acted in hundreds of hotel transactions, and his multi-dimensional experience includes senior level real estate acquisition and disposition, asset management, franchise development, and new project development.Mr. Barton's hospitality real estate experience includes single asset and portfolio acquisitions, sales, and franchise development in the select and full service market segments. During his career, Mr. Barton has acted in hundreds of hotel transactions, with an aggregate value exceeding $2.1 billion and has extensive experience in hotel dispositions resulting from and related to bankruptcy, foreclosure, short-sales, auctions, and traditional market sales. Mr. Barton has been involved in recent hotel sales across most major hotel brands, including: Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Choice Hotels, Best Western, Wyndham, Radisson Hotel Group, and independently flagged properties. His multi-dimensional experience includes senior-level real estate acquisition and disposition, asset management, franchise development, and new project development. Mr. Barton's experience in hotel acquisition and franchising has been evidenced by his participation in over 780 property transactions involving independent and franchised hotels, land sites, and other forms of commercial real estate. He has also owned, operated, and developed hotels, and truly understands the perspective of owners, franchisors, management companies, and lenders from his experience as an owner.Specialties: Hotel real estate expertise including acquisitions, transaction and contract negotiations, strategic valuation analyses, development, asset management, franchise development, brand recommendations, and feasibility and market analyses.