The PKF hotelexperts group, the first fully integrated global advisory firm to serve the hospitality, tourism & leisure and serviced living sectors, traces its roots back to New York in 1927, when William J. Forster (of Pannell Kerr Forster) created the global standard for accounting and benchmarking – the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry or USALI – which is still in use today. Currently, the PKF hotelexperts group has 14 offices worldwide, including Argentina (Buenos Aires), Austria (Vienna), China (Hong Kong, Shanghai) Germany (Berlin – hotelforum), Italy (Milan), South Africa (Cape Town), Turkey (Istanbul), Ukraine (Kiev), United Arab Emirates (Dubai) United Kingdom (London) and United States (Los Angeles, Miami, New York) with more than 100 consultants providing advisory services including feasibilities studies, valuations and appraisals, operator search, project development, asset management, financing and investment, and strategic advice. In addition, the PKF hotelexperts group includes PKF tourismexperts, focusing on master plans for regional tourism infrastructure, and PKF livingexperts, which advises on serviced living concepts (membership clubs, student and senior living, and serviced residential). Learn more at www.pkfhotels.com