Zabada N. Abouelhana

Consulting Experience

Zabada Abouelhana, a Project Manager in the HVS St. Louis office, graduated from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in May 2017. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration. Prior to joining HVS in 2019, Zabada spent a year living and working in Yosemite National Park as an Operations Manager, where she managed a full-service restaurant, a lounge, a fast-casual restaurant, and a Starbucks. Her prior hospitality experience includes a position at Athena Services Commercial Cleaning and an internship at a DoubleTree by Hilton. Throughout her university career, she worked at The Statler Hotel at Cornell University as a bell person, operator, and front desk agent and as a writing consultant at the Hotel School Communication Center.

Education

Bachelor of Science
Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration

Other Specialized Training Classes Completed:
Basic Appraisal Procedures – 30 hours
Basic Appraisal Principles – 30 hours
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice – 15 hours
General Appraiser Income Approach – 60 hours
General Appraiser Market Analysis and HBU – 30 hours
General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach – 30 hours
General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach – 30 hours
General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies – 30 hours
Statistics, Modeling, and Finance – 15 hours
Expert Witness – 15 hours
Commercial Appraisal Review – 15 hours

Employment History

February 2019 to present
HVS CONSULTING AND VALUATION SERVICES
Saint Louis, Missouri

2018 – 2019
YOSEMITE HOSPITALITY, SUBSIDIARY OF ARAMARK
Yosemite National Park, California

2014 – 2018
ATHENA SERVICES COMMERCIAL CLEANING
Saint Louis, Missouri

2015 - 2017
SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATION CENTER
Ithaca, New York

2014 - 2017
THE STATLER HOTEL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, New York

2015 - 2015
LODGING HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Saint Louis, Missouri

Affiliations

Cornell Hotel Society

Hotels Evaluated

Sample List for Illustrative Purposes

ALABAMA 
Suburban Extended Stay, Birmingham
 
FLORIDA 
WoodSpring Suites Daytona Speedway, Daytona Beach
Suburban Extended Stay Lakeland, Lakeland
Sea Dell Motel, Marathon
 
GEORGIA 
WoodSpring Suites Augusta Fort Gordon, Augusta
WoodSpring Suites Augusta Riverwatch, Augusta
Proposed Hilton Garden Inn Griffin, Griffin
Value Place Macon West, Macon
WoodSpring Suites Macon North, Macon
 
ILLINOIS 
Imperial Motel Chicago, Chicago
Best Western Plus, Olney
 
INDIANA 
Suburban Extended Stay Clarksville, Clarksville
WoodSpring Suites Evansville, Evansville
 
KENTUCKY 
WoodSpring Suites, Lexington
Proposed Residence Inn, Louisville
 
MARYLAND 
Residence Inn by Marriott, Silver Spring
 
MISSOURI 
Homewood Suites by Hilton St Louis Chesterfield, Chesterfield
Proposed Residence Inn Chesterfield, Chesterfield
Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City Sports Complex, Kansas City
Baymont by Wyndham Kirksville University Area, Kirksville
Hampton Inn Saint Louis Westport, Maryland Heights
Hampton Inn St Louis/St Charles, Saint Charles
Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark, Saint Louis
Marriott Saint Louis Airport, Saint Louis
Proposed Hotel St. Louis, Saint Louis
Hampton Inn Sikeston, Sikeston
 
OHIO 
Baymont Inn & Suites Wright Patterson, Fairborn
Magnuson Hotel Fairborn, Fairborn
 
PENNSYLVANIA 
Red Roof Inn Harrisburg North, Harrisburg
Days Inn Somerset, Somerset
 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
WoodSpring Suites Spartanburg Duncan, Duncan
WoodSpring Suites Columbia Fort Jackson, Elgin
WoodSpring Suites Greenville, Greenville
WoodSpring Suites Columbia Lexington, Lexington
WoodSpring Suites Greenville Simpsonville, Simpsonville
 
TENNESSEE 
Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Jackson, Jackson
WoodSpring Suites Johnson City, Johnson City

My Articles

COVID-19’s Impact on the St. Louis Lodging Market

Since early March of 2020, Greater St. Louis-area hotels have suffered unprecedented declines in demand, similar to most cities in the United States, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. How far has the greater St. Louis hotel market fallen? How does this compare to the last recession? What will the recovery look like?

• January 21, 2021 By Daniel P. McCoy , Zabada N. Abouelhana

• Hotel Operations , Development & Construction , Travel & Tourism , Economic Trends and Cycles , COVID-19 , St. Louis , Missouri , United States , North America