LBA Hospitality, an Alabama-based hotel management company, has been selected to manage three hotels in Florida for Impact Properties of Tampa. These latest acquisitions add 357 guestrooms to LBA's inventory of over 100 properties. With these additions, LBA Hospitality expands its portfolio in the state of Florida and continues to accelerate its growth.
"Hotel owners are facing significant challenges today like never before and turning to cycle-tested management companies like LBA will provide operational excellence and help increase our overall profitability and maximize the values of our investments," Impact Holdings COO Kish Kanji said in a statement.
"We are delighted to be selected by Impact Properties as their managing partner for these hotels. The Kanji family has built a reputation of developing great hotels and building a culture that promotes excellent guest service. As we worked through the process, it was obvious that our core beliefs and corporate culture were aligned," said Beau Benton, president, LBA Hospitality. "I believe that LBA's scale and expertise in sales, revenue management and e-commerce will provide Impact with meaningful growth. This partnership will allow them to focus their resources on developing additional properties while these properties continue to excel under LBA Hospitality's leadership."
The three new properties are:
- The 132-room Hyatt Place Tampa Wesley Chapel in Lutz, Fla. The hotel is pet-friendly and has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center and a lobby bar/restaurant.
- The 122-room Residence Inn by Marriott Jacksonville South/Bartram Park in Jacksonville, Fla. The all-suite property has an outdoor swimming pool, a cutting-edge fitness center, 483 square feet of meeting space and is pet-friendly.
- The 103-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Jacksonville South – Bartram Park in Jacksonville, Fla. The property has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center, a business center, 912 square feet of event space and is pet-friendly.