Robert Mandelbaum

Robert Mandelbaum is the Research Director for CBRE Hotels Research.  He is based in the firm's Atlanta office, where he is in charge of Research Information Services.  Research Information Services produces the monthly and annual Trends® in the Hotel Industry statistical reports, along with customized financial and operational analyses for client projects.  On a quarterly basis, CBRE Hotels Research also produces five-year forecasts of performance for six national chain-scales, six national location categories, and 65 major U.S cities using its proprietary Hotel Horizons® econometric forecasting model.

Mr. Mandelbaum began his hospitality industry career with Holiday Inns, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee.  He started his career with the firm in 1983 in the Memphis office of Pannell Kerr Forster, where he conducted market and financial feasibility studies and operational analyses for hotel, restaurant, club, and conference center clients.  Prior to moving to Atlanta in November 1997, he also worked in PKF's San Francisco office.  In 2014, CBRE purchased PKF Consulting.

Mr. Mandelbaum holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University (class of 1981).  He serves on the Global Finance Committee, a joint American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA) and Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) committee that is responsible for preparing the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI).  Mr. Mandelbaum is a member of the Global Board of Directors of HFTP and won the association's Paragon Award in 2024 in recognition of his contributions to HFTP and the hospitality industry.  He was a past Global President of the Cornell Hotel Society, authors articles for industry trade publications, guest lecturers at college and university hotel school programs, and speaks at industry forums.