Associate Professor

Professor Jan A. deRoos, on the faculty of the Hotel School since 1988, has devoted his career to hospitality real estate with a focus on the valuation, financing, development, and operation of lodging, timeshare, and restaurant assets. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, all with majors in Hotel Administration. Areas of teaching expertise span the entire range of hospitality real estate topics: property valuation, hospitality asset management, feasibility studies, hotel/resort planning and design, hotel/resort development and construction, and timeshare/vacation ownership. Areas of consulting expertise include management contract advisory, investment analysis, litigation support, and valuing property rights.

A frequent speaker on hospitality topics, Prof.deRoos has contributed to lodging industry conferences in London, Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, and Stockholm. Prof. deRoos' current research is focused on three themes: the design and implementation of hotel management contracts and hotel leases, investment returns to lodging properties and supply/demand dynamics of lodging markets. He has developed two software tools to support the feasibility analysis of hospitality property; one entitled the Hospitality Valuation Software, which was co-developed with Mr. Stephen Rushmore of HVS International, and a second proprietary tool called the Timeshare Valuation Models.

Prior to his teaching career at Cornell, Prof. deRoos worked extensively in the hospitality industry. Industry experience includes work for the Sheraton Corporation in New York City as an engineering professional. He worked for Remington Hotel Corporation as Director of Engineering, responsible for the engineering operations and renovation planning of the firm's owned and managed hotel portfolio, and as Senior Project Manager, responsible for the construction of new properties and renovation of existing hotels. During this period, Prof. deRoos was responsible for the construction of Marriott Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Hampton Inns.

Courses authored:

Financial Analysis of Hotel Investments

Control of Hotel Real Estate

Valuing Hotel Investments Through Effective Forecasting

Valuing Hotel Intellectual Property and Structuring the Capital Stack

Developing an Asset Management Strategy

Achieving Hotel Asset Management Objectives