President & Partner

Gabby Trad

Mr. Gabby Trad is a principal with Partners In Hospitality with more than 20 years of experience in market analysis, feasibility studies, development, construction, and hospitality management.

Mr. Trad’s experience in managing multi-brand/multi-property portfolios is essential for the successful operations at PIH. As a certified instructor/educator in marketing, management, and hospitality, he is known for excellence in team building.

HOSPITALITY RELATED / RECENT RELEVANT PROJECTS

• Hilton Garden Inn & Edmond Conference Center, Edmond, OK (158 Rooms + 20,000 sf Events Space - Opened 2018)

• Hilton Garden Inn & Lawton – Fort Sill Convention Center, Lawton, OK (162 Rooms + 20,000 sf Events Space - Opened 2014)

• Hyatt Place Austin Airport, Austin, TX (139 Rooms + 2,500 sf of Meeting Space - Opened 2017/Sold 2019)

• Hyatt House Austin Downtown, Austin, TX ( 190 Rooms + 2,500 sf of Meeting Space - Opened 2017/Sold 2019)

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Austin Downtown, Austin, TX (171 Rooms - Opened 2016/Sold 2019)

• Hotel Indigo Downtown Austin, Austin, TX (134 Rooms + 5,000 sf Events Space - Opened 2016/Sold 2019)

Advisory Services

Feasibility and development services for international projects such as Hilton - Qatar, Union Trust Office Center – Qatar (14 stories mid-rise), Over 15 hotels in the US - Midwest Region, and over 20 restaurant with local/national brands such as IHOP, Jack in the Box, and the internationally renowned restaurant “Cavalli Café.”

Vice President & Partner

Pete DeKalb

Pete DeKalb is a principal with Partners In Hospitality having formed the company in 2016. Prior to that Pete was a founding partner in Partners in Development with John Weeman for 13 years. Prior to PID/PIH, Mr. DeKalb was a founding Managing Director of Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors, a Vice President with Accor North America, and was in charge of Corporate Development and Franchise Development with Embassy Suites Hotels.

Early in his career Mr. DeKalb worked in hotel operations and quickly became General Manager. His leadership experience was essential to the growth of “owned and operated” hotels and real estate asset management in the western U.S. In addition, he led the development and acquisition of over 30 hotels. His transactional accomplishments include 26 acquisitions/new developments, 10+ restaurant leases, 31 dispositions, 10+ hotel takings/condemnations, 10+ hotel lease negotiations, and many other related tasks.

HOSPITALITY RELATED / RECENT RELEVANT PROJECTS

New Development Exemplary Projects

• Skirvin Hilton Hotel (adaptive historical redevelopment – 225 rooms)

• Hilton Garden Inn & Lawton – Fort Sill Convention Center (public/private development – 162 rooms)

• Hilton Garden Inn & Edmond Conference Center (public/private development – 158 rooms)

• Hilton Garden Inn & Lewisville Convention Center (public/private development – 164 rooms)

• Motel 6 – Aurora, CO and Albuquerque, NM (119 rooms)

Acquisitions Exemplary Projects

• Days Inn – Los Angeles International Airport (248 rooms)

• Days Inn – Irvine, CA (150 rooms)

• Red Roof Inn – Setle Airport (152 rooms)

• Best Western – Downtown San Diego, CA (105 rooms)

Services

Feasibility and/or development services for upscale new hotel and conference center development: exemplary hotels in Allen, Cedar Hill, Fort Worth, Garland, Greenville, Lewisville, Port Arthur, and Sherman, Texas; Texarkana, Arkansas; Cave Creek, Arizona; Edmond, Grove, and Lawton, Oklahoma; and Wausau, Wisconsin.

Acquisition analyses: exemplary hotels in Denver, Dallas, Columbus, Washington, DC, Orlando, and Hutchinson, KS. As well as Hold/Sell analyses for Fel-Cor Lodging Trust for hotels in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas

Asset Management services: exemplary hotels in Austin, TX, Green Lake, WS, Oklahoma City, OK