Breanna Smith

Consulting Experience

Breanna Smith began her hospitality career in college, interning at a mountain resort and a theme park in Colorado. She later rose to revenue and sales management positions at Marriott International. As a Project Manager with HVS Portland, Breanna draws on this range of experience to deliver the most authoritative, comprehensive, and thoroughly researched hotel appraisals available. For conclusions you can count on to guide your next hotel venture, trust Breanna and the HVS Portland team.

Before joining HVS, Breanna worked as Sales Manager and then Revenue Manager for Marriott International. In these roles, she made corporate sales for full-service Marriott-branded hotels across Texas, conducted strategic analyses and daily management of hotel transient guest performance data, and created strategies to maximize hotel revenue. She formerly interned at the Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park in Denver and The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Breanna earned a BSBA in Hospitality Management from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

While at Marriott, Breanna served on a committee working to create leadership and networking opportunities for women at the company. She formerly volunteered with the Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity and the Spirit to Serve Committee, where she helped coordinate quarterly fundraising drives and work in schools and soup kitchens. She continues to lead volunteer efforts for HVS Portland. Originally from Colorado, Breanna and her husband enjoy hiking trails with their two dogs in the Pacific Northwest, visiting the Willamette River, and frequenting Oregon’s restaurants, breweries, and wineries.

Education

BSBA – Daniel’s College of Business, University of Denver

Other Specialized Training Classes Completed:
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice – 15 hours
Basic Appraisal Principles – 30 hours
Basic Appraisal Procedures – 30 hours
Oregon Supervisory Appraiser/Assistant Course – 5 hours
General Appraiser Income Approach (Parts I and II) – 60 hours

Employment History

2015 to present
HVS CONSULTING AND VALUATION SERVICES
Portland, Oregon

2014 – 2015
REVENUE MANAGEMENT, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
Houston, Texas

2012 – 2014
SALES, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
Dallas, Texas

Hotels Appraised

Sample List for Illustrative Purposes

ARIZONA
Hilton Suites, Phoenix

CALIFORNIA
Lamplighter Inn, Clearlake

IDAHO
Courtyard by Marriott, Boise
Hotel 43, Boise
Proposed Comfort Inn & Suites, Boise
Shilo Inn Boise Airport, Boise

OREGON
The Shilo, Beaverton
Proposed Hotel Bend, Bend
Proposed EVEN Hotels, Eugene
The Olympic Inn, Klamath Falls
Hotel Eastlund, Portland

WASHINGTON
Hilton Garden Inn, Bothell
Candlewood Suites, Lacey
Proposed Hilton Garden Inn, Lynnwood
Camaray Motel, Oroville
Proposed Best Western Plus (Washington Square Hotel), Tigard
El Corral Motel, Toppenish
Red Lion Inn & Suites, Spokane
All Star Motel, Yakima

My Articles

HVS Market Pulse: Boise, Idaho

Following a period of little to no new hotel supply in Boise, economic growth has brought an influx of proposed hotels along with expansions at the convention center and other major economic drivers.

• August 16, 2017 By Breanna Smith

An HVS Guide to Hotel Revenue Management

Revenue management for hotels has transformed over the past four decades, though some of its tried and true principles remain in place. What does the practice of modern revenue management mean to hotel operations?

• July 18, 2016 By Justin Kaminski , Breanna Smith

• Hotel Operations , Valuations & Market Studies , Economic Trends and Cycles