USA, Los Angeles, California. March 26, 2018

Hodges Ward Elliott (“HWE”), the world's leading independent hotel brokerage and investment-banking firm, with offices in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and London, today announced that Samantha Fisher has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President. In her new role, Fisher will focus on securing new listings, executing on dispositions and developing new business for HWE as well as strengthen the HWE brokerage platform by further developing new and existing client relationships.

A fifteen-year veteran of the hospitality investment sales profession, Fisher joins HWE after serving in a similar role with Jones Lang LaSalle in Los Angeles for nearly seven years. Throughout her career, she has overseen over $2 billion in hotel real estate transactions, including several high-profile deals in the Southern California region. Fisher is currently based in Los Angeles but will be relocating to the South Florida area in the fall and will focus will on securing and closing deals within the highly desirable Southeast Coastal hospitality market.

“We are very fortunate to have Samantha join the Hodges Ward Elliott team,” adds Mark Elliott, President, HWE. “Her diverse skill set, years of hospitality investment experience, and extensive industry relationships will add tremendous value to our firm and further enhance the services we provide to existing and new clients.”

“I am excited for the opportunity to join the industry's premier hospitality investment brokerage,” said Fisher. “The HWE platform will allow me to meet the needs of my clients and I look forward to working side-by-side with the other team members here and expanding the firm's reach into the expanding Southeast Coastal market.”