Matt LaBarre joins O’Connell Hospitality Group, LLC

March 3, 2010

Boston, MA


Boston: O'Connell Hospitality Group, LLC is very pleased to announce that Matthew L. LaBarre, hospitality investment veteran and Dartmouth College graduate has joined OHG as Managing Director. Mr. LaBarre will spearhead the effort to work closely with private equity groups and institutional investors assisting with acquisitions and disposition of both hard assets and debt.

“Matt is a young, intelligent and aggressive advisor. He is positioned perfectly to assist our equity fund clients as we move into the next upswing of the real estate cycle. “We are ecstatic that Matt has joined OHG and has agreed to take a leadership role within the company. He will expand our presence in the capital markets and assist us as we continue to grow our company;” said James O’Connell, Principal of O’Connell Hospitality Group.

Mr. LaBarre brings to OHG extensive experience, primarily in hotel/real estate finance and operations. He has operational experience working for Marriott International and Ocean Hospitality as well as analytical and transactional experience after completing four years with Pinnacle Realty, also of Boston. His experience includes effort to raise equity for several hotel acquisitions exceeding $100 Million and has acted in an advisory role to clients’ disposition projects with single asset values that exceed $50Million.

O'Connell Hospitality Group, LLC specializes in the sales, financing and project development of hotels, resorts and mixed use projects across the United States. It serves as advisor to private as well as publicly traded companies for acquisitions and dispositions of hospitality assets. OHG’s sister company, Collateral Strategies, Inc. provides strategic planning and valuation support to lenders and equity investors across the country. The two companies have been involved with over $1 Billion of hotels projects across the country in just the past twelve months and expect to double that figurein 2010.