Robert Mandelbaum is the Director of Research Information Services for PKF Hospitality Research. He is based in the firm’s Atlanta office, where he is in charge of Research Information Services. Research Information Services produces the annual and quarterly Trends® in the Hotel Industry statistical reports, along with customized financial and operational analyses for client projects.
Mr. Mandelbaum began his hospitality industry career with Holiday Inns, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. He started his career with the firm in 1983 in the Memphis office of Pannell Kerr Forster, where he conducted market and financial feasibility studies and operational analyses for hotel, restaurant, club, and conference center clients. Prior to moving to Atlanta in November 1997, he also worked in PKF’s San Francisco office.
Mr. Mandelbaum holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. He is a member of the American Hotel and Lodging Association’s Financial Management Committee and helped prepare the 10th edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry. He has held leadership positions within the Cornell Hotel Society, the author of articles for industry trade publications, and a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at college and university hotel school programs.
