Mark has more than 25 years experience in the real estate and hotel industries, working exclusively in the hotel sector since 1994. He has been a partner in The Highland Group since 1999.

Mark has completed market and feasibility studies for all types of hotels including limited-service, full-service, convention center, resort and extended-stay properties.
His experience includes most primary and secondary US hotel markets across 44 US states, Canada and 3 European countries.
Mark Skinner is a frequently quoted expert on extended-stay lodging. His research and comments have been featured in dozens of publications including: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Barron’s, Hotel & Motel Management, Lodging Hospitality and Business Travel News.
Mark Skinner currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association and the Board of Executives for Norcross Soccer Academy.
E-mail:
mskinner@highland-group.net
Directed research and analysis for the International Society of Hospitality Consultants Hotel Capital Expenditure Study presented at the UCLA Hotel Investment Conference in 1995.
Highland Group is committed to sustainable operations. Company purchasing policy and practices place a premium on sustainable and recycled products. The company recycles and operates in a paperless environment.
•Research and expert testimony to contest a claim for damages to a hotel from highway reconfiguration
•Feasibility study for a full-service luxury boutique hotel converted from a former utility building
•Feasibility study for a budget boutique hotel in a coastal market
•Feasibility study for a boutique hotel in a college town
•Feasibility study for a luxury high end resort boutique hotel
•Feasibility study for a budget oriented trendy boutique hotel
•Feasibility study for a high end riverfront boutique hotel
•Research and identifying the best markets to develop new extended-stay hotels in the US
•Feasibility study to convert a former hospital into a boutique hotel
•Feasibility study for a boutique hotel as part of a downtown redevelopment project
•Feasibility study for a stylish boutique hotel in a trendy restaurant neighborhood
Mark Skinner was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled; “Long-Stay Hotels Settle In.”
Kim Bardoul was quoted in an Atlanta Business Chronicle article entitled; “Loudermilk seeks boutique hotel in Buckhead Village.”
Kim Bardoul moderated a very interesting panel discussion on outsourcing food and beverage at boutique hotels in Miami. Local celebrity Chef Douglas Rodriguez and boutique hotel developer Tim Dixon have very different opinions on this issue and we had a spirited discussion.
The Wyndham Hotel Group Global Conference – Las Vegas, April 2012
The Boutique Hotel Summit – London, May 2012
MLIS – Chicago, July 17, 2012
ISHC Annual Conference – Atlanta, Sep 2012
The Lifestyle/Boutique Hotels Investor Conference – Miami, October 2012
Atlanta Hotel Investment Conference – Atlanta, March 2013
