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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I e e THOMAS W. LATTIN Director Houston Mr. Lattin is Director of Coopers & Lybrand's National Hospitality Industry Consulting Group. The Group provides development guidance, financial advice, operational management services and general consulting services to financial institutions, corporations, law firms, public agencies and developers. Mr. Lattin brings over 25 years of hotel operational and development experience to the Firm. He served as President of a Houston based hotel corporation for seven years. During that time, the company grew from two to twenty-five hotels including Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton and Holiday Inn properties. Mr. Lattin was responsible for the operation of all corporate managed hotels. Prior to joining Coopers & Lybrand, Mr. Lattin was the National Director of Hospitality Industry Advisory Services for another major accounting and consulting firm. Mr. Lattin's consulting specialization includes: . Operational counseling for owners and investors of hospitality real estate with emphasis on marketing and cash flow improvement; . Acquisition, disposition and financing of hotels and hospitality industry real estate; . Negotiation of management, development and technical service agreements; . Litigation services including expert witness testimony for hospitality industry related cases; . Strategic and organizational planning; . Development consulting; and, . Management information and operational control systems. Mr. Lattin has lectured at Cornell University, the University of Houston, Michigan State University, Florida International University and the Centre International de Glion in Montreux, Switzerland. He has been a frequent speaker on hospitality industry subjects to such organizations as Holiday Inns Worldwide, Hotel Ezra Cornell and the American Hotel and Motel Association. He has authored articles published in the Cornell Ouarterly, is a regular columnist for Hotel and Motel Management magazine and was a contributing editor to Modern Hotel and Motel Management, third and fourth editions. Mr. Lattin is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and also the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC). He is a past president of the Cornell Society of Hotelmen, Houston Chapter, and a former board member of the Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mr. Lattin received both a B.S. and a Masters degree from Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant.