About Us

Hotel Investment Today is a comprehensive source of information for the hotel-investment community. As the companion to The Hotel Investment Group by Northstar, the industry’s leading and largest hotel-investment conference owner and operator, the Hotel Investment Today website and e-newsletter provide the latest multimedia content about breaking news, analysis and data on key deals, and profiles of dealmakers and developers.

Led by veteran industry journalists Jeff Weinstein, Mary Scoviak, Rob Schneider and Jeff Higley, Hotel Investment Today identifies trends and provides unique content that specializes in thought leadership and market intelligence for investment, development, ownership, brand, management and financing executives.

Hotel Investment Today brings expertise, experience, awareness, integrity and objectivity to the market with a powerful and meaningful media brand.

Hotel Investment Today is a brand of The Hotel Investment Group, which is brought to you by Northstar Travel Group, the leading global provider of trusted information and experiences for the audiences that drive the travel industry.

Editorial Team

Jeffrey Weinstein:

Jeff Weinstein, editor in chief, Hotel Investment Today, has a career in hospitality journalism spanning more than 36 years, having spent the past 29 years as editor in chief of global media B2B platform HOTELS and as creator of HOTELS Investment Outlook. During his tenure with HOTELS, he led noteworthy industry projects such as the annual 325 ranking of the world's biggest hotel companies, the Global Hoteliers Club and the prestigious Hotelier of the World awards. He previously covered the national restaurant industry and during his career has won five prestigious Jesse H. Neal awards for excellence in business journalism. Weinstein resides in suburban Chicago and has two children.

Mary Scoviak:

Mary Scoviak is Custom & Design Director for Hotel Investment Today by Northstar. An award-winning editor, conference director and content strategist, Scoviak has over 20 years' expertise covering all aspects of the global hospitality industry, focusing on investment, development, operations and design.  She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Boutique Design magazine, where she also served as conference director for Boutique Design New York (BDNY) and Boutique Design West (BDwest) and oversaw the Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design competition. Scoviak is the former Editor-in-Chief for HOTELS magazine and Executive Editor of HOTELS’ Investment Outlook. She was named one of the Folio: Top Women in Media for 2017.

Rob Schneider: 

Rob Schneider is the managing editor of Hotel Investment Today, responsible for managing day-to-day production and reporting on news on M&A, development and return on investment for hotel investors. Previously, he was managing editor for the Dallas Business Journal. He also served as creative director for the B2B digital and print publication. He was previously presentation director for The Dallas Morning News.