CapEx 2025: Find the Cash, Build the Team, and Go for Depth

Last month while on a CapEx panel in NYC at the BDNY conference, the moderator asked each of us a final “speed round” question to close out the session. The question was “Given the current economic climate and evolving guest expectations, what do you foresee as the biggest challenges for CapEx in the hospitality industry over the next few years?” My reply was, “Two items: Lack of Capital and Lack of Human Capital”.