Hotel Investment Pitch Competition Advances Five Teams to Final Round

McLean, Va., April 6, 2023 — Officials of She Has a Deal today announced the five finalist teams of the Early Career track selected to advance to the final round of SHaDPitch 2023.  The annual hotel investment pitch competition allows teams of early career women to compete for the prize of $50,000 of equity in SHaD’s Prosperity Fund I, following the conclusion of a virtual, preliminary round of pitching. The goal of She Has a Deal is to increase the number of women owning and developing hotels. The organization is an ecosystem that offers inspiration and education through its EdTech platform to channel the power of collaboration and mentorship. She Has a Deal creates new pathways to hotel ownership and development by exposing participants to the hard-to-find details needed to successfully source, analyze, raise capital and close hotel real estate investment deals.

During the preliminary judging round, eight teams comprised of 15 participants pitched hotel investment acquisition or development projects live on Zoom to a judging panel of top-level hotel business executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.  The judges evaluated and selected the following five teams:

1. 1.  SpartanStone (Sydney Young & Rachel Nicholson) – Michigan State University – Pitching a La Quinta Inn & Suites in Lewisville, Texas
2. 2.  Chanders Core Commitment (Chandler Williamson) – graduate of North Carolina Central University – Pitching a Hilton Garden Inn in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina
3. 3.  CROWN (Isabella Suffredini, Veronica Lewis, Alexandra Neoman) – Cornell University – Pitching a TownePlace Suites in Houston, Texas
4. 4.  Hookipa Hospitality (Makenna Price) – graduate of Washington State University – Pitching a Fairfield Inn & Suites in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
5. 5.  AH Hospitality (Allison Busch & Hannah Takekawa) – San Diego State University – Pitching a Staybridge Suites in Austin, Texas

In addition to the Early Careerists, SHaDPitch also includes a competitive track for seasoned professionals called Today’s Woman which began in 2022. The Today’s Woman 2023 cohort will also be pitching their deals during the big event later this month.

The women in both tracks started their She Has a Deal journey in September 2022, completing more than 30 hours of intensive hotel investment education to learn how to source, evaluate and raise capital for a real hotel deal. Throughout the education process the teams search for viable hotel deals to pitch.

“Every year, I grow more encouraged that we are making an impact,” said Tracy Prigmore, She Has a Deal founder.  “These are brilliant women who benefit from the education and programming that SHaD provides, and their hotel investment acumen has grown by leaps and bounds.  I am tremendously grateful for our sponsorship partners who believe in our mission and are helping us build the pipeline of future hotel owners and developers.”

The final pitch competition will take place at the new Marriott Headquarters in Bethesda, Md., April 27-28.  The competition will be followed by an awards and networking luncheon at the Marriott Bethesda Downtown, where all the participants will be celebrated.  This year’s Power in Numbers Panel at the luncheon will include a conversation with executive women leaders in finance from the hotel industry. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.shehasadeal.com.

About She Has a Deal

She Has a Deal was founded to create new pathways to hotel ownership and development for women through education, networking and mentorship.  SHaD’s signature program is an annual hotel investment pitch competition, SHaDPitch, for women.  Accepted pitching teams participate in a multi-module education series that walks them through the process of sourcing, evaluating, financing and pitching a hotel investment deal.  It’s not just a deal on paper: the pitching teams find, evaluate and propose real hotel deals, with the chance to win $50,000 in deal equity.  She Has a Deal also offers educational opportunities for all kinds of aspiring hotel investors through a MasterClass series and has an equity investment fund, SHaD Prosperity Fund I, that invests in women-led hotel investment projects originating from SHaDPitch and SHaD Alumnae.

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