BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2018--
RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that Ryan
Meliker will be joining the Company as Senior Vice President, Corporate
Strategy and Investor Relations, effective January 17, 2018. Mr. Meliker
will report to Leslie D. Hale, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer.
“We are excited for Ryan to join the RLJ team. With more than 15 years
of experience as a lodging and real estate research analyst, Ryan is
well-known and highly regarded by the investment community,” commented
Ms. Hale. “Not only does he possess significant lodging industry
experience, he also covered RLJ for many years and is very familiar with
our assets, business and strategy.”
Most recently, Mr. Meliker was Managing Director at Canaccord Genuity
where he was the senior lodging and REIT analyst. Prior to that, he was
Managing Director at MLV & Company and was also the lead lodging REIT
analyst at Morgan Stanley Equity Research.
About Us
RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate
investment trust focused on acquiring premium-branded, focused-service
and compact full-service hotels. The Company’s portfolio consists of 157
hotels with approximately 30,800 rooms located in 26 states and the
District of Columbia and an ownership interest in one unconsolidated
hotel with 171 rooms.
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RLJ Lodging Trust
Leslie D. Hale, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, (301) 280-7774
