Alan Tantleff

Alan Tantleff is the leader of the Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure industry practice. Mr. Tantleff applies his broad background and experience in hospitality to a wide variety of engagements, with a particular focus on strategy, business process improvement, initial public offering preparedness, investment banking and transactional support, and workouts and financial restructurings. Mr. Tantleff has advised boards of directors, Chief Executive Officers, lenders, borrowers and other stakeholders on numerous high-profile hospitality matters.

Most recently, Mr. Tantleff served as Chief Restructuring Officer to Eagle Hospitality Group, a Singapore-based REIT that owned 18 hotel properties throughout the United States, including such prominent properties as the Queen Mary Long Beach, the Westin Sacramento and the Renaissance Denver Hotel.

Mr. Tantleff began his career at the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City as the Senior Operations Analyst responsible for the profitable operation of the casino-hotel. Shortly after that, he was recruited to manage the $2 billion hospitality portfolio of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the nation's largest institutional owner of hotels. In this capacity, he oversaw all phases of Prudential's investment strategy, including liaising with managers, partners and investors; acquisitions, dispositions and due diligence; and asset management.

After executing a number of private and public market transactions for the insurer, Mr. Tantleff joined Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels as the leader of the New York office, where he led the brokerage group's most active practice and initiated the company's foray into asset management. At JLL, he was a founding member of the International Capital Committee, which matched international capital with opportunities globally. At the onset of the financial crisis, he joined BlackRock Financial Services, leading the efforts in restructuring the hospitality component of the financial manager's $6 billion sub-debt portfolio. He also held senior management positions at Hotel Asset Value Enhancement and Granite Partners (Savilles).

Mr. Tantleff is a former advisory board member of Checked-In, an app to assist travelers to connect with their network when traveling. He serves on the Board of Directors of Cornell University's Center for Real Estate Finance. Mr. Tantleff is a former representative and board member of the Cornell Alumni Federation, where he represented the School of Hotel Administration in university affairs.

Awards & Recognition:

• Notable Leaders in Real Estate, Crain's New York Business (2023)
• The Top 25 Travel and Hospitality Consultants and Leaders, The Consulting Report (2023)