Barry Sternlicht

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It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
- Barry Sternlicht
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
- Barry Sternlicht
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I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.
- Barry Sternlicht
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It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionate.
- Barry Sternlicht
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You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.
- Barry Sternlicht
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The American dream is still to own your home.
- Barry Sternlicht
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If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to dump stuff. The interest payments would be killing me.
- Barry Sternlicht
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I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.
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If it can be profitable to be green, that's just smart business.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
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I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse.
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Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.
- Barry Sternlicht
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Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak to a group of people and create them as loyalists.
- Barry Sternlicht
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The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.
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I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
- Barry Sternlicht
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We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.
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I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
- Barry Sternlicht