Focusing on your needs and experience
Lodging, restaurant and gaming organizations continue to operate in evolving markets with changing customer preferences, discretionary spending fluctuations, and labor and other supply disruptions creating challenges and opportunities. Our industry professionals have experience serving all segments of the industry, including timeshare, vacation rental, cruise and country club organizations. We stand ready to help you address complex issues like regulatory compliance, risk management, cybersecurity and fraud mitigation, M&A and workforce. Our audit and tax services include professionals who know your industry and can not only execute efficiently and effectively but also go beyond, providing insights and adding value for your investment in compliance.
Selected sectors we serve
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Lodging
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Restaurants
- Gaming
While demand for lodging, including hotels, timeshare and vacation rentals, by both corporate and leisure guests has rebounded, economic uncertainties, global instability and rising interest rates remain persistent headwinds. Our audit, tax and advisory teams have the scale to serve you as you grow.
Restaurant owners and operators have been buffeted by high turnover and inflation, even while benefiting from renewed appreciation of away-from-home dining. With our help, you can pursue a path to keep moving toward your goal.
Spurred by favorable legislation, technological advances, and consumer preferences, the casino, gaming, tribal gaming and iGaming sectors have enjoyed steady growth and are considering different business models. Our multi-disciplinary teams understand these opportunities and work with you to stay compliant and minimize risk so your business can acquire market share.
How we can help you
Whether your needs range from compliance to consulting, our dedicated, hospitality-focused audit, tax and advisory teams are ready to help, with the scale, skill and service you’ll only find here.
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Connect with our Hospitality & Restaurant leaders
Alex Rhodes
National Managing Principal, Hospitality & Restaurants Industry
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Partner, Audit Services, Grant Thornton LLP
Alex is a partner in Grant Thornton’s audit services practice based in Fort Lauderdale with almost 20 years of experience serving publicly traded and privately held clients in an accounting
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Industries
- Construction & real estate
- Hospitality & Restaurants
Service Experience
- Audit & Assurance
Lauren Spegal
Partner, Hospitality & Restaurants Audit Leader Grant Thornton LLP
Principal, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Lauren is a partner in the audit practice of Grant Thornton's Charlotte office and has more than 16 years of public accounting experience.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Industries
- Construction & real estate
- Hospitality & Restaurants
Service Experience
- Audit
Dawn M. Olivardia
Orlando Office Managing Principal, Hospitality & Restaurant Industry Leadership Team and Florida Tax Principal In-Charge
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Dawn is the Market Managing Principal of the Florida practice of Grant Thornton, which consists of offices in Fort Lauderdale.
Orlando, Florida
Industries
- Construction & real estate
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing, Transportation & Distribution
- Technology, media & telecommunications
- Not-for-profit & higher education
- Transportation & distribution
- Hospitality & Restaurants
Service Experience
- Strategic federal tax
- Tax
Eric Burgess
Principal, Transaction Advisory Services
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Eric is a Partner in our Transaction Services practice. He has developed extensive transaction experience serving as an adviser to multinational companies, middle market private equity firms and local corporations. He has been involved in more than 400 transactions with more than 100 different private equity investors, multinational companies, lenders and strategic corporate acquirers. Eric has significant M&A experience across many industries.
Dallas, Texas
Industries
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing, Transportation & Distribution
- Transportation & distribution
- Energy
- Hospitality & Restaurants
Service Experience
- Transaction advisory
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