Chuck Pinkowski
Owner
Pinkowski & Company
Chuck’s experience includes seventeen years in Memphis with an international accounting and consulting firm managing the hospitality industry consulting practice throughout the southeastern part of the nation. He also was Vice President of Development Planning for a major international hotel company where he was responsible for planning the development of four distinct hotel brands nationwide.
Since creating his Memphis based company, Chuck has provided consulting assistance for his clients in 45 states. This consultation includes development planning, investment analysis, market feasibility work, chain/brand evaluations and litigation assignments for a variety of issues. Chuck has been involved in the evaluation, planning and development of destination resorts, convention hotels, conference centers, extended stay lodging facilities, select service hotels, and numerous mixed use projects.
Chuck is the founding Chairman of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, an organization of over 250 members in more than 22 countries around the world specializing in consultation to the hospitality industry. He is an Advisory Board Member and frequent speaker for the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) since its inception. He also is an Advisory Board Member and guest speaker for The Hunter Conference – A National Hotel Investment Conference for the past 30 years. Chuck has been actively involved in the American Hotel and Lodging Association for most of his professional career and is a board member of the Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association and the Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association. Chuck is a member of the Real Estate Investment Management Advisory Council for The School of Hospitality and Business at Michigan State University. He also is an advisory board member for the Kemmons Wilson School of Hotel and Resort Management at the University of Memphis.