KANSAS CITY, MO — Hotel Brokers International (HBI), with more than 100 hotel brokerage specialists, has expanded to the Far East by adding the multi-office hotel brokerage firms of Resort Brokers Australia and Resort Brokers New Zealand. The separate companies combined expands HBI to 37 offices, giving the organization a two-way bridge between the Far East and The Americas. Under the agreements, Resort Brokers Australia and Resort Brokers New Zealand will continue to maintain independent offices but will work with HBI to facilitate sales, improve training and certification programs. U.S.-based HBI members will work with Resort Brokers in directing U.S.-based franchisors to Far Eastern properties that have brand potential. Resort Brokers will also refer buyers from “down under” with an interest in acquiring U.S. hotel real estate, and act as liasons to HBI’s U.S. and South American clients who seek expertise for expansion in the Far East, especially Southeast Asia. The expanded HBI network already has two transactions underway. HBI broker Greer Lee of New Mexico-based Scoggin Blue LLC is working with Resort Brokers New Zealand’s offices to help a Tahiti-based client locate a New Zealand hotel. Resort Brokers Australia recently secured a listing for a $13 million hotel in Kuala Lumpur in part due to its new affiliation with HBI.
