Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 21, 2003

Jay Shah – Hersha Hospitality Trust

Jay H. Shah, Managing Director of the Hersha Group, currently directs the investment strategy management of Hersha's 22-hotel portfolio. In this capacity, he is also responsible for development activities and the structuring of all transactions in which Hersha is involved. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and earned his law degree and an MBA from Temple University. In his tenure at Hersha, Mr. Shah has been closely involved in hundreds of transactions including the IPO of Hersha Hospitality Trust. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a general summary of Hersha Hospitality

Trust and its function and organization today?

Mr. Shah: Hersha Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment

trust that focuses