Mr. Berman is the Industry Leader of the Hospitality & Leisure Practice, and a Principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. in Miami. Mr. Berman is a specialist in the field of hotel and resort development and operations with 25 years of experience providing consulting services in the United States, South America, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean Basin, Europe, the Far East and the former Soviet Union. He has experience with a multitude of leisure time and tourism related projects including, but not limited to, hotels and resorts of all types, cruise lines, vacation ownership and resort residential development, recreational facilities such as spas and marinas, cruise ships, casinos,
theme parks and other public assembly facilities. Mr. Berman holds a B.S. from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. Mr. Berman is an active member of the Urban Land Institute Hotel Development Council (HDC) and its former Chair; Vice Chair of the ULI Florida Hospitality & Recreational Development Council; a member of the Advisory Board of the Cornell University Center
for Hospitality Research; Chairman of the Industry Relations Committee for the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association; and a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Resort Development Association. He has appeared on CNN's Inside Business as a leisure industry expert and is frequently quoted on hospitality issues in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Forbes, and a variety of industry
publications.