Faculty & Research
Scott D. Berman
Principal,
Real Estate Business Advisory Services
Industry Leader,
Hospitality & Leisure
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr. Berman is the Industry Leader of the Hospitality & Leisure Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. and a Principal in the Real Estate Business Advisory practice 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. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Resort Development Association, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research. Mr. Berman is Chairman of the
Industry Relations Committee for the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association, a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants. He has also 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.