It seems like every day there is a new article about direct foreign investment in the United States -- particularly Asian or Chinese investment. This swelling wave of capital is largely focused on hotels, and the trend has some important implications.

Asian investment accounted for 8 percent of U.S. hotels purchased in 2010, and Jones Lang LaSalle expects that this amount will increase to the low double digits in 2011.

If you want to do business with these investors, it can be important to understand their motivations. What is it that Asian investors find attractive about US hotel investments? What are their goals and concerns? What are the drivers for this capital?

Here is our quick recap of some most important considerations we have seen underlying the explosion of direct foreign investment by Asian investors.

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