ashford inc. is a publicly traded (nyse mkt: ainc) third-party asset manager and service provider to the hospitality industry with more than $6 billion in assets under management. ashford inc. currently serves as the external manager for ashford hospitality prime (nyse: ahp) and ashford hospitality trust (nyse: aht). ashford hospitality prime invests primarily in high revpar, luxury, upper upscale and upscale hotels in gateway and resort locations. ashford hospitality trust invests opportunistically with a focus on full-service upscale and upper upscale hotels that have a revpar generally less than twice the u.s. national average. ashford hospitality prime and ashford hospitality trust have been public companies since november 2013 and august 2003, respectively.