Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a strategic real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, renovating, upbranding, and repositioning full-service hotels with an upscale to upper-upscale target market in the Southern region of the United States. The company, which is self-managed and self-administered, also possesses an opportunistic approach in acquiring hotels across the nation. At present, Sotherly boasts a diversified portfolio of ten hotel properties totaling 2,786 rooms, along with interests in two condominium hotels and corresponding rental programs. The hotels owned by the company operate under the Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt Hotels Corporation brands, as well as independent hotel groups. Headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia, Sotherly Hotels Inc. has been in operation since its inception in 2004.