Chuck Skelton founded Hospitality Advisory Services in 1991.

Chuck, as he was known professionally, was the Senior Principal in charge of Leisure Time and Real Estate Advisory Services consulting practices in Laventhol & Horwath's Michigan office.  He headed this group from 1983 to 1990. He then started Hospitality Advisors Consulting Group and U.S. Realty Consultants which he was President of from 1991-2019. 

Chuck served as Chairman of the Board of the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau on five different occasions and has served on its board of directors for 20 of the past 35 years.  Additionally, he served on the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce board for seven years in the 1980s. Continuing his public service, Chuck served for six years on the board of directors of Chelsea Community Hospital serving two of those years as Chairman in the 1990s.

He was mainly involved in numerous hotel and conference center development projects and has conducted seminars on the topic. Chuck developed the Chelsea Comfort Inn and Village Conference Center in Chelsea, Michigan, and continues to be an owner. He published “The Lodging Commentary”- a bi-annual publication on the health of the Michigan lodging industry regarded as the resource for the industry in Michigan. Chuck was a member of the Michigan Travel and Tourism Association, Vice Chair of the Washtenaw County Accommodations Ordinance Commission, and Board of Directors of Chelsea First.