Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Trust’s operations are affected by numerous factors, including the economy, competition in the hotel industry and the effect of the economy on the travel and hospitality industries.  The Trust cannot predict if any of the above items will have a significant impact in the future, nor can it predict what impact, if any, the occurrence of these or other events might have on the Trust’s operations and cash flows.  Significant estimates and assumptions made by management include, but are not limited to, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets and estimates of future cash flows used to test a long-lived asset for recoverability, the fair values of the long-lived assets, allowance for doubtful accounts and fair value of stock based-compensation.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Room, food and beverage, management and licensing fees, and other revenue are recognized as earned as services are provided and items are sold.  Sales taxes collected are excluded from gross revenue.

INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted income per Share of Beneficial Interest is computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Dilutive securities are limited to the Class A and Class B units of the Partnership, which are convertible into 3,684,069 Shares of the Beneficial Interest, as discussed in Note 1. 

At the beginning of each period, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of Beneficial Interest for units of the Partnership would have been 3,693,972 for the quarters ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon conversion of the Class A and Class B Partnership units were anti-dilutive during the six month periods ended July 31, 2014 and 2013. Therefore no reconciliation of basic and diluted income per share is presented.