Hotel Investment & Asset Management

Simon Hudspeth has been one of Europe’s leading hotel investment and development advisers for more than 20 years. He served for 10 years as a Director at two of the sector’s leading firms, and he has conducted, managed and directed many hundreds of hotel consultancy, valuation, and advisory assignments throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia. His extensive operational experience includes 13 hotel openings on four separate continents with Hyatt International. As an adviser he has been involved in many of the most significant European hotel investment deals of the past 20 years and he has worked in virtually all the major UK and European hotel markets.

In January 2009 Simon established Hotel Investment & Asset Management, which offers independent advisory services to hotel owners, investors, developers, funders and administrators on a retained or project-specific basis. Such advice is focused on acquisition due diligence, hotel development and investment strategy, financial appraisal, and value creation. Active asset management enhances return and capital value for hotel owners. Asset monitoring provides hotel owners with timely advice and reporting, effective communication with management, and close observation/ ‘supervision’ of operational management.

Simon is well-known for his integrity and attention to detail, and for the high quality of work conducted by him and by consultants and valuers under his supervision. He is a frequent speaker and writer, and a respected commentator on hotel investment trends and events.