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Robert Barnard, partner, PKF
Robert is the partner responsible for directing the hotel consultancy arm of PKF’s management consultancy services. He has led a broad range of assignments throughout the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean, including strategic planning, hotel market studies with earnings estimates, valuations of individual assets and hotel portfolios and operational reviews. |
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Ian Blacker, partner, planning consultancy, John Rowan & Partners
Ian is head of Planning Advisory Services at John Rowan & Partners. He has over 20 years experience with market-leading private sector practices. He has advised a wide range of clients in the hotel and leisure industry, including Starwood Hotels, The Westbury Mayfair and Radisson Edwardian Hotels. |
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Tony Burnell, relationship director, Hotels and Leisure, Lloyds TSB
After joining Lloyds TSB in the early 1980’s, Tony has worked in Corporate Markets in the City for 15 years, having moved over from the West End where he spent the previous four years setting up and running a Business Centre. Over the last few years, Tony has built up a specialism in the hotel sector and is one of Lloyds TSB’s team focussing on this area. |
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David Campbell, president & ceo, The O2/AEG Europe
David Campbell is president and ceo of AEG Europe. David has overseen the transformation of the Millennium Dome into The O2, the state-of-the-art entertainment destination that opened in June 2007. Formerly chief executive of Visit London, Campbell has more than 25 years marketing and management experience at General Mills, Pepsi and Virgin. |
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Gregoir Chikaher, director, european and global hotels & leisure sector leader, Arup
Gregoir Chikaher is a director with Ove Arup & Partners, specialising in the multi-disciplinary design and management of hotel and leisure projects worldwide. He has been with Arup over twenty five years and has worked with all major international hotel chains and Arup has done more than 1000 hotel projects around the globe. Gregoir leads focused teams that understand the issues of owning, developing investing and operating hospitality, hotel and resort facilities. |
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Theo Constantinides, partner, Gardiner & Theobald
Theo is a partner at Gardiner & Theobald LLP and has been with the practice since 1998. He is one of the leaders of the practice’s Hotel Sector Group and as such has been actively involved in all aspects of cost planning and management on a number of high profile hotel projects for a variety of clients and operators. |
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Alex Flach, construction director, Whitbread
As construction director, Alex’s responsibility is to drive the construction, refurbishment, repairs and maintenance of Whitbread’s Hotel and Restaurants. Alex has worked for Whitbread for the last 13 years in a variety of roles and previously worked in private practice for a number of Architectural Practices. Alex is very interested in sustainability within construction and is the driving force behind the UK’s first sustainable budget hotel at Tamworth. |
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Tom Flatau, managing director, Teamworking International
As managing director of Teamworking International, Tom Flatau has created a new model of leadership and corporate training, working around the globe with clients such as HSBC, Qatar Airways, BBC and Unilever. Tom has always believed that the most powerful way to bring about transformation is to coach people to find the solution themselves. This principle is at the heart of his training programmes. |
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Stephen Frood MSc FRICS, partner – head of UK Hotels, Davis Langdon
Stephen Frood is a partner of Davis Langdon and heads up the firm’s UK based Hotel team.
Stephen has worked within the hotel sector for over fifteen years and has a wide range of experience across all aspects of the hotel industry within the UK. This covers both new build and refurbishment projects from the budget end of the market up to the luxury top end hotels in the country.
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Gerard Greene, ceo, Yotel
On a mission to revolutionise the hotel industry and save consumers from expensive and boring hotels, Gerard gave up work after five years as a hotel analyst and joined forces with Simon Woodroffe, founder of the YO! Group to develop YOTEL, “the world’s most radical hotel!”. As a director at HVS International, Gerard has worked on consultancy projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. |
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Jan Hazelton, managing director, Taylor Global Advisors
Ms. Hazelton is a seasoned hotel industry executive whose experience includes banking/lending, asset management, finance and development, feasibility and investment analysis in the hotel sector. Currently she is a principal of Taylor Global Advisors, an advisory firm that focuses on being a conduit between hotel lenders and hotel owners/developers/investors. |
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Tim Helliwell, head of hotel finance, Hospitality & Leisure Team, Barclays Corporate
As head of hotel finance for Barclays, Tim focuses his time on ensuring the bank maintains a cohesive approach to the market place both in terms of funding strategies and long term relationships with our clients and advisors. |
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Damien Kenny, managing director, Vivid Interiors
Damien Kenny is managing director of Vivid Interiors Limited, the fit out and refurbishment arm of Morgan Sindall PLC, working in the Hotels & Leisure, Education and Retail Sectors. Since joining the organisation two years ago, he has focused the business operations in the hotel sector at providing a solution management approach through innovative methods of construction for hotel projects across the UK. |
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Russell Kett, managing director, HVS – London Office
Russell Kett is managing director of the London office of HVS, the leading global specialist hotel valuation, consulting and brokerage firm which was founded in 1980. Russell has some thirty-five years’ specialist hotel consultancy, investment and real estate experience. |
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Jane Lawrence, director, Conran & Partners
Jane joined Conran & Partners in 1996 and is the Director of Interiors. She oversees the running of the interiors department and has been responsible for a wide range of projects in the commercial, retail, residential and leisure sectors. Jane recently completed the new Hix Restaurant and Champagne bar in Selfridges’ flagship Oxford Street store. |
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Vincent Martinez, projects director, The Alternative Hotel group
Vincent has worked in the construction and development industry for the past 40 years, with a considerable period spent working to support the hotel and leisure Industry. He currently holds the position of projects director for the Alternative Hotel Group. During his long career he has supported a varied number of companies, including Colliers CRE, Holiday Inn, Northfield Developments, Corus Hotels and the Alternative Hotel Group. |
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Craig Milne, project director, Marriott
Craig Milne’s role as project director involves supporting the Architecture & Construction (A&C) regional development and operations efforts in growth and product development while promoting Marriott’s exciting new brand initiatives. Craig has worked exclusively in the Hotel Design and Construction sector for the last 13 years. |
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Dexter Moren, director, Dexter Moren Associates
Dexter is recognised as an industry leader in the hotel & leisure sector. He is the founding director of Dexter Moren Associates, London and Moren Williams Lotter Forsythe, South Africa. With over 20 years experience, Dexter has worked with the majority of leading brands in the UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East and more recently Asia. |
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Paul Nash, director, Cyril Sweett
Paul is responsible for leading Cyril Sweett’s hospitality and leisure sector business and brings to the role a proven track record with some of the leading operators, developers and investors in the sector both in the UK and overseas. He has delivered a range of property and project based solutions for clients such as Marriott, Hilton, InterContinental Hotels and Merlin Entertainments. |
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Tina Norden, associate director, Conran & Partners
Tina leads a 20-strong team of designers who, amongst other things, are responsible for the design of all D&D London restaurants, including the award-winning ‘Skylon’ restaurant in the Grade I listed Royal Festival Hall. The team is currently designing a hotel and restaurant to be housed in Birmingham’s Cube, as well as designs for a new London Hotel for the Frogmore Group; South Place and a hotel in Hong Kong. |
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Andrew Nycyk, partner (member), John Rowan & Partners
Andrew is an equity partner at John Rowan & Partners and is head of the Hotel and Leisure Division. He has over 20 years experience in the Hospitality Sector and brings a Consultant and Clients perspective to his projects. |
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David Orr, chief executive, City Inn
Since May 1995, David has been responsible, along with Co-Founders, for leading the research and creation from scratch of a pure new build, City Centre hotel brand and business. Currently there are six hotels: Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, Westminster, Manchester and Leeds plus two new are under construction in London and Amsterdam. |
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Patrick Reardon, executive chairman, Reardon Smith Architects
Patrick has worked in the hotel industry for nearly 40 years, including several in the U.S. with responsibility for worldwide architecture at Holiday Inn International and, subsequently, Hyatt International. As executive chairman of ReardonSmith Architects, his unparalleled experience is particularly valuable for identifying the optimum scheme that meets the client’s objectives within the constraints of planning while fully respecting the heritage and environment of each location. |
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Stephen Richardson, director and head of hotel valuations, Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality, EMEA
Stephen has considerable experience in the valuation and appraisal of hotels. He is head of Hotel Valuations EMEA at Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality, and has completed or is completing valuation projects in London, Paris, Moscow and Minsk. Towards the end of 2009, he was the lead partner in the sale of the Silken Building, 336-337 Strand, London where a price in excess of £110 million was realised. |
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Charles Scudamore, director, TRI Hospitality Consulting
Charles specialises in market demand and financial feasibility studies, business development and financial modelling and analysis. During his time with TRI, he has been involved with and managed a range of projects, from single asset hotel studies to large integrated mixed-use tourist resorts. He has a strong background in investment analysis and project appraisal and has worked extensively in UK, Europe and North Africa.
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Andrew Shaw, development director UK & Ireland, Accor
Andrew’s role at Accor is to co-ordinate the company’s development team covering the UK and Ireland, and to implement the company’s evolving Asset Right strategy which is resulting in an increasing focus on the franchise and management contract development models. Through his previous consultancy and current development roles he has gained extensive knowledge of the hotel and leisure sectors across the Europe, Africa and Middle East region. |
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Ian Springford, director, Ian Springford Architects
Ian Springford Architects was established in 2000, the practice is based in Edinburgh and has recently opened an office in London. Ian has worked with Apex Hotels for over 10 years and has helped develop their brand from a single 3 star hotel in Edinburgh into a chain of award winning independent 4 star hotels across the country. |
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Andy Taylor, director, ISG
Andy Taylor is a director at ISG Pearce and has a wealth of industry experience spanning over 30 years. Andy joined ISG Pearce as an architect in 1985, he was appointed as a director of Pearce Leisure from 1996 to 2003 and has since held the role of company architect and head of innovation within ISG Pearce. He is a passionate supporter of sustainable construction and has ensured that ISG Pearce construction and design staff are engaged with new technologies. |
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Toby Wait, national director, project and development services, hotels, Jones Lang LaSalle
Toby is the director responsible for the Hotels division of Project & Development Services (the Project/Cost Management and Building Surveying arm within Jones Lang LaSalle). Their Clients include Whitbread, Host Hotels and Resorts, Yotel, Starwood Capital, Marriott and IHG. Toby has been instrumental in helping develop and grow hotel brands throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
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Michelle Webb, senior vice president, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
Michelle Webb is senior vice president in the investment sales department of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. Based in London, she is focused on hotel development mandates throughout the UK and Europe. This includes operator selection, management and lease negotiation, site and turnkey sales as well as development advice. |
