2015 Gordon McKinnon
joins Otus team
2015 Ian Ailles joins
Otus team
2014 Peter Backman
joins Otus team
2012 Roger Maynard and
Richard Gooding join Otus team
2011 Chris Tarry and
Richard Carrick join Otus team
2010 Remy Gancel joins
Otus team
2010 Otus Analytics
publishing with Hotel Analyst
2009 Paul Slattery
writes The Economic Ascent of the Hotel Industry
2007 Launch of The
European Hotel Market 2003-2007
2006 Change of Address
2005 Otus in 2005
2005 Otus Corporate
Finance
2003 Otus Expands
2002 Introducing Otus
INTRODUCING OTUS
Otus – the largest genus of owls
Owl – a symbol of wisdom
Otus is a new, specialist firm which has been established to provide
top-quality, independent, strategic advice focusing exclusively on
the hospitality, travel and transport industries.
The key asset of Otus, which we believe is unequalled, is our knowledge,
expertise, experience and relationships across the hospitality, travel
and transport industries. We also believe we are unique in combining
long experience in the strategic analysis of the sector and companies
within it with an unrivalled track record in the execution of the
key transactions, of all sizes, national and international, which
have shaped the hospitality, travel and transport industries today.
Otus provides advice to senior managers on high-level, strategic issues.
We undertake analyses to enable clients to set strategic goals and
advise on how the goals can best be met. We advise clients on the
organic development of their businesses and we use our knowledge and
experience to enable clients to make effective transactions. We are
independent and so is our advice.
Also by drawing on the expertise of Chris Tarry and Mike Olsen and
other leading individuals in the hospitality, travel and transport
industries, and by working together with major institutions of various
types, including investment banks, Otus can offer a service which
is high value, broad and tailored to our clients’ needs.
We are looking forward to an exciting period as we develop the business,
and hope that we will have the opportunity to work with you in the
future.
Paul Slattery - Director, Otus & Co
Simon Read - Director, Otus & Co
December 2002
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OTUS
OTUS EXPANDS IN 2003
This has been an exciting year for us spent establishing the Otus
business and we thank our clients for the confidence they have shown
in us. The success we have had has enabled us to expand the team.
We are committed to attracting to Otus outstanding individuals in our
sectors who can draw on their knowledge and experience to offer
creative and effective advice to clients at a senior level. We are
therefore pleased that during the year the Otus team has been joined
by:
Simon Clayton, Special Advisor, formerly CFO of DHL
Ian Graham, Special Advisor, formerly a senior consultant with
Andersen/Deloitte
Roger Kitley, Special Advisor, formerly Managing Director of BAA
International
The Otus team has also been expanded to include experienced investment
bankers and consultants who provide support to Otus in undertaking
assignments.
As confidence returns to our sectors, we look forward to developing
the business further and having the opportunity to work with you in
the future.
December 2003
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OTUS
OTUS
CORPORATE FINANCE
Otus has extended its range of services through the formation of Otus
Corporate Finance LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority. We are now able to offer advice on a
full range of corporate finance activities, including mergers and
acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, MBOs/MBIs and financing
transactions.
In addition to corporate finance, Otus continues to provide high-level
strategic advice, and our focus remains on three industry sectors:
hospitality, travel and transport. Our clients include companies and
capital providers in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
ANDREW
BOSHOFF AND IAN GAMSE
Otus also announces two new appointments:
Andrew Boshoff
Otus & Co has appointed Andrew Boshoff as a director; he is also a
founding partner of Otus Corporate Finance. Andrew is an investment
banker who previously worked with CSFB/DLJ, where he led the
investment banking team on the IPO of easyJet, and at DrKW, where he
worked closely with Simon Read on a range of M&A and financing
transactions for companies in the transport and logistics industries.
He qualified as a solicitor with Linklaters
Ian Gamse
The Otus team has also been strengthened by the appointment of Ian
Gamse as a Consultant with particular responsibility for data analysis
and financial modelling. Ian initially developed these skills at SG
Warburg and has since applied them to the benefit of numerous
ventures.
March 2005
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OTUS IN 2005
Otus has continued to develop in 2005, with new clients, new services
and new members of the team.
STRATEGIC ADVICE AND
CORPORATE FINANCE
Otus added corporate finance to its services in 2005 through the
formation of Otus Corporate Finance LLP, which became authorised and
regulated by the Financial Services Authority in February. In addition
to corporate finance, Otus continues to provide high-level strategic
advice, and our focus remains on three industry sectors: hospitality,
travel and transport.
NEW TEAM MEMBERS
We are pleased that during the year the Otus team has been joined by:
Richard Atkinson
richardatkinson@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly CEO of Holidaybreak
Philippe Bruggisser
philippebruggisser@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly CEO of Swissair and SAirGroup
Chris Walton
chriswalton@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly CFO of easyJet
Richard Finston
richardfinston@otusco.com
M&A banker formerly with Deutsche and DrKW
In both strategic advice and corporate finance we have welcomed into
our roster of clients a range of international companies across all
three of our sectors, as well as capital providers. We thank our
clients for the confidence they have shown in us and look forward to a
busy 2006.
December 2005
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Otus has changed address to:
No 1 Cornhill
London EC3V 3ND
All existing phone numbers remain and in addition we have new numbers
as follows:
Head Office +44 (0)20 3008 7315
Facsimile +44 (0)20 3008 7316
December 2006
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THE EUROPEAN HOTEL MARKET 2003-2007
The Otus Hotel Brand Database provides a unique insight into the
dynamics of hotel supply. Our new report summarises the trends in
hotel supply in Europe over the last five years and is available free
by emailing database@otusco.com or by clicking
here.
December 2007
New book alerts
hotel chains to a long-term golden age of global growth
But advises the need for a more systematic approach to strategy and
investment
Oxford, 14 July 2009 – In his new book, The Economic Ascent of the
Hotel Business, aimed at hotel company executives, the full range of
their advisors as well as students and academics of hospitality
management, hospitality company investment expert, Paul Slattery,
illustrates how government policies create the structural balance of
economies, how this is directly linked to the patterns and volume of
hotel demand generated by each nation and how the hotel business
responds to progress in structural balance by creating and growing
hotel chains.
The Economic Ascent of the Hotel Business is the first book to provide
a systematic understanding of the growth of the hotel business. Mr.
Slattery draws on extensive contemporary data and events to chart the
historic structural development of economies and of the hotel business
illustrating patterns in their fundamental relationship. He focuses on
the conditions that produce and propel hotel chains and he provides a
more comprehensive basis on which future developments in hotel demand,
supply and performance can be approached.
According to the author, economies around the world and the hotels
business are now facing bigger economic and investment issues than
ever in their history. Decisions about economic policy are taking
shape and their impact on hotel demand could be transforming. The
potential is available for hotel demand growth to enter a golden age
that will last into the long-term and cut across several economic
cycles. This will have a major positive impact on the size and
complexity of hotel chains and require more systematic insights into
strategic development and investment.
Only rarely is the world faced with such large-scale shifts in
economic structure and never has there been the potential to grow
hotel demand to such new heights. It has taken all of history for each
of the four largest hotel companies in the world to reach 500,000
rooms. Mr.
Slattery anticipates that within the next ten years each could reach a
million rooms. The hotel business is about to become very much more
significant.
According to Mr. Slattery, ‘Along with greater economic significance
comes greater responsibility to investors and other stakeholders in
the hotel business. An understanding of the structural development of
economies enables us to identify more effective ways to measure the
hotel demand and hotel supply needs of economies and enables us to
plan investments more effectively. This book is about these big
economic and investment issues.’
July 2009
Otus Hotel
Brand Database published by hotel analyst
Produced by Otus Analytics, published in association with Hotel
Analyst
Hotel
Chains in Europe 2010
The Otus Hotel Brand Database is the most complete and consistent
source for information and analysis on European hotel supply, covering
more than 800 brands across the continent. For the first time, Otus,
in association with Hotel Analyst, is publishing comprehensive reports
on the European market, offering owners, operators, investors and
advisors a unique picture of both the general shape of the European
and individual country markets and a wealth of information on brands,
from the largest to the smallest.
March 2010
NEW TEAM MEMBER
REMY GANCEL JOINS
OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Remy Gancel
remygancel@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly Chairman of Sophia Group and managing
director of GE Real Estate
May 2010
NEW TEAM MEMBERS
CHRIS TARRY AND
RICHARD CARRICK JOIN OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Chris Tarry
christarry@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly a DrKW colleague and now air transport
industry consultant
Richard Carrick
richardcarrick@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly CEO of Hoseasons and now travel industry
consultant
October 2011
NEW TEAM MEMBERS
ROGER MAYNARD AND
RICHARD GOODING OBE JOIN OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Roger Maynard
rogermaynard@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly Director of British Airways
Richard Gooding OBE
richardgooding@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly CEO London City Airport
June 2012
NEW TEAM MEMBER
PETER BACKMAN JOINS OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Peter Backman
peterbackman@otusco.com
Special Advisor, Principal of Horizons
2014
NEW TEAM MEMBER
IAN AILLES JOINS OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Ian Ailles
ianailles@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly on the executive board of Thomas Cook
2015
NEW TEAM MEMBER
GORDON MCKINNON JOINS OTUS TEAM
We are pleased that the Otus team has been joined by:
Gordon McKinnon
gordonmckinnon@otusco.com
Special Advisor, formerly Chief Branding Officer of Carlson Worldwide
2015
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