Our Knowledge and Experience
Our experience is broad, combining different skills + different experience
We combine skills in the strategic analysis of companies and industries with skills in the execution of deals for clients
We combine a track record of strategic advice with a track record of major transactions in the hospitality, travel and transport sectors
Our experience is deep, adding up to decades in the City, industry and academia
Our careers have been with “blue chip” institutions
We have gained in-depth knowledge of our area of industrial focus over a long period
We have worked through booms and busts, bull and bear markets
Advisory/M&A clients/projects have included:
3i (UK) – buy-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Alchemy Partners (UK) – buy-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Anouska Hempel (UK) – strategic advice (Hotels)
All Leisure Group (UK) – sell-side M&A advice (Travel)
Arabella Hospitality (Germany) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Barclays Private Equity (UK)– buy-side M&A advice (Travel)
Carlson Companies (US) – sell-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Canada Pension Plan (Canada) – buy-side M&A advice (Airports)
Clermont Hotel Group (Singapore) - M&A + strategic advice (Hotels)
Edwardian (UK) – buy-side M&A + strategic advice (Hotels)
EFFAT (Belgium) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Expedia (US) – advice various (Travel)
EUJet (UK) – start-up airline advice (Airline)
Flyaway (Swiss) – start-up airline funding (Airline)
GE Real Estate (US) – buy-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Global Hotel Alliance (Dubai) – strategic/various advice (Hotels)
Groupe Chez Gerard (UK) – strategic advice (Restaurants)
Lloyds/HBOS (UK) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Hilton (UK) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Holidaybreak (UK) – buy-side M&A advice (Travel)
Host Hotels (US) – strategic advice (Hotels)
IPC (Israel) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Istria Tourist Board (Croatia) - strategic advice (Airline)
Jurys Inn (Ireland) – strategic advice (Hotels)
London 2012 (UK) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Marriott (US) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Minor International (Thai) – buy-side M&A advice (Restaurants)
Miral (Abu Dhabi) - strategic advice (Travel)
NH Hoteles (Spain) – buy-side M&A + strategic advice (Hotels)
Orient-Express Hotels (UK) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Public Sector Pension (Canada) – buy-side M&A advice (Airport)
Radisson (Belgium) – sell-side M&A + strategic advice (Hotels)
RBS (UK) – buy-side M&A advice (Leisure)
Scandic (Sweden)– strategic advice (Hotels)
Starwood (US) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Starwood Capital (US) – strategic advice (Hotels)
Tata (India) – buy-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Vacalians (France) – buy-side M&A advice (Travel)
Warburg Pincus (UK) – buy-side M&A advice (Hotels)
Whitbread (UK) – buy-side M&A + strategic advice (Hotels)
Sub-sectors of activity: hotels, restaurants, leisure venues, travel distribution, tour operating, airlines, airports, logistics, suppliers
Clients/projects are of all types and sizes and mainly from within Europe with particular focus on mid-cap corporates