Savills
Director - Hotel Operator Selection and Advisory UK
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Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded and entrepreneurial Director to establish and grow Savills' Hotel Operator Selection and Advisory offering across the UK. Working within the Hotels team and wider Operational Capital Markets platform, you will advise hotel owners, developers, investors and lenders on operator procurement, brand strategy, management agreement negotiations and asset positioning, helping clients maximise value across the hotel lifecycle.
This is a unique opportunity to become a recognised industry expert within a leading hospitality advisory business. Working across acquisitions, developments, refinancings and disposals, you will provide strategic advice on complex hotel and operational real estate assignments, delivering value to institutional, private equity and owner-operator clients.
As a senior leader, you will be responsible for originating and securing new business opportunities, leading hotel operator and brand selection mandates, overseeing transaction delivery and developing long-term client relationships across the UK hotel market. Working closely with colleagues across Capital Markets, Valuation, Development Consultancy and Debt Advisory, you will play a key role in delivering integrated client solutions.
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The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge of the hotel real estate and investment market, a proven track record in business development and transaction execution, and the credibility to advise senior stakeholders on complex strategic decisions. You will also contribute to market thought leadership, support business planning initiatives and mentor junior team members within a collaborative and high-performing environment.
This role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape a market-leading advisory proposition within a growing specialist business and further strengthen Savills' position as a leading advisor to the hotel and hospitality sector.
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
- 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP
- Global Mobility Scheme
- Rewards Platform
- Company Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
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Team Overview
Savills Hotels forms part of the Operational Capital Markets division, a specialist platform advising across hotels, residential, student accommodation, healthcare, senior living and other operational real estate sectors. The Hotels team combines hotel market expertise with capital markets, corporate finance and debt advisory capabilities, providing clients with market-leading transactional, consultancy and financing advice across the UK and EMEA. Based within a 150-person OCM platform, the team benefits from Savills' global network and investor reach. Source: Savills Hotels and OCM.
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Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
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