What is happening to your business? Christie & Co would love to hear from you on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on your business and assets.

Paul Pisani, Senior Vice President Hotel Development and member of the founding and owning family of Corinthia Hotels, shares his thoughts on how the Covid19 crisis has affected hospitality in 2020 and his expectations for 2021 and beyond.

Sébastien Bazin, Chairman & CEO, Accor, and Mark Okerstrom, CEO, Expedia Group discuss perspective. 

Omer Isvan, President Servotel and Greg W. Greeley, President of Homes, Airbnb discuss thinking differently. 

Don't miss out on the 23rd International Hotel Investment Forum 2020, 2-3 March

Hotel Intercontinental, Berlin, Germany

The Meeting of Global Collaboration 

President and CEO of Hilton, Christopher Nassetta interviewed by Conference Host Nick Ross.

Rock climber, mountaineer and author, Cathy O'Dowd addresses the international hospitality investment audience with an inspirational presentation of her remarkable achievements and learnings on how communication and flexibility is key to situations of acute stress. 

Tim Arthur, previously editor and global CEO at Time Out and creative director at Virgin Money, reminds us how to transform businesses to better fit the changing world in which they operate by using emotional connections: trust; compassion and attraction.

Results are rolling in from the big global players as both Accor and IHG announced results this week. IHG refer to a muted recovery while Accor calls on discipline. And what will be of Marriott? We hear from Vrbo's Karen Mullins as she describes how the Expedia group's brand is performing with continued rise in extended stay.  And Alexi and Katherine are placing bets, join us to find out what is at stake! 

Results are rolling in from the big global players as both Accor and IHG announced results this week. IHG refer to a muted recovery while Accor calls on discipline. And what will be of Marriott? We also hear from Vrbo's Karen Mullins as she describes how the Expedia group's brand is performing with continued rise in extended stay.  And Alexi and Katherine are placing bets, join us to find out what is at stake! Watch the latest In Focus episode here. 

This week's guest for our In Focus series is Dimitris Manikis, President EMEA Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, who tells Katherine how Wyndham have navigated the storm this year with evidence of rebounding.  "It's all about retain, develop, serve: retain your customer base, develop your hotels and serve your customers." Katherine asks how targets have changed since the pandemic and what types of locations and types of properties they are now looking at. Wyndham have seen strong results from their loyalty programme and the newly launched Wyndham Direct, targeting corporate travellers from small organisations and he predicts that while luxury will remain an important investment, economy is going to be big in the years to come.  An interesting point Dimitris makes, is how he sees destinations competing for the same traveller and remains optimistic for the future of travel and hospitality.  You can watch the latest In Focus episodes here. 

On 19th November, the IHIF Advisory Board met virtually to take a temperature check on industry sentiment in a fast-changing market. Kicking off the conversation was a panel of investors hosted by Michael Hirst OBE, Chairman of the UK Government’s Events Industry Board, with Keith Evans, Chief Investment & Development Officer at Ennismore, Benjamin Habbel, CEO & Founding Partner of Limestone Capital, and Jan-Willem Terlouw, Director of Development Finance at Westmont. The panellists shared their experiences of the past year, and views for 2021 and beyond.

Is it better to be the first or last to the party? As the market piles up, now is the time to consider the value of your assets. Alexi & Katherine discuss the deals and bargains out there for investors with guest Tom Oakden. "This is the hotel sector, a mature asset class....you can bank on it so long as you take a long term view." 

Join us this week for all the latest news and development in the hospitality industry with Alexi Khajavi, Katherine Doggrell and this week's guest Tom Oakden of Hilltop Hospitality Advisors.  In discussion with Katherine, Tom explains "if sellers don't sell now, there will be a wall of assets on the market" and buyers will see a wall of capital competing their capital....What we need to see are deals which will lead to pricing discovery with transactions beginning to happen at prices both parties are comfortable with and that "certainty of sale" will emerge.