WE ADVISE DEVELOPERS ON HOSPITALITY MASTERPLAN CONCEPTS, DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT, ASSET MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS CONSULTING, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND OPERATOR SELECTION.
WE ALSO SUPPORT NASCENT HOTEL BRANDS ENTER THE MARKET WITH QUALIFIED PROJECTS THAT MEET THEIR GROWTH CRITERIA.
WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD WITH SOME OF THE REGION’S MOST AMBITIOUS AND COMPLEX HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENTS, OUR EXPERTS BRING DECADES OF COMBINED HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING DIVERGING MANAGEMENT MODELS WITH THE WORLD’S LARGEST AND SMALLER HOTEL BRANDS.
- Hospitality Planning
- Asset Management
- Operator selection and contracting
- Project and operations planning
- Specialized advisory services
Our practice starts with laying down the commercial foundations of your masterplan, be it a single hotel, mixed use development or complex masterplan with multiple properties and uses.
We deliver a carefully crafted and bespoke piece of work that considers location, economic conditions, the investment landscape, socio-political factors, tourism prospects, competitor landscape and more -before preparing the operating plan.
We support investors in preparing feasibility studies for their prospective investments and acquisition targets. Be it a highest and best use study, associated with a feasibility exercise and market demand study, to determine the appropriate development mix, or advise on the most suitable management model and matching it with the right brands.
With our deep industry contacts, we advise on the best way to attract and contract the most suitable brand under the desired operating model for your development.
Our team has a proven track record contracting leading and hotel brand names into the most complex developments in the region.
Investors can rely on us to interface between their construction teams and the myriad of consultants that a hospitality development attracts. Our services cover oversight of technical services, value engineering validation, space programming all the way to hotel pre-opening services.
For large scale and master plan developments, we devise operating strategies including destination positioning and marketing, mobility.
We provide confidential, professional and discreet expert advice in conflict resolution matters between hotel operator and owner.
The principals of InnSight are also available to provide board-level participation and advisory services – from startups to established hospitality companies.
Who we are
Neil is the Founder & MD of InnSight Advisory and Executive Director of Aleph Hospitality, the region’s leading independent hotel management company.
Within his 30 years of experience in the hotel industry and an international career spanning the US, Europe, the UK, Africa and the Middle East, Neil has held roles in hotel operations, consultancy, corporate finance and development.
Neil was previously SVP Acquisitions & Development at Starwood, responsible for Africa and the Middle East and prior to that, he was based in London in various roles as an industry expert with Deloitte and Arthur Andersen.
Neil holds a Masters degree in hospitality management from Cornell University, New York.
Following a successful 25-year career in the hospitality business, Bani Haddad founded Aleph Hospitality in 2015 to provide hotel owners in the Middle East and Africa with a customised, results-driven alternative to traditional hotel management models.
A visionary leader, acclaimed speaker and widely respected hotelier, Bani successfully developed, launched and managed several major international hotel brands prior to making the bold move to set up Aleph Hospitality.
From site selection, fundraising and construction at Hospitality Management Services and pre-and post-opening operations at Starwood and Disneyland Resort Paris, to strategic growth and development as Regional Vice President Middle East & Africa for Wyndham Hotel Group, Bani has first-hand experience in virtually every aspect of hotel management.
Under Bani’s leadership, Aleph Hospitality operates 10 hotels and has more than 15 under development in Africa and the Middle East.
Bani holds an MBA from IMHI, a joint programme established by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and ESSEC. Originally from Lebanon, Bani has lived in the United Arab Emirates since 2005.
Anton is a seasoned hospitality executive, with more than 20 years of extensive experience in corporate structuring and strategy, hotel operations, and hotel development in Europe and the Middle East.
Anton last served as Group Head of Operations at Red Sea Global overseeing hospitality and resort operations including Facilities Management, Security, Supply Chain, Mobility, Airport Management and Business Planning. Prior to that Anton served as Regional President of Viceroy Hotel Group, where he led the growth and operations of the Group outside the Americas, establishing a regional office in Abu Dhabi, and overseeing multiple long-term hotel management agreements for the company in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Before heading Viceroy's leadership team, he spent four years with Mubadala's Real Estate & Hospitality division where he directed the acquisition, restructuring, recapitalizing and turnaround of KOR Hotel Group, later rebranded as Viceroy Hotels Group. Anton strategized the structuring and negotiation of several of Mubadala’s real estate and hospitality investments in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Anton holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in International Hospitality Management from the Swiss Hotel Management School, Les Roches in Switzerland, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom.
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