What is HOFTEL?
HOFTEL is a by-invitation-only network/alliance of hospitality property investors – the only one which is both international and multi-operator. Today, we have over 80 members and subscribers, controlling around US$ 100 billion in hospitality real estate. We work to represent the disparate owners of hotels and provide them with a voice as a distinct industry sector.
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GIOHIS 2020
Gulf & Indian Ocean Hotel Investors’ Summit A hotel investment event run by investors and designed for investors.
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SEAHIS 2020
South East Asia Hotel Investors’ Summit A hotel investment event run by investors and designed for investors.
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Members
HOFTEL members include virtually every type of hotel and serviced apartment real estate investor. We have billion-dollar funds and small family offices, REITs and developers, specialist hotel owning groups and sovereigns. Some members receive rents from third party operators, many of them have management agreements and an increasing number operate their own properties under franchise or with their own brands. Hotels under the HOFTEL umbrella range from flags like Aman, Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton to Ibis and Citizen M. What our members have in common is a belief that the sector faces unprecedented challenges (the scaling up of the big brand companies, the rise of the OTAs and the sharing economy) and that working together brings benefits that far outweigh the costs.
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Hotel Owners' Journal
The Hotel Owners’ Journal is HOFTEL’s quarterly newsletter, packed with tips for owners, industry news and insightful comment. It is available only to members and sponsors. It contains news updates, articles about the industry with a specific focus on issues affecting hotel property investors, stories about our members and their activities, regular updates on the latest results from our proprietary Leading Indicator Profiler, and input from our sponsors.
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Middle East and Indian Ocean HOFTEL Members' Summit
Open to HOFTEL members and sponsors only
10th – 11th February 2020
Al Bait Sharjah - a GHM hotel, Heart of Sharjah - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates
HOFTEL/ Mayer Brown IHIF Dinner
3rd March 2020
Classic Remise, Berlin, Germany
GIOHIS Update
By invitation only
20th April 2020 (during ATM)
Fairmont Dubai, UAE
SEAHIS - the South East Asia Hotel Investors' Summit
Open to the public
14th – 15th May 2020
Westin Bangkok, Thailand
Sponsors
A number of third party companies sponsor HOFTEL’s activities. These sponsors support the group with information and articles for the Hotel Owners Journal, but they are not members, and are encouraged not to advertise but rather to provide useful information and specialised advisory services to the members of HOFTEL.
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Investor Summits
HOFTEL runs hotel investor summits in the UAE and Bangkok. Halfway between a senior management seminar and an investment conference, these are niche events where we focus our sessions on hotel owner concerns and where the majority of speakers are from hotel real estate investors. Participants are senior and relevant.
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