Drees & Sommer takes a holistic approach when advising investors and developers on the realization of hotel projects. Our hospitality team supports projects from the outset with services including location feasibility, property valuation, operator selection, lease and management contract negotiations, as well as construction planning and consulting.

How can investment and development consulting support you?

• Does your company invest in hotel properties and rely on external consultants for location and concept assessment, property valuations, or profitability analyses?
• Do you need due diligence support to make informed investment or acquisition decisions?
• Do you require an independent hotel valuation prior to sale or acquisition?
• Does your hotel require a performance review, repositioning, or modernization to remain competitive?
• Do you need greater certainty in cost, schedule, and quality for your hotel project?
• Does your company require a reliable partner for 360° hospitality, real estate and technical consulting to support its European expansion strategy?
• Are you looking for future-oriented, sustainable, and intelligent solutions tailored to your business needs?

Key Focus Areas

• Investment reviews
• Concept and location feasibility analysis
• Profitability assessment
• Asset and facility management
• Sustainability
• Digitalization

Our Approach

We conduct workshops with our clients to define their goals and expectations, develop tailored service modules, and establish a clear implementation timeline for the proposed solutions. Our project teams take all technical, operational, and market-specific factors into account throughout the planning and decision-making process.

The hotel consulting services offered by Drees & Sommer:

• Expansion and development consulting services, including market and location analyses, feasibility studies, second opinions, and operational concept development
• Strategic real estate consulting, including hotel valuations, transaction consulting, technical due diligence, asset and facility management, resale potential assessments, digital readiness evaluations, and sustainability concepts
• Planning and design consulting, including investment cost estimates and project management

In addition, our specialists are on hand to address any construction engineering issues. We support your hotel project from the initial investment review and the development and planning of hotel operation through to real estate value creation. Services range from project control and specialist planning to energy consulting and construction management – all in collaboration with our interdisciplinary teams of experts from various specialist areas.