About HVS About the Authors

Charles Carpentier is an
HVS, the world’s leading consulting and services Associate HVS’s London office.
organisation focused on the hotel, mixed-use, shared Before joining HVS, he gained
operational and administrative
ownership, gaming, and leisure industries, was
experience in luxury hotels
founded in 1980. The company performs 4,500+ across France, Hong Kong,
assignments each year for hotel and real estate Ireland, and Switzerland, and
was also Executive Assistant to
owners, operators and developers worldwide. HVS the CEO of Babolat. Charles holds a Bachelor’s Degree
principals are regarded as the leading experts in their (Hons) in International Hospitality Business
Management from École hôtelière de Lausanne
respective regions of the globe. Through a network of (Switzerland) with a specialization in strategic hotel
50 offices and more than 250 professionals, HVS investments and hospitality mergers and
acquisitions. His primary responsibilities at HVS
provides an unparalleled range of complementary include valuations of single assets and hotel
services for the hospitality industry. www.hvs.com portfolios, feasibility studies, and market research
within the EMEA region.
ccarpentier@hvs.com
With offices in London since 1990, HVS LONDON
Stephen Collins is an Associate
serves clients with interests in the UK, Europe, the Director with HVS’s London
Middle East and Africa (EMEA). We have appraised office and has worked on a
broad variety of feasibility
some 4,000 hotels or projects in more than 50 studies, valuations, asset
countries in all major markets within the EMEA region management and other
consulting assignments across
for leading hotel companies, hotel owners and Europe. He joined the company
developers, investment groups and banks. Known as in 2014 after graduating top of his class with an MSc
in International Hotel Management from the
one of the foremost providers of hotel valuations and University of Surrey and spending a year working in
feasibility studies, and for our ability, experience and operations in one of London’s luxury hotels. He also
relationships throughout Europe, HVS London is on holds a bachelor’s degree in Management and
Organizational Studies specialising in Finance from
the valuation panels of numerous top international the University of Western Ontario.
banks which finance hotels and portfolios, as well as scollins@hvs.com

advising owners on their selection of hotel franchises

or management options.

Superior Results through Unrivalled Hospitality Intelligence.

Everywhere.

www.hvs.com HVS London |7-10 Chandos St, London W1G 9DQ, UK