Success Stories
Whether a seasoned investor or venturing into hospitality for the first time, our experienced team of experts stands ready to work with you and your business. In an ever-evolving landscape, we consistently deliver innovative strategies that maximise returns and redefine success.
Our proven track record speaks volumes and we our confidence in ability to deliver.
Explore our Success Stories – this is our showcase of how we use our industry knowledge to create exceptional returns for the clients that we work with.
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Driving Hotel Value Through Strategic Management
1 Assembled experienced hotel management team
2 Developed commercial plan to increase occupancy, rates & revenue
3 Reorganised sales around key customer segments
4 Invested capital to elevate asset quality
5 Grew EBITDA 120% through revenue growth
6 Sold portfolio at 2.5x return target
7 Delivered outsized returns through operational expertise
By taking over an underperforming European hotel portfolio, instituting a transformed commercial strategy, and targeting capex investments, we substantially increased cash flow, asset value and returns for our investment partner over a 5-year period.
Our specialized hotel management expertise continues generating outsized value creation outcomes.
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Luxury Resort Increases Revenue 58% in 4 Years with Strategic Asset Management
We partnered with one of Europe's largest iconic luxury resorts, and chosen for our enviable track record, to drive exceptional returns for the owner and improved operating margins for the management.
Through developing two signature restaurant concepts on property, identifying €5M in cost savings, and aligning management incentives, we increased resort revenues by €15M and achieved 35%+ margins over a 4-year engagement. Additional commercial strategies expanded the resort's client base and maximised the revenue streams for continued outperformance.
With asset optimisation and strategic revenue growth, our company helped the legendary property to increase total revenue 58% over the 4 years. Our asset management expertise and unique management style drives bottom line results for institutional investors in the highly competitive hospitality sector.
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HOTEL EBITDA GREW BY 183%
A group of four luxury hotels within the UK, situated in desirable leisure and business locations requested we asset manage and identify value enhancement opportunities and create a soft international brand to attract joint venture partners and future management contracts.
In order to identify opportunities we conducted a business review and implemented value enhancement actions to maximise the value of the group. This comprised of creating a leading hotel brand within the luxury market alongside an award winning talent strategy. We repositioned hotel assets providing innovative customer products, whilst a capex programme supported the drive for a new customer base for the future. A well thought out commercial strategy and best practice plan to outperform our competitor sets in all destinations was key to the success and results we achieved – including growing hotel value by 163%.
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REVENUE GROWTH 15% IN FIRST YEAR
We were looking at a portfolio of hotel assets owned by a global private investment company, located across the UK and tasked to identify and optimise all commercial opportunities, resulting in performance turnaround and above-market growth.
We conducted a diagnostic business review to identify opportunities and implement priority commercial actions within 3 months. Key to the success was changing the management team’s mind-set to deploy action plans that radically improved awareness, identity, reputation and positioning of each asset within its respective market. Implementing leading-edge measurable tools, systems and processes to facilitate sizeable business-mix change and TRevPAR focus, from a largely rooms-focussed operation. 15% growth in revenue in the first year then above market growths in future years – was a success!
Testimonials
The following testimonials from some of our valued corporate partners exemplify our successful track record and industry-leading expertise in hotel operations and management. Read on to see how Four Corners' hospitality solutions have allowed businesses to thrive, delight guests, and achieve remarkable results in today's competitive hospitality landscape.
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Natalia Kolotneva: Head of Living & Hospitality, Europe, LaSalle Investment Management
Four Corners Hospitality Group (FCHG) recently supported LaSalle's asset management team with the re-opening of one of our central London hotel investments. FCHG was able to provide specialist hotel sector asset management expertise, and I was really impressed with their creative approach to re-positioning a hotel in this market. They have a fantastic team offering a wide range of experience to provide strategic foresight, analytical skills, commercial acumen and problem-solving skills.
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Dimitris Manikis: President EMEA Wyndham Hotels
Four Corners Hospitality Group have successfully repurposed and re-positioned one of our luxury resorts in Southern Europe, adding significant value.
Tim and the team have put us in a position for long-term success by maximising performance across the asset. We would have no hesitation recommending FCHG to our business partners to create significant value.
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Aiden McAuley – COO Managed Hotels Europe & North Africa – Accor
Having worked with Tim Shearman over several years, I’ve found his experience and insight most extensive. Pragmatic and relevant, he and his specialist team have an excellent dedicated understanding of the necessary levers in order to optimise a transaction and add value to an asset. I would have no hesitation in recommending his extensive services.
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Tim Walton: Senior Vice President of Hotel Development - Western Europe at Marriott International
I’ve known and worked with Tim, in various capacities, for nearly 20 years. My experience of working with Tim and his team has been consistently excellent and I have no hesitation in recommending their expertise.
Tim is a well-known hotelier and is held in the highest regard by his peers as well as his clients. Over the years, Tim has always understood the vision of the projects we have worked on together, and I have always found him to be both refreshingly pragmatic and commercially astute.
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Felicity Jones: Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
I have worked with Tim for over 20 years on various Hotel Management agreement projects. The wisdom and hospitality industry expertise that Tim brings to the table is hard to come by, and he is always willing to share that knowledge with those around him. I would have no hesitation in recommending Tim and his team at FCHG and look forward to working on more projects together.