Hospitality Analyst

Job Title

Hospitality Analyst

Job Description Summary

Hospitality Research & Strategic Advisory

Job Description

Main duties & detailed responsibilities of position:

Support C&W hospitality teams across Europe with ongoing research and advisory, working closely with the hospitality EMEA leadership and EMEA research teams based in London. Strengthen existing relationships and expand a robust client network to help position C&W hotel real estate services and research as leaders in the European market. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate European research publications, collaborating closely with the hospitality leadership based in London.
• Coordinate European usage and consolidation central resources and third-party tools/ databases in UK for the benefit of hospitality teams across Europe (e.g. CoStar subscription).
• Coordinate market-specific publications across Europe and provide research and advisory support to the various hospitality teams in each market. Provide in-depth analytical support to the UK hospitality team.
• Work in collaboration with the EMEA heads of research for various real estate sectors, based in London. Ensure hospitality research is part of pan-European multi-asset class publications.
• Provide support and analytical reporting for the asset management mandates in Europe. Key responsibilities include the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual asset management reports, budgets, pre-opening reports, and recommending optimization strategies for the hotels.
• Provide hotel ESG advisory support to various investors across Europe and liase with sustainability services department leadership based in London.
• Support with the training and management of interns and new joiners in the Research & Advisory department.
• Attend industry events to support the team profile in the market and seek to grow your network of contacts with a focus across Europe.
• Actively update and optimize current in-house processes.
• Provide support and coordinate with various admin tasks.

Qualifications, experience, and skills required for this position:

• Bachelor graduate from a leading hospitality school, with preferably electives/specialization in hotel real estate.
• 1-2 years of experience in hospitality real estate consultancy required, with preferably operational experience in hotels.
• Have a good understanding of various markets and cultures across EMEA to perform a central coordination and support role for all teams across the region.

• Multilingual professional with working proficiency in English required; additional European languages are a plus.

• Hotel sector knowledge concerning the nature of brands, management companies, investors and the latest trends affecting the industry on a European level.

• High proficiency using Microsoft Excel and financial modelling skills. Ability to work with extensive databases.
• Business and report writing experience.

Personal attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Time management skills.
• Detailed-oriented.
• Passion for the hospitality real estate sector.

INCO: "Cushman & Wakefield"