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Giga-project & masterplan hospitality strategy
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Giga-project & masterplan hospitality strategy

Hospitality vision and programme development for giga-projects and large-scale masterplans, spanning multiple districts, hotels and years of phased delivery.

Giga-project and masterplan hospitality strategy is hospitality vision, programme and F&B masterplanning for large-scale, often government-backed developments spanning multiple districts, hotels and phases, delivered over years rather than a single project timeline.

Who this is for

Government and sovereign-backed development authorities, masterplanners and architecture firms leading a giga-project, and investors delivering a multi-phase, multi-district destination.

What this covers

Hospitality strategy at the scale of a masterplan, coordinated across districts and phases rather than a single site.

Giga-project strategy vs. resort & hotel development

Scale is the difference: a masterplan of destinations, versus a single destination.

TermWhat it answers
Giga-project & masterplan strategyHospitality vision across multiple districts, hotels and phases within one masterplan.
Resort & hotel developmentEnd-to-end advisory for a single hotel or resort destination.

A giga-project typically contains many individual resort and hotel development briefs within it, each run using that discipline, coordinated at the masterplan level.

Key terms

Gross floor area at masterplan scale Phased delivery District programming Anchor destinations Government stakeholder alignment

How we work

A small, senior team stays engaged across years, not months, so hospitality decisions made in an early masterplanning workshop are still being honoured by the time individual hotels reach delivery.

The output

A hospitality and F&B strategy at masterplan scale, covering phasing, district-level positioning, operator strategy and the governance needed to maintain coherence across a multi-year programme.

Expo 2030 Riyadh
Recent work

Expo 2030 Riyadh

Hospitality vision, master planning and programme development for this 6,000,000 m² site across five distinct districts.

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Common questions

What counts as a giga-project?

Large-scale, often government-backed developments spanning multiple districts, hotels and years of phased delivery, rather than a single site or building.

Do you work directly with government or sovereign development authorities?

Yes, this is a common client type for this specific discipline.

How long do these engagements typically run?

Multi-year, often alongside the masterplan's full delivery programme rather than a fixed-term project.

Can you support just one phase or district within a larger masterplan?

Yes, though we'll always look at how that phase fits the wider hospitality vision.

Delivering hospitality strategy for a giga-project or major masterplan?

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