Commercial due diligence
Operator-led commercial due diligence for hotels, resorts, leisure venues and mixed-use hospitality assets — testing the investment thesis against operational reality before capital commits.
Commercial due diligence across the full spectrum of hospitality and leisure assets — hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, wellness destinations, entertainment venues, members’ clubs and mixed-use developments — ahead of an acquisition, investment, refinancing or operator change.
We test the story in the information memorandum against what we find on the ground: asset quality, revenue management effectiveness, brand positioning, operator capability, guest satisfaction trajectory, and the gap between current performance and realistic upside.
Private equity firms, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, REITs, institutional investors and lenders assessing hospitality and leisure assets. We sit on the investor side of the table, providing the operational insight that financial models alone cannot capture.
A senior team spends time in the asset itself — walking the property, reviewing back-of-house operations, speaking with management, assessing guest-facing standards and benchmarking against comparable assets in the market. We combine this with detailed financial and operational data analysis to produce an investment committee-ready report that distinguishes genuine upside from optimistic projections.
Our team has direct operating experience across luxury hotels, branded chains, independent properties, leisure complexes and food & beverage operations, which means we assess assets as operators, not just analysts.
A commercial due diligence report assessing trading performance, brand and market position, operational risks, and the key assumptions behind any projected returns.
Most engagements run four to eight weeks from kick-off to final report, depending on portfolio size, the number of properties requiring site visits, and the complexity of the operator arrangements.
Yes. The majority of our due diligence work is commissioned directly by investors, their advisers, or lenders, ahead of an acquisition, refinancing or operator transition.
Hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, wellness and spa destinations, entertainment and leisure venues, members’ clubs, branded residences, and mixed-use developments with a hospitality component.
Yes. Our team operates across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas, and we have delivered due diligence work in more than 20 countries.
