The organisations listed below provide links to hotel consultants and hospitality advisory firms operating in international and regional markets. This hotel consultants list includes specialised hospitality consulting firms and global real estate advisors with dedicated hotel teams.
These firms typically offer specialist services, including hotel feasibility studies, development advisory services, operator selection, valuation, and investment analysis for hospitality projects. While the scope of services and geographic coverage varies between firms, the links to hotel consultants provided here offer a useful starting point for developers, investors and hotel owners researching professional advisory support for hotel development and hospitality real estate projects.
Specialised International Hotel Consultants
Specialised international hotel consultants focus primarily on the hospitality, tourism and leisure sectors, providing advisory services tailored to hotel development and investment. These firms typically offer expertise in hotel feasibility studies, market analysis, operator selection, development planning and asset strategy, and often work closely with developers, lenders and hotel operators to assess the commercial viability of hospitality projects.
Horwath HTL
50+ offices in approximately 40 countries; their focus is one hundred per cent on hotel, tourism and leisure consulting covering every aspect of hotel real estate, tourism and leisure development. Operates through the Crowe Global Network.
HVS
300 people located in over 40+ offices worldwide who specialise in all types of hospitality assets, including hotels, restaurants, casinos, shared ownership lodging, mixed-use developments, and golf courses, asset management and litigation support.
PKF hospitality group
PKF hospitality group Website Link
Over 200 member firms in 400 locations in more than 100 countries offering comprehensive consulting services for the hospitality sector, including hotels, hostels and resorts with a focus on investment-related issues, hotel benchmarking and operator advisory.
W Hospitality Group
W Hospitality Group Website Link
W Hospitality Group is a specialist hospitality consulting firm based in London with a strong focus on Africa and emerging markets, having advised on hundreds of hotel projects across more than 50 countries. The firm provides services including hotel market studies, feasibility analysis, operator selection, development advisory and tourism strategy.
Global Real Estate Consultants (with Embedded Hotel Teams)
In addition to specialised hospitality advisory firms, many global real estate consultancies maintain dedicated hotel and hospitality teams within their broader commercial real estate advisory platforms. These firms often combine traditional real estate services such as valuation, brokerage and investment advisory with specialist hospitality expertise, allowing them to support hotel development, hotel investment transactions and portfolio strategy for institutional investors, developers and hotel owners.
BNP Paribas Real Estate
BNP Paribas Real Estate Website Link
BNP Paribas Real Estate – Hotels & Hospitality is the property advisory arm of the BNP Paribas Group, employing around 5,000 professionals across 30+ countries with a strong focus on Europe. Its Hotels & Hospitality team advises on hotel investment transactions, valuations, development consultancy, and portfolio strategy for investors, developers, and institutional owners.
CBRE Hotels
CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, with 500 offices in more than 100 countries. Dedicated leadership and teams in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific bridge geographic regions and organisational boundaries. A diverse group of service lines, including Investment Properties, Debt & Structured Finance, Advisory, Valuation and Research, ensures institutions, individuals, investors, and lenders can make the most of their investments.
Christie & Co
The leading specialist firm providing business intelligence in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors. It employs the largest team of sector experts in the UK, providing professional agency, valuation and consultancy services. Internationally, it operates from offices in the UK, Austria, France, Germany and Spain. A unique combination of professional services businesses providing business owners and operators with best-in-class service throughout the ownership cycle.
Colliers International
Colliers International Website Link
Extensive hotel experience across EMEA, plus five dedicated centres of excellence in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. A real estate services company with a global brand operating in 70 countries, with more than 24,000 skilled professionals
Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield Website Link
Integrated global hospitality business with specialist coverage in the Americas, in EMEA and across APAC. Among the largest real estate services firms with 52,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 60 countries
EY
A global organisation of more than 400,000 people and 700 office locations in over 150 countries. Advises clients on the full suite of hospitality and tourism services, from day-to-day operations through to strategy development and digital transformation.
JLL
A global network of 400 hotels and hospitality experts and 1,000 JLL locations. In 2024, completed 290 hospitality transactions, totalling more than $19 billion.
Knight Frank
Headquartered in London, with 600 offices in 60 territories and more than 20,000 people. Annually advise on approximately £20bn of hotel and leisure assets with unique access to established national and international investors.
Savills
Savills Hotels is the hospitality advisory division of Savills, the London-headquartered real estate consultancy operating through more than 700 offices worldwide with around 40,000 staff across 70+ countries. The firm provides hotel investment brokerage, valuation, development consultancy and strategic advisory services to investors, owners and developers across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas.
Consultants’ links and details updated from respective websites as of February 2026. In case of error or omissions, please use the contact page to request deletion or update.
The hotel consulting firms listed above represent a range of specialist hospitality advisors and global real estate consultancies with dedicated hotel teams. Developers and investors should evaluate each firm’s experience, geographic coverage and service capabilities when selecting a consultant for feasibility studies, development advisory or hotel investment strategy.
Further resources:
HDG – What can a hotel consultant do for me?
HDG – When should I engage a hotel consultant?
HDG – How to choose a hotel consultant?
The Consulting Report (August 2025) – The Top 25 Leisure and Hospitality Consultants and Leaders of 2025
Hospitality Net – List of Hospitality Consultants