Horwath HTL - Global Services
Horwath HTL - Global Services
Destination master planning is a critical component of Horwath HTL's hotel planning and development services. It involves a comprehensive analysis of potential sites and regions to optimize future development success. By understanding market dynamics and potential visitor demographics, Horwath HTL crafts plans that align with market demands, ensuring the feasibility and attractiveness of new developments. This foundation supports architectural briefs, operator selection, and project branding, ensuring developments are strategically positioned for success .
Horwath HTL's hotel valuation approach is uniquely tailored to the hospitality industry by accounting for its complexity compared to other real estate types. They consider the significant land use value due to operational performance, which is susceptible to market fluctuations, location issues, and management sophistication. Their services, such as short-form annual valuations, franchise company valuation, and expert court testimony, leverage RICS and MAI accreditation along with experience in multiple markets to provide an independent and fair market valuation .
Horwath HTL mitigates risks in hospitality asset transactions through due diligence, which is key for both buyers and sellers. By offering expertise in corporate and growth strategy, digital strategy, and business turnaround, they ensure that transactions align with market conditions and client goals. Thorough assessment of the investment strategy and strategic business plans, coupled with operational restructuring, helps identify and mitigate potential risks, ensuring a seamless and secure transaction process .
Macro tourism analysis is essential in strategic planning for hotel development as it provides a broad understanding of market dynamics and trends impacting the hospitality industry at large. At Horwath HTL, it involves the examination of economic, social, and political factors that influence tourism diversity and growth potential. This analysis helps structure developments that are not only financially feasible but also aligned with long-term tourism trends, ensuring sustainability and competitiveness in various markets .
Due diligence is paramount in Horwath HTL's transactional support services as it reduces risk and validates the financial and operational realities of potential transactions. Through comprehensive review of corporate and growth strategies, market conditions, and operational efficiencies, due diligence ensures that both buyers and sellers clearly understand the asset's true value and potential pitfalls. This process enhances confidence in decision-making and safeguards investments against unforeseen liabilities .
Marketing strategies for tourism and leisure projects hold tremendous significance at Horwath HTL because they align with industry trends and stakeholder goals, ensuring competitive positioning and market entry success. By developing tourism marketing plans and destination management frameworks, Horwath HTL ensures the projects resonate with target audiences and financial goals. These strategies not only attract tourists but also build brand recognition and long-term sustainable growth, particularly in collaboration with global entities like the World Bank and EBRD .
Horwath HTL delivers strategic advice on market research, feasibility, concept development, and operator selection for health and wellness projects. This guidance is crucial as it helps investors, developers, and operators understand the market dynamics and create sustainable and profitable projects. By offering insights into destination strategy development and managing spa assets, Horwath HTL ensures that new wellness initiatives are aligned with market demands and potential investment returns .
Expert testimony is integral to Horwath HTL’s offerings as it provides authoritative, experienced-based perspectives in legal disputes involving the hospitality industry. Their consultants' deep understanding of hotel operations, marketing, financing, and development enables them to provide credible testimony in cases of loan defaults, revenue losses, and industry standards. This expertise is crucial in forming defensible arguments in legal proceedings, thereby supporting clients' legal strategies effectively .
Horwath HTL enhances bottom line performance by asserting a position as the owner's representative to maximize returns over time. They begin with an initial diagnostic review, which forms the foundation for ongoing asset management efforts. Their approach includes strategies to optimize cash flow, oversight of management teams, and reviewing property budgets and business plans to identify areas for improvement. This strategic asset management process has reportedly improved the bottom line of certain portfolios by over 16% .
Horwath HTL utilizes its vast database and understanding of international tourism mega trends to inform and optimize their tourism and leisure projects. By collaborating with local and national tourist organizations and producing over 1,000 Tourism Masterplans, Horwath HTL strategically aligns its projects with future market trends. Their affiliation with organizations such as the UNWTO enables them to stay ahead in the industry, ensuring their projects meet evolving global demands and cultural shifts, thus enhancing their competitiveness and relevance .