Solutions

Hospitality

The Deloitte Hospitality team is recognised as a leading advisor to the sector, working with owners, operators, lenders and investors to shape their strategy and help them to grow. Recognised as a leader in its field, the team is part of the Deloitte global Travel, Hospitality and Leisure (THL) industry group, which provides financial advisory, consulting, tax and assurance services to the international hospitality industry.

Deloitte is at the forefront of providing solutions that maximise value for our clients and ensure competitive advantage in what is a fast-changing, competitive and often volatile market.

Hospitality industry

Today’s challenges mean businesses must re-think their strategies; constantly innovate and deliver new products and services; and harness new technologies to deliver better value to – and connect with - their guests.

Deloitte’s breadth of experience positions us uniquely to assess these risks and advise on the appropriate strategy across the business – be it financial, commercial, operational or human capital.

European Hotel Investment Survey

Deloitte hospitality practice

Our extensive knowledge is built from core strengths: Our clients have access to a fully integrated and sector-focused team working across financial advisory, audit, tax and consulting.

In addition to auditing six of the top ten largest global and two major European listed hotel groups, our commercial, financial and tax advisory teams have helped clients to acquire or sell a wide range of trophy assets, large portfolios and strategic investments in the sector. We also advise on debt raising, new development, business planning and corporate strategy. We work locally and globally, drawing on a unique global network of experts.

Deloitte is also a strategic investor in STR – the leading global provider of hotel performance data and analysis, with over 50,000 hotels participating in their hotel performance surveys.

Our experience and knowledge of the hotel industry and the business imperatives facing our clients enables us to provide real insight in a timely manner.

Our hospitality insight

European Hotel Investment Survey - Heading into thin air?
Our annual survey of delegates registered to attend the Deloitte European Hotel Investment Conference 2017 found some interesting insights following a mixed year. The key findings represent the views of over 90 senior hospitality figures including owners, operators, lenders, developers and investors.

Passion for leisure: Consumer tracker leisure update Q1 2018
Leisure consumers are still feeling the pinch in the first quarter of 2018. Although inflation is starting to ease and wages continue to gradually climb, consumers have reduced their spending on most leisure activities. Looking ahead, consumers have little intention to spend more in the coming months, leaving spending on holidays significantly below the level seen last year.

The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015
Our Hospitality Advisory team are pleased to have contributed a chapter in the latest World Economic Forum Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report. The chapter is titled “Adapting to Uncertainty – The Global Hotel Industry”.

The Living Wage: Hotel sector
With the Living Wage increase taking effect in April 2016, firms had a short period to plan for and mitigate the impact of increased costs.

Key contacts

Simon Oaten

Simon Oaten

CFO Advisory Lead Partner

Simon is the lead Partner in the Deloitte UK CFO Advisory Practice and specialises in the Travel Hospitality and Leisure sector where he brings over twenty years’ experience. Simon has worked with som... More

Matt Batham

Matt Batham

Partner

Matt is a Chartered Accountant who leads the Consumer Business Tax practice. He has 19 years’ experience in tax and focuses on US multinationals, particularly the hotel sector. Matt’s experience inclu... More