01Strategy & Concept
Strategy & Concept
Market positioning, concept and F&B strategy, facilities programming and the feasibility logic that has to hold before design begins.
Explore Strategy & ConceptBoutique Hospitality Consultancy
Boutique hotel management, from vision to performance.
We turn ambitious hospitality concepts into distinctive, operable and bankable assets.
From feasibility and design development through pre-opening and stabilization, Holt Hospitality Consulting sits on the owner's side of the table—protecting the concept, aligning the project team and making sure the property is built to operate.
A note from the firm
We believe the best hotels aren't managed — they're stewarded.
Holt Hospitality Consulting partners with owners, developers and investors to develop, open and operate boutique hotels, resorts and beach clubs that hold their own against the best names in lifestyle hospitality — because we've helped open many of them.
Scope of Services
Four stages. One project.
Our work follows a genuine sequence — from feasibility to opening day to the second decade of operation.
02Design & Development Management
Design & Development Management
Owner's representation through design, construction and FF&E — keeping the design team, contractor and budget aligned with the concept.
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03Pre-Opening & Launch
Pre-Opening & Launch
Pre-opening budgets, critical path, recruitment, OS&E, systems and training — so the property opens ready to trade from day one.
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04Operations & Asset Performance
Operations & Asset Performance
Asset management, operator oversight and P&L reviews that lift RevPAR and GOP without eroding the guest experience.
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Gabriel Holt-Rusmore · Founder, HHC
Founder
Gabriel Holt-Rusmore is a hospitality development and operations executive with leadership experience across Scorpios, Habitas and Selina.
He has delivered design-led hotels, resorts, beach clubs and residential hospitality projects across Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Through HHC, he advises owners from concept and design development through pre-opening, operations and asset performance — combining creative fluency with operator discipline.
More about Gabriel Holt-Rusmore, hotel development executiveTrack Record
Scorpios · Habitas · Selina
- 5 in 14
- Properties opened and stabilized in fourteen months across Latin America with Selina.
- 95%
- Of construction materials repurposed at Scorpios Bodrum.
- AHEAD
- Global Awards Ultimate Accolade, 2024 — Scorpios Bodrum.
FAQ
Owner questions
When should an owner bring in Holt Hospitality Consulting?
Ideally before the concept and area schedule are fixed — before architects draw layouts the operation will later have to live with. We are also brought in mid-stream: when a pre-opening critical path is slipping, or when an operating property's GOP trails its competitive set.
How is an owner-side consultancy different from a hotel management company?
A management company operates under its own brand standards on a long-term HMA, earning base fees on gross revenue regardless of bottom-line results. We sit on the owner's side of the table, protecting NOI, capital and exit value, and we can help you select, negotiate with and oversee an operator — or operate independently.
What typologies and scales do you advise on?
Independent and lifestyle hotels, boutique luxury resorts typically from 20 to 150 keys, destination beach clubs, and branded residential or mixed-use hospitality.
How do you work with our architects and interior designers?
We act as the owner's hospitality lead: writing the operational brief, back-of-house requirements and F&B programming so the design team builds once — without costly operational retrofits after opening.
Confidential Owner Inquiries
Tell us about the property.
Share the site, the stage and the immediate challenge. Gabriel Holt-Rusmore reviews every inquiry personally.
Or write directly: hello@holthospitality.com