Gabriel Holt-Rusmore

Gabriel Holt-Rusmore is an international hospitality development and operations executive specializing in design-led hotels, resorts, beach clubs, branded residences and mixed-use destinations.

Over the course of his career, Gabriel has worked across development, openings and operations for some of the most influential brands in modern lifestyle hospitality, including Scorpios, Habitas and Selina. His experience spans Europe, the Middle East, North America and Latin America, giving him an unusually broad understanding of how concept, culture, design, service and commercial performance come together across different markets.

As Managing Director of Development at Scorpios Hospitality Global, Gabriel leads complex hospitality projects from design and technical coordination through procurement, pre-opening and operational readiness. His work requires close collaboration with owners, architects, designers, consultants and operating teams while protecting the integrity of the brand and keeping delivery grounded in real-world operations.

Previously, as Executive Director of Openings at Habitas, he helped translate a rapidly growing lifestyle hospitality concept into operating destinations, building the systems, teams and cross-functional coordination required to open properties without losing the human character of the brand.

Gabriel founded Holt Hospitality Consulting to bring this experience directly to independent owners and developers. His approach is hands-on, commercially aware and deeply collaborative. He is equally comfortable shaping an early concept, challenging a hotel P&L, reviewing guest and service flows, coordinating a multidisciplinary design team, building a pre-opening plan or helping an owner decide what not to build.

He believes the most memorable hospitality is not defined by conventional luxury, but by a strong sense of place, thoughtful rituals, cultural relevance and genuine human connection. The commercial discipline behind that experience should be rigorous — even when the guest never sees it.