Grand Metropolitan Hotels

Advise & transform · Strategist

Development & Repositioning

Hospitality thinking from first concept to confident opening.

For new hotels, we connect the guest proposition with operating requirements, design, pre-opening and launch. For existing hotels, we help reposition the hotel while keeping day-to-day operations running smoothly.

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Operating principles

How we work with you.

  1. Concept with consequence

    Positioning choices are translated into space, service, people, technology and commercial requirements.

  2. Operator at the table

    Operational input arrives early enough to inform decisions rather than merely inherit them.

  3. Opening is a programme

    Recruitment, systems, sales, training and readiness move together toward launch.

How we can help

The right support for your hotel.

  • Concept & feasibility input

    Shape the operating proposition, target guest, service level and key commercial assumptions.

  • Design coordination

    Translate operational requirements into briefs for design, technical and specialist teams.

  • Operating plan

    Set out the organisation, service, systems, standards and specialist support the hotel needs.

  • Pre-opening planning

    Sequence people, procurement, technology, sales, training and operational-readiness workstreams.

  • Launch support

    Coordinate readiness reviews, opening priorities and the settling-in period after opening.

  • Renovation & repositioning

    Plan renovation and repositioning around guest continuity, property constraints and the hotel’s future proposition.

Engagement path

From first conversation to agreed next steps.

Every engagement is different, but the steps stay the same: understand the hotel, agree priorities, put the right team in place and review progress.

  1. Define

    Clarify the opportunity, audience, positioning and decision criteria.

  2. Design the operation

    Connect concept, space, systems, service and staffing into one operating model.

  3. Prepare

    Build the critical path, leadership team and pre-opening workstreams.

  4. Launch & stabilise

    Open against agreed priorities, then refine the operation using guest and market feedback.

Planning the next stage for your hotel?

Let’s talk about what your hotel needs.