Paul Rands
PKF Hospitality Group
Managing director
Paul Rands is the managing director of PKF's Future of Hospitality Institute, a think tank for the hotel, living, tourism & leisure sectors. He has 25 years´ experience in hospitality. After graduating in Real Estate from Nottingham Trent University, he started his career with Allied Domecq, followed by CBRE and various development roles with operators including Premier Inn, and hotel fund start up Quant Capital Partners. In 2013, he joined US business BridgeStreet Global Hospitality, a serviced living provider, where he led development and real estate in EMEA/APAC and was a member of the global senior leadership team.
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RECHARGE 2023: Lisbon event recap
Posted on Friday, February 3 2023
Portugal: IHM held its fifth annual RECHARGE event in Lisbon, hosted at coworking venue Heden Santa Apolónia. RECHARGE is an in-person event which re…
Habyt and Common merge to form largest global coliving operator
Posted on Monday, January 16 2023
US: Habyt, the biggest coliving operator in Europe and Asia; and Common, the largest coliving operator in North America, have announced a merger to cr…
L&G’s residential investments reached $5 billion in 2022
Posted on Monday, January 16 2023
UK: Legal & General Capital helped fund more than 17,000 new homes across a range of tenures last year.
PATRIZIA reasserts faith in PBSA market
Posted on Monday, January 16 2023
Germany: Investment manager PATRIZIA has reiterated its confidence in the European PBSA sector.
John Lewis and abrdn form £500 million BTR JV
Posted on Monday, January 16 2023
UK: The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500 million multi-decade JV with investment giant abrdn to deliver around 1,000 BTR homes across three lo…
NREP introduces internal carbon tax to accelerate net zero mission
Posted on Monday, January 16 2023
Denmark: Real estate investor NREP has introduced an internal carbon tax to incentivise “rapid and deep emission cuts”.
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