HVS wins Management Consultant of the Year Award

HVS has been announced as Management Consultant of the Year at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Awards, held at a dinner at London's Hilton Metropole Hotel on Tuesday evening, 1 November 2011.

The awards celebrate the achievers in the European hotel investment community and were voted for by several thousand senior figures in the European hotel industry following a shortlist drawn up by two judging committees.

"The HVS team was delighted to receive this award. It has been an exceptional year for us with a number of high-profile transactions and assignments, and it is a real team effort by all our European offices and divisions," said HVS London managing director Russell Kett.

Chairman of the judging panel Andrew Sangster, editorial director of Hotel Analyst, commented: "HVS is hugely active in the market and has gained a lot of market share. It wasn't just HVS's professional knowledge that the judges were impressed with, but the company's integrity when dealing in high pressure situations."

The Management Consultancy of the Year Award is given to the consulting firm that demonstrates the best value-added work around hotel investment such as merger and acquisition advice, feasibility work and market assessment. Factors taken into consideration were the ability to overcome unique challenges, creative solutions to problems, and value enhancement to clients as well as work that contributes to the wider hotel investment community.