My Team
My Team
Jessica is a Director who specialises in destination development for hospitality and mixed-use projects.
She is an experienced consultant and project manager who brings a holistic and strategic perspective to developing concepts and business plans for new sites. Her work involves identifying concept, positioning and destination strategy informed by market research; taking projects through financial feasibility appraisal; resolving strategic issues and working with master planners and wider development teams; to presenting projects to attract investment.
Jessica has a particular strength in understanding client and project requirements and in integrating the skills of Colliers specialist teams, local offices and external advisors and master planners to deliver to the needs of clients.
Her experience includes projects from 0.5 to over 800 hectares with elements including hotels, event venues, visitor attractions, residential, branded residences, office, retail, spa, wellness, golf, marina, leisure, entertainment and public realm. Projects stretch from resorts to urban brownfield sites.
Jessica has worked on projects throughout the UK and from the Caribbean, through Africa, the Western Mediterranean and Northern Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe.
Jessica has a degree from Cambridge University and a Masters in International Tourism Policy and is very widely travelled. She has been working in tourism, resort and mixed-use development for nearly 20 years. She works within the Destination Consulting and Hotels & Resorts Consulting teams in London.
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Cherise has 14 years' experience in the hospitality, tourism and leisure industry, providing consultancy advice across a broad range of sectors from hotels, golf resorts and spas, to exclusive-use venues and mixed-use developments.
She specialises in the hotel and extended stay sector, focusing primarily on market and financial feasibility studies, development advice, site and location analysis, best-use and concept development, and operator search, selection and negotiation.
Cherise also has a keen interest and expertise in preparing hotel need assessments and non-viability appraisals in support of planning applications for change of use.
Senior Consultant within the hotels and resorts team, based out of the London office. I joined the team in 2018 with an established background in hotel consultancy, further supported by experience across hotel development and operations (UK&Ireland), exposure to global luxury hospitality PR and communications and a Masters in International Business.
My strengths focus on Feasibility and Viability Appraisals and Concept and Brand Development, with a particular interest in the lifestyle and leisure segments. Workstreams involve input into a broad range of projects at various stages of the development life cycle, from market viability assessment to financial feasibility and end product recommendation, working with a range of clients, operators, architects and funders, to compile projects that best meet market opportunities.
Panos is an Analyst in the Hotels & Resorts Consulting team in the London office. He conducts market & financial feasibility studies, valuations, and operator search for hotels in the UK and other international destinations. Before joining Colliers International, Panos has worked several years in the hospitality sector.
I specialise in creating successful destinations by giving strategic advice to owners, developers, investors and operators of any place whose core business is visitors.
I work for private and public sector clients in the UK and internationally, advising on regions, cities, mixed use developments, visitor attractions and museums, leisure and entertainment, heritage and culture, parks and public realm.
The principles of long term, sustainable viability are the core of our approach through market analysis and research, concept and product development, feasibility studies, options appraisals, business planning, marketing and branding, finance, funding and governance/management advice.
I joined Colliers in June 2019 as a Team Administrator for both the Hotels & Resorts Consulting and the Hospitality Asset Management Teams. I support both Head's of Department plus the wider team on a day to day basis.
Over a career that spans more than 28 years Ben has developed his expertise within the sector working in a variety of management roles in a diverse range of hotel properties and brands both in the UK and overseas.
At the start of his career, post-graduation and after a number of years as a Graduate Trainee for Commonwealth Hotels of Canada, Ben quickly advanced into General Manager roles and subsequently became Regional Director.