HOTEL OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE · ASSET MANAGEMENT

Always on
your side
of the table.

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Your operator gets paid either way. We make sure they earn it.

Feasibility, operator selection and asset management, for owners only.

25 years in five-star hotels · Former hotel COO · Paid only by owners, never operators or brands

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Whom we serve

Developers: Will the hotel piece pencil, and who should run it?

Hotel owners and family offices: Is my operator performing?

Lenders and asset managers: Hotel exposure, no hotel specialist on staff.

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How we help · 01

Concept & Feasibility

An investment-committee-ready answer before you commit capital: demand, product, NOI pro forma and operator fit.

4–6 weeks. Fixed fee.

Feasibility in detail
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02

Operator & Brand Selection

A competitive RFP, fee benchmarking, and management or franchise terms negotiated in your favor.

Selection in detail
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03

Owner’s Rep & Asset Management

Your operator runs the hotel. We run the operator. Monthly reviews, budgets and benchmarking. Fractional, with part of our fee tied to results.

Hotel already open? Start with a 3–4 week Hotel Performance Review.

Mandate in detail
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HOW IT WORKS

Three simple steps.

01 A 30-minute conversation, to see if we’re the right fit.

02 A defined first project, with the fee agreed up front.

03 An ongoing mandate, with fees tied to results.

Candor and discretion, from the first conversation.

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WHY US

We’ve run five-star hotels. Operators can’t hide behind jargon with us.

REIT-grade reporting, sized for private owners.

Senior-led. Santosh leads every engagement.

Owner-side only. No operator or brand pays us.

We’ve sat in their chair. Now we sit in yours.

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LEADERSHIP

Led by a former hotel COO.

Founded by Santosh Kuruvilla: 25 years in five-star hotels, from the opening teams at Atlantis Dubai and Marina Bay Sands to COO of Bode & Drift Hotels.

“Every decision should make service more personal or protect NOI. Ideally both.”

About Santosh
Santosh Kuruvilla, founder of BOC Hospitality Advisory

Selected results

  • $9M+ revenue and $5M+ owner profit from a converted apartment building, in its first three full years.

    FEASIBILITY · OPERATOR SELECTION · ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • $700K a year saved by benchmarking and renegotiating every major operating contract.

    CONTRACT BENCHMARKING · NEGOTIATION

  • Key money secured for a boutique hotel owner on a brand conversion.

    BRAND SELECTION · FRANCHISE NEGOTIATION

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