What we do

Hotels & Hospitality

Q: How can Rapleys help acquire a hotel or living sector investment?

Rapleys supports clients with strategy, opportunity assessment, underwriting, pricing and negotiation. Our team underwrites line by line to provide a clear view on value and, where appropriate, when to walk away from an opportunity.

Q: Does Rapleys provide hotel and living sector financing and debt advice?

Rapleys provides debt advisory and lender introductions, supporting clients with capital structuring and the financing process through underwriting, credit and drawdown. We also advise on long-income structures such as ground rent, income strip sales and sale-and-leaseback.

Q: What types of hotels and living sector assets does Rapleys advise on?

Rapleys’ experience spans budget and limited-service hotels through to luxury resorts. Hotels are our core discipline, and we bring the same operational insight to wider living sectors including purpose-built student accommodation, extended stay and residential investment.

We advise investors, developers, operators, institutions and not-for-profit owners on hotel and living sector investment across the UK and Continental Europe.

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Hotels & Hospitality

Hotels & Hospitality

We act on single assets and portfolios, on and off market, and at every stage from strategy and underwriting through to marketing, negotiation and completion.

Our Work Includes:

Acquisitions and disposals
Forward funding and forward commitment structures
Ground rent structuring and sales
Income strip sales
Sale-and-leaseback
Debt advisory and lender introductions
Operator and brand selection
Development advice
Hold/sell reviews
Capital expenditure appraisal
Independent market and trading analysis

Hotels are our core discipline, and we bring the same operational insight to the wider living sectors: purpose-built student accommodation, extended stay and residential investment.

Our Hotels & Hospitality Services:

Investment Advice: Buy-side and sell-side advisory on single assets and portfolios, from strategy and underwriting through to marketing, negotiation and completion.
Acquisition & Disposal: Off-market origination and competitive buy-side and sell-side processes.
Ground Rents & Income Strips: Structuring and pricing long-income solutions to release capital while retaining operational control, including sale-and-leaseback, ground rent and income strip sales to institutional and pension fund capital.
Financing Services: Debt advisory and lender introductions, capital structuring, and support through underwriting, credit and drawdown.
Development & Forward Funding: Structuring forward funding and forward commitment deals, and advising landowners and developers on delivery routes, operator structures and institutional exit.
Operator Sourcing & Selection: Running competitive operator and management company processes, including brand, franchise and white-label routes, with covenant and business plan assessment.
Strategic Asset Advice: Hold/sell reviews, repositioning and capital expenditure appraisal, and portfolio strategy.
Market & Trading Analysis: Independent supply, demand and trading benchmarking to underpin pricing and lending decisions.

We work with clients on the sell-side to position assets effectively and take them to the buyers best placed to deliver value, across institutional, private equity and private capital markets. On the buy-side, we underwrite line by line, providing a clear view on price and, where appropriate, when to walk away.

As a national team with European reach, we cover budget and limited-service hotels through to luxury resorts, alongside student, extended stay and residential schemes. We are equally effective guiding a charity or university through its first transaction as we are running a competitive process for an institutional vendor.

To enquire about our Hotels & Hospitality services, contact the team today.