GABRIEL MATAR
Gabriel is a trilingual, proactive Hotel Asset Manager and Tourism Master Planner with extensive experience advising private and public stakeholders. He accumulated 25 years of Real Estate, Hospitality and Tourism Development experience with a unique track record in strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and hospitality asset management.
In 2014, Gabriel Matar founded Sentinel Hospitality as a bold departure from large firm approach. Rather than being confined to junior based staffing structures, we innovate and assemble the most effective mix of qualified experts from France and around the world, building a project team tailored to each assignment. Our Paris based boutique consulting firm is driven by a Best Use thinking on how to enhance investment value and maximise profitability.
Sentinel Hospitality is regulated by RICS.
Our expert consultants share their analyses of the hotel market here.
Since 2010 and by 2020, the luxury market in Paris would have fundamentally changed its face. In 2010, the smallest group of the most exclusive hotels in Paris had relatively homogeneous performances. Read more
The crisis generated by the COVID 19 pandemic is not only a global health crisis triggering a global economic crisis, but for the hotel industry, it is a crisis without comparable. More than ever managing is planning ! Read more
SERVICES
An expert in Strategic Advisory and Asset Management, Sentinel Hospitality offers high value-added services deployed according to its clients’ interests. With numerous references in France, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Sentinel develops and protects the value of your investments.
Sentinel Hospitality services add value at all stages of the hotel investment lifecycle.
MEET OUR EXPERTS
We assemble dedicated client-project teams mastering the added value areas identified for our client. Each of our experts boast a minimum of 20 years of professional experience in his own domain. As an extension of your project team, we guarantee that our teams collaborate rigorously from project conception to realization.
We relentlessly track conflicts of interest to create the best results possible. Time and time again, we attract clients expecting proficient advice. Most of all, our clients want an agile team of experts with ability to deliver. If you feel the same way, we invite you to connect with us.
Strategic Consulting
CHRISTIAN LAPORTE
Christian is specialist in Strategic Consulting and Planning in the Tourism and Hotel sectors.
Since the mid-1970’s, during over 40 years of professional experience dedicated to tourism and hotel developments at international level, he has conducted extensive numbers of missions in the tourism and travel industries.
Audit
RANIA AOUAD
Executive Manager with 25 years of experience in information systems, IT and purchasing, Rania helps Executives on defining their IT strategy and setting policies and governance of their Purchase organization.
Strategic Consulting
STÉPHANE LACROIX
With 20+ years of Luxury Hospitality industry experience, Stephane-Jean is specialized in the guidance of international hospitality groups and hotel owners / investors, to achieve their ROI and ambitions goals in the luxury hospitality business.
Human Resources
HÉLÈNE DAHER
Hélène Daher is a lawyer specialized in Employment law. For nearly 15 years, she has been advising companies in managing their daily issues, as well as managing social relations and negotiations, reorganization/restructuring operations...
STRATEGIC CONSULTING
CHIHEB BEN MAHMOUD
Chiheb Ben Mahmoud is a recognized expert in alternative real estate assets investment and asset management, including hotels, leisure real estate as well as travel and tourism related transient accommodation solutions.
OUR SUCCESS STORIES
Our approach differs from that of traditional hospitality consulting firms as we systematically apply a Best Use analysis covering Strategy, Real Estate, Finance and Change Management.
Our client, an ultra luxury hotel owner and manager group, is studying the advisability of developing a Palace hotel with...
Our client—owner and manager of its 5-star Paris establishment—was facing new challenges: How to effectively evaluate and compare accommodation and...
Our client—a Private Equity investment fund— retained our services to identify risk factors and opportunities that could impact the profitability...
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