We are: Christie & Co is Europe's leading specialist adviser for buying and selling businesses in our sectors hotels, healthcare, childcare, pubs, restaurants, convenience retail and leisure with over 85 years of experience. We employ the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from 12 international offices in Germany, Austria, France, Spain and Finland and offices across UK with our headquarters in London. This network of 25 offices allows us to leverage intimate local knowledge with pan-European insight. In the hotel sector we complete around 500 transactions and over 500 hotel valuations per year. Currently, we have more than 400 hotel instructions throughout Europe. Christie & Co is regulated by RICS and employs registered valuers, specialist chartered surveyors and a sector leading consulting team. We have built a strong team of industry professionals, from both the hotel and property worlds to provide market-leading commercial advice and support to clients. Activities and services of Christie & Co include corporate and agency services: Transaction support in sales/acquisition of individual hotels or portfolios; Marketing of the asset; Operator search and selection; Support with contract negotiations (purchasing contracts, lease, franchise, management); Site scouting; Sales price estimates for hotels in stock or under development; Exit strategies for NPLs; Problem solving for shared ownership (WEG) structures; Location and market analyses; Feasibility studies; Cashflow and rent benchmark analyses; Independent business review and strategic consulting (individual hotels or portfolios); Review and validation of business plans; Commercial due diligence; Asset management support and owners' controlling (performance monitoring); RICS compliant valuations for individual hotels or portfolios; Second opinions; Advice on operating contracts and conceptual support in drafting head of terms; Identification of alternative operators. Christie & Co Germany is headed up by Lukas Hochedlinger, Managing Director Central & Northern Europe alongside Benjamin Ploppa, Director and Head of Hotels Germany. The German team based in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich works closely with our team in Vienna. Vienna is headed by Simon Kronberger, Director Austria and Central Eastern Europe.
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