Charles RG Human, MRICS

Overview

Charles is President of HVS Europe, with the dual roles of managing both HVS’s consulting and valuation practice in the region and the firm’s brokerage arm HVS Hodges Ward Elliott.

A qualified Chartered Surveyor, he has worked throughout his career in the real estate industry, specialising during the last 26 years in the hotel sector with HVS.

Having worked on projects throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East, he has a unique knowledge of global hotel markets and hotel concepts. He has led HVS’s activities in the sale, acquisition, and financing of hotels, portfolios and development projects.

Charles is a frequent speaker on the international hotel industry and on topics relating specifically to investment in hotels, the transactions market, hotel financing and hotel operating agreements.

Charles is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Education

University of Reading, United Kingdom
BSc Honours Degree in Land Management
 

Experience

EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS

Portfolios

• Iceland Air Hotels – Europe wide portfolio of 21 3-5-star properties
• Pentahotels – Europe wide portfolio of 19 4-star properties
• EDITION portfolio – three 5-star hotels in London, Miami and New York
• Mamaison Portfolio – 12 hotels in Central and Eastern Europ
• Quintet Portfolio – 5 hotels in Paris and Amsterdam 

Austria

• Radisson Park Royal Palace
• Austria Trend Hotel Park Royal Palace Vienna
• Hotel Im Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna
• Proposed Spa Resort, Laa an der Thayn
• Ritz-Carlton Vienna

Belgium

• Carlton Hotel and Astoria Hotel, Antwerp,
• Citadines, Brussels
• Corinthia, Antwerp
• Global Hotels Portfolio, Various
• Holiday Inn UZ, Gent
• Holiday Inn, Hasselt
• Le Meridien, Brussels
• Mövenpick Hotel, Brussels
• Proposed Hotel, Gent
• Ramada Plaza Antwerp
• Royal Crown Hotel, Brussels
• SAS Royal Hotel, Brussels
• Scandic Hotel, Antwerp
• Sheraton Airport Hotel, Brussels

Czech Republic

• Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni Prague
• Mövenpick Hotel, Prague
• Sheraton Prague Charles Square

Denmark

• Radisson SAS Hotels

Egypt

• El Salam Hotel, Cairo
• Hyatt Regency Resort, Sharm-el-Sheikh
• Private Residential Villas, Sharm-el-Sheikh
• Ramada Renaissance, Alexandria
• Ritz Carlton, Sharm el Sheik

Estonia

• Park Consul Hotel, Tallinn

France

• Beach Hotel, Juan les Pins, Cote d'Azur
• Courtyard by Marriott St Denis, Paris
• Courtyard La Défense West
• Courtyard Paris Arcueil
• Dolce Chantilly, Paris
• Dolce Frégate, Bandol, St Cyr
• Global Hotels Portfolio, various.
• Holiday Inn Garden Court, Dijon
• Holiday Inn, Bussy St George
• Hotel Balzac & de Vigny
• Hotel de Fregate, Bandol
• Hotel George V, Paris
• Hotel Montelambert, Paris
• Hyatt Regency Charles de Gaulle Paris
• Le Meridien Montparnasse, Paris
• Le Meridien Nice
• Marriott Arcuiel
• Marriott Champs Elysee
• Marriott Paris Rive Gauche
• Mercure, Paris La Défense,
• Paris Pullman La Defense
• Proposed Boutique Hotel at 38 Cours Albert 1er
• Proposed Hotel Toulouse Airport
• Pullman Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
• Pullman Paris La Defense
• Renaissance Paris la Défénse
• Renaissance Paris Vendome
• Ritz Hotel, Paris
• Royal Monceau & Vernet Hotels, Paris
• Royal Riviera, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat Garden

Germany

• Eurogarden & Europlaza Hotels, Cologne
• Mercure Portfolio (3 hotels), Munich and Frankfurt
• Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Dusseldorf
• Radisson Blu Schwarzer Bock
• Swissôtel, Dusseldorf
• Swissôtel, Neuss
• Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg

Greece

• Atlantica Holiday Village Rhodes
• Luxury Collection, The Westin Athens and W Athens

Iceland

• Hilton Reykjavik Nordica
• Proposed EDITION Reykjavik

 India

• Proposed Hotel Barel, Mumbai
• Quality Inn Kensington Terrace, Bangalore
• Taj Mahal Hotel and Inter-Continental, Mumbai
• Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
• Taj Palace Inter-Continental, New Delhi

Italy 

• Holiday Inn Garden Court, Florence
• Hotel des Bains, Venice
• Hotel Savoia Majestic, Genoa
• LaGare Hotel Milano
• LaGare Hotel Venezia
• NH Santo Stefano
• Six Senses, Antognolla
• Ripa Hotel Rome
• Ritz & Regent, Rome

Ireland

• Grand Canal Square, Dublin
• Park Inn, Shannon
• Radisson Blu, Cork
• Radisson Blu, Dublin

Kuwait

• Radisson SAS Hotel, Kuwait

Lithuania

• Proposed Sheraton Hotel, Vilnius

Luxembourg

• Hotel Le Royal, Luxembourg
• Hotel Novotel Luxembourg Centre
• Novotel Luxembourg Kirchberg
• Proposed Mama Shelter Luxembourg
• Sofitel Luxembourg Le Grand Ducal

Mauritius 

• Banyan Tree, Corniche Bay

The Netherlands

• Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht by Hyatt
• Cok City Hotel, Amsterdam
• Crowne Plaza, Amsterdam
• Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
• Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
• Holiday Inn, Eindhoven
• Hotel Des Indes, The Hague
• Hyatt Regency Amsterdam
• INK Hotel Amsterdam MGallery by Sofitel
• Kasteel Dolce Vaalsbroek, Vaals
• Manor Hotel Amsterdam Hampshire Eden
• Marriott, Amsterdam
• Park Plaza, Amsterdam
• Park Plaza, Eindhoven
• Park Plaza, Utrecht
• Poortgebouw Hoog Catharijne , Utrecht
• Proposed Soho House Amsterdam
• Pulitzer Hotel, Amsterdam
• Radisson Blu Schiphol Airport
• Renaissance Amsterdam
• Sheraton Hotel Schiphol Airport

Norway

• Radisson SAS Scandinavia, Oslo

Poland

• City Hotel, Bydgoszcz
• Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
• Radisson Blu Sobieski Warsaw
• Radisson Hotel, Szczecin

Portugal

• Alfa Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon
• Hotel da Lapa, Lisbon
• Tivoli Lisboa
• Tivoli Marina Vilamoura
• Tivoli Portimao
• Tivoli Carvoeiro

Russia 

• Four Seasons, St Petersburg
• Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
• Hotel Pribaltiyskaya & Aquapark, St. Petersburg
• Hotel Pulkovskaya, St Petersburg
• Park Inn  - 20 cities

Saudi Arabia

• Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residence
• Hyatt Regency, Jeddah
• Hyatt Regency, Riyadh

Serbia

• Hotel Jugoslavija, Belgrade

 Slovakia

• Crowne Plaza, Bratislava
• Kempinski Hotel River Park, Bratislava
• Lindner Hotel Gallery Central, Bratislava

South Africa

• Sun City Resort

Spain

• Barcelona EDITION
• Citadines, Barcelona
• Fira Towers Hotel, Barcelona
• Hotel Miramar Barcelona
• Princesa Sofia, Barcelona
• Proposed Luxury Hotel Ibiza
• Ritz Hotel, Barcelona
• Travelodge Valencia Aeropuerto
• Villa Magna, Madrid
• Westin Las Colinas, Alicante

Sweden

• Grand Hotel, Stockholm
• SAS Sky City Hotel, Stockholm
• Scandic Opalen, Gothenburg,
• Sheraton, Stockholm

Switzerland

• Express Holiday Inn Geneva Airport
• Hotel Metropol, Geneva
• Starling Geneva,
• Grand Hotel Bellevue, Le Grand-Saconnex
• Proposed Zurich Airport Hotel

Turkey

• Hyatt, Istanbul

United Arab Emirates

• Holiday Inn Resort Sharjah Continental

Ukraine

• Hotel Lybid, Kiev

United Kingdom

• 47 Park Street, London
• Ascott Mayfair, London
• Best Western Scores Hotel, Saint Andrews
• Brown’s Hotel, London
• Citadines, London
• Club Quarters Gracechurch and St Paul’s, London
• Crowne Plaza Birmingham NEC
• Crowne Plaza Hotel Manchester Airport
• Crowne Plaza London Heathrow
• Dorsett City London
• Euston Plaza Hotel, London
• Firmdale Hotels, London
• Green Park Hotel, London
• Grosvenor House, London
• Hilton London Wembley
• Holiday Inn Basildon
• Holiday Inn Brentwood M25 Jct28
• Holiday Inn Bristol Filton
• Holiday Inn Cambridge
• Holiday Inn Cardiff City Centre
• Holiday Inn Edinburgh
• Holiday Inn Express Old Street, London
• Holiday Inn Garden Court, London
• Holiday Inn Gatwick Airport
• Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport
• Holiday Inn Guildford, Surrey
• Holiday Inn Heathrow Ariel, London
• Holiday Inn Hemel Hempstead
• Holiday Inn High Wycombe M40 Jct 4
• Holiday Inn Leicester
• Holiday Inn Liverpool City Centre
• Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury
• Holiday Inn London Brent Cross
• Holiday Inn London-Heathrow M4 Jct 4
• Holiday Inn Maidenhead
• Holiday Inn Milton Keynes
• Holiday Inn Nelson Dock, London
• Holiday Inn Oxford
• Holiday Inn Regent's Park, London
• Holiday Inn Southampton
• Holiday Inn Sutton
• Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh
• Hyde Park Hotel, London
• Malmaison Group
• Marriott Marble Arch, London
• MyHotel, Brighton
• Nadler Hotels
• Novotel Edinburgh
• Park Inn Hyde Park, London
• Park Lane Mews, London
• Proposed Hyatt Great Scotland Yard, London
• Proposed Sandman Signature Hotel Glasgow
• Savoy Group, London
• Sofitel, Pall Mall, London
• St Giles Hotel, London
• St James Court, London
• Stakis St Ermins, London
• Stapleford Park Country House Hotel and Spa, Leicestershire
• Strand Palace Hotel, London
• Taymouth Castle, Aberfeldy
• The Bentley, London
• The London EDITION
• The Regent, London
• Threadneedles Hotel, London
• Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian, Edinburgh

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