Asia-Pacific Hotel Pulse: RBH Hospitality Eyes Global Expansion

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RBH Hospitality Management, one of the leading third-party hotel management firms in the United Kingdom, has set its sights on international expansion, reports HNN’s Terence Baker.

The opportunity to grow outside of the U.K. could come through investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region who don’t fully understand third-party management of hotels, CEO David Hart said.

“Further afield, we see the Australian and Asian markets as being potentially huge opportunities for third-party management,” Hart said. “They seem to be where the U.K. market was around 20 years ago, with significant brand management in place, and there is no reason to think that the same benefits of third-party management cannot also be delivered in those markets.”

With multiple hotel signings, projects in the pipeline and scheduled openings,…