Dransfield have advised and led numerous hotel and resort development projects across all asset types and sizes. Our clients include many of the major developers across Australia as well as experienced and first time participants.

We have experience in each stage of the development lifecycle from concept to conclusion. We recognise and manage the potential conflict between operators, developers, other stakeholders and return on capital requirements. A successful development is not just the sum of the parts, but how they are integrated.

We have developed a proven structured methodology to assess risk and feasibility for hotel development supported by specialist project tools.

Development Services Include:

We understand different investor and lender risk profiles and their return requirements and are often the bridge between equity, operations and development. We have relationships with all of the major hotel stakeholders -  developers, operators, owners, financiers.

Our services help solve major investment decisions including:

Dransfield are also well placed to advise new entrants on all aspects of hotel investment.

Dransfield Services 

Dransfield Consulting Experience

Dransfield has extensive consulting experience. We provide a wide range of independent advisory services to hotels and resorts.

Our experience and specialist skills bring a broader perspective to our advice and practicality to our solutions. We are often asked to execute our advice and participate as part of a team.

Related Services

We are Australia’s most experienced strata title advisers, adding value to hundreds of projects across the country.

With over 100 projects with roles ranging from conceptualisation to completion, we have well developed methodologies for the execution of serviced strata hotels and resorts.

A successful strata hotel and resort scheme requires a sound commercial concept developed from market understanding. Key decisions include: Design & product mix, legal compliance, pricing points, total delivery costs, operating structures, overall feasibility, project marketing, demand drivers and funding.

We have the experience to commercialise site opportunities and assess real feasibility. Hotel development requires the balancing of all stakeholders needs.

Key Services Include:

Shared Ownership

Dransfield developed shared ownership as an alternative product to traditional resort strata ownership models.

Shared ownership is an alternative way to own a holiday home which recognises that it is a second home that is not used all of the time. Typically six to eight owners buy a share house in the home, entitling each owner to 6-8 weeks occupancy per year. This saves 80% of the cost and moves the focus to lifestyle.

Dransfield goes beyond the typical short term tactical focus of traditional hotel asset management. We apply a strategic, investment-oriented approach, optimising the value of the asset over the full investment life cycle. This equips owners with the tools to effectively manage their investment and build a constructive and cooperative long term relationship with the hotel operator.

We tailor asset management solutions to meet the needs of the individual owners according to their specific resourcing requirements and desired level of active involvement in managing the asset. We equip owners to effectively manage their investment and build a constructive and cooperative long term relationship with the hotel operator. We are also able to provide a full range of complementary services which can be drawn upon as required.

Core areas of advice: 

We also provides a full range of complementary services which can be drawn upon as required, including development management, transaction services, debt and equity sourcing and advisory services.

Our intimate knowledge of market facing terms and the individual strengths and weaknesses of all operators enables us cut through a lot of the noise in operator submissions and identify the best suited operator for the property.

We find that we can extract enhanced deals from the operators compared to a standalone developer/owner as we present many opportunities each year and are aware of best practice and postures, in what is an otherwise unbalanced negotiation.  

Operator Selection services include:

Strata title projects also have special needs which have a significant impact on operator appointment. We have specialist knowledge in areas such as:

Operational Reviews

Dransfield have also undertaken a wide range of operational reviews on behalf of owners, investors, financiers and operators. This includes large 5 star hotels and small regional resorts. 

An operational review provides a specialist, independent means of assessing past and present performance, opportunities for improvement and reconstruction solutions.

Our independent operating expertise has been recognised by major operators who have periodically retained us to review underperforming hotels.

Dransfield has provided expert testimony on numerous occasions for a wide range of matters in the Supreme Courts, Land & Environment Courts and the Federal Court of Australia.

We also assist in informal dispute resolution and have successfully acted for international and local clients in mediations and arbitrations.

Dransfield is the holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence. This complements our services in providing expert reports, PDS, litigation support, and board advisory.