Our team
A comprehensive range of skills and a dynamic, creative approach to building our business
The L+R Hotels corporate team comprises decisive, disciplined, and hard-working individuals with a comprehensive range of skills and a dynamic, creative approach to building our business. We are all driven and passionate about what we do.
Our team possesses a wide range of expertise, with many experts experienced across multiple functions. Collectively, we have in-depth knowledge covering acquisition and development, as well as asset management. Our team is guided by well-defined and rigorously applied policies within the Value Cycle of Asset Management. These policies include operational management, finance, food and beverage, revenue and yield management, e-distribution, sales and marketing, human resources, construction, and design. For more information, you can explore our tax strategy.
Our corporate experts have worked for numerous significant hotel brands, including Accor, Hilton, Starwood, Jumeirah, Virgin, Fairmont/Raffles, and Minor, as well as various investment firms.
Having held senior roles across the world, we are multicultural individuals with a diverse outlook. Many of us are fluent in multiple languages, and our team is proficient in French, German, Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and English.
Desmond Taljaard
Desmond leads the L+R Hotels team and all activities related to Hotel Development & Acquisitions, …
Neil Kirk
Neil joined L&R Hotels in 2020 and currently oversees European and UK acquisitions as well as …
Charles Macon
As CEO of Americas, Charles leads all activities related to hotel development & acquisitions, asset …
Elisa Barral
Elisa joins L&R from Le Méridien Barcelona in Spain where she has been the General Manager.
Andrew Stembridge
Andrew runs Iconic Luxury Hotels, a collection of notable, individual and award winning hotels.
Sean Lowe
Sean has been with L+R Hotels since October 2017, as CEO for the Atlas Group, our portfolio of UK …
Nikos Konstantinidis
Nikos joined L+R Hotels in 2014. He has focused on acquiring Hospitality and Commercial Real Estate …
Christophe Bellonie
Christophe leads the Finance teams and Asset management activities for L+R Hotels and oversees hotel …
Enquiries and opportunities
If you would like to contact us regarding investment opportunities or enquiries about our portfolio, you can reach us here.