SPEAKER

Nikos Hadjos

Founder & Managing Director
HOTELLECT

Nikos is the Founder and MD of HOTELLECT - a boutique advisory firm offering professional services in hotel investments and debt/ equity financing in the Med’nean region and recently in the GCC and in parallel is the exclusive Development consultant for all of Marriott International’s brands, covering the markets of Greece and Cyprus. Before venturing on his own, Nikos worked for Marriott International first as Director of Business Analysis based in Dubai, UAE from 2013 to 2017, when he joined the Hotel Development Marriott division and was transferred to Athens, Greece, where he covered Greece, Cyprus and Malta until the end of 2020. During his four-year presence in Athens, Marriott became the fastest growing international hotel chain in Greece for three years in a row. Before joining Marriott in the headquarters for Middle East and Africa in 2013, Nikos worked for hotel investment companies in the Middle East such as Kingdom Hotel Investments and Abraaj Capital, as Vice President of Acquisitions, covering Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia. Nikos has also held positions within the fields of consultancy with industry experts HVS in New York and in operations with Marriott and Intercontinental in New York. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph, Ontario and holds an MBA in Finance & Investments from City University of New York (CUNY). He is also a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the UK.