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All-round advice for the hotel and tourism industry

The hotel and tourism industry is developing fast. New technologies, changes in the expectations of guests and fluctuations in the economy are constantly placing new challenges on businesses. Growth demands clear strategies, precise analyses and sustainable decisions.

Yet in a market that is constantly changing, it is becoming ever more difficult to take the right course. How to you counter increasing costs, regulatory requirements and the digital transition?

From planning to expansion

First class advice for travel, tourism & leisure

We’ll assist you with interdisciplinary advice in Audit & Assurance, Tax, Advisory and Legal. We’ve been advising investors and hotel operators comprehensively for over 50 years and develop solutions that go beyond standard approaches. 

Whether it’s a new-build, on-going operations, restructuring or a transaction – our team will adapt to your individual requirements. Our services cover the entire life-cycle of a hotel, from the first calculation to its successful conclusion. Furthermore, we will advise you throughout the entire tourism and leisure sector.

  • Annual and consolidated financial statements – compilation and auditing for hotel owners and operators
  • Reviews – e.g. to confirm turnover rents
  • Advice for financial reporting – compliance and best practices under USALI, German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS
  • Special audits – customised analyses for individual challenges
  • Other confirmation services for stakeholders – security for investors, banks and partners
  • Valuation of hotel properties & operators – a basis for decision-making for buyers and investors
  • Tax implementation by new companies – building legally compliant structures
  • Tax structuring for hotel lease and management agreements – optimisation for tax conditions
  • Transactions & restructuring consulting – tax strategies for mergers and takeovers
  • Tax due diligence for hotel transactions – tax audits for deals
  • Accounting for hotel businesses – outsourcing & increasing efficiency
  • Ongoing tax services – support with tax issues in daily business
  • Assistance with tax audits – security & compliance
  • Tax advice on sales & purchases – optimally structure asset or share deals
  • Buying price & determining working capital – assessment of budget & reporting date balance sheets  
  • Restructuring – tax-optimised transformations
  • Valuation – hotel businesses, hotel properties and hotel arrangements
  • Digitalisation & technology solutions – automation, AI & new business models
  • M&A & corporate finance advice – sales, purchase & integration of hotel businesses and hotel groups
  • Risk management & compliance – prevention of & protection against financial and operational risks
  • Optimisation of performance & increasing efficiency – better margins, higher profitability
  • Sustainability strategy – ESG strategies for long-term growth
  • Due diligence for transactions – financial & strategic valuation of hotel sales
    Project management & restructuring – realignment of businesses

 

  • Hotel-specific agreements – management, lease and franchise agreements
  • Corporate law structure advisory – optimal business forms for hotel projects
  • Royalty & branding – protection and use of hotel brands 
  • Transactions & contract drafting – legal due diligence, fact books, share & asset deals, sale & lease back, forward deals
  • Recovery & restructuring – Avoiding insolvency & rearranging
  • Private construction law – architectural regulation (HOAI), contract to produce a work and warranty law 
  • Pre-opening phase – contracts & legal conditions
  • Financing & investment consulting – contract drafting & the law governing collateral
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The benefits to you – the basis for your success

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