A 40-year industry veteran, Steve spearheaded the international expansion of HVS in 1990 with the opening of the London office. Under Steve’s leadership, HVS expanded and opened offices in Singapore, Athens, Dubai and Milan, and will be opening in Riyadh and Tel Aviv in 2025. HVS is the only global consulting firm focused exclusively on the hospitality industry. With more than 50 offices throughout the world, HVS offers expertise across all types of hospitality assets, including hotels, restaurants, casinos, shared-ownership lodging, mixed-use developments and entertainment facilities. From the initial feasibility study to strategic recommendations on exit, HVS offers advice on all points in the ownership cycle of a hospitality investment.
In 2022, HVS became the tourism advisor to Jared Kushner’s entity, the Abraham Accords Peace Institute (AAPI) and Steve is spearheading this project. AAPI is a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. organization dedicated to supporting the implementation and expansion of the historic Abraham Accord Agreements. The role of HVS is to offer strategic advice on how to build tourism amongst the Abraham Accord countries.
Steve also co-founded HEI Hotels and Resorts in the United States in 1985, and the company has become one of the nation’s leading hotel investment and third-party management companies. HEI’s portfolio includes approximately 100 institutional-grade assets using the industry’s most powerful franchise brands across nearly all the major markets in the US. HEI has been one of the most active investors in the US over the past three decades and has come full circle on approximately $15 billion in hotel properties. With the DNA and track record of a highly experienced investor, HEI brings unparalleled competitive advantages to their capital partners.
Steve graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and received the university’s Hospitality Innovator Award; he also earned an MA in Real Estate Valuation and Law from City University in London.
Steve now resides in Florida, where he oversees the HVS offices listed above, actively pursues international growth for HVS, and provides strategic advice to HEI Hotels.