“The Chief Executive Officer of L J Hooker Hotel & Tourism, Graeme Hennessy, and General Manager of Project Finance, Robert Minards, have extensive combined experience and expertise in the Australian and overseas property and property finance markets. This includes hospitality and investment sales and marketing, commercial and residential development and finance, and residential subdivisions. (Please refer to Appendix A for profiles of Graeme Hennessy and Robert Minards).
They are supported by operational staff who contribute diversified skill sets in the areas of hotel sales and management, hotel broking, and commercial sales and development, and language fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. The organisation has a national capacity, with a local focus, and has the added bonus of the support and strong brand recognition of the L J Hooker network of over 720 offices. In addition, it has a network of national and international affiliates. Add value through its hotel management skills and valuation feasibilities Add value to development opportunities through planning sales strategies and negotiating pre-sales levels Implement customised professional reporting programs. With a combination of experience and expertise in the hotel and tourism markets, all members of staff are committed to delivering superior results through a complete understanding of all issues related to each matter.” Achievements The scope of our expertise and experience in the hotel and tourism market sectors is demonstrated in the following examples Hotel and tourism sales and management More information on hotel and tourism sales is included in Appendix B. Why L J Hooker Hotel and Tourism? The strong brand recognition that L J Hooker enjoys is complemented by a team that is highly experienced in the hotel and tourism market sectors. We are constantly building upon our experience and expertise and also keeping abreast of all rules and regulations affecting the hotel industry and to take a proactive approach to their possible impact on performance. Appendix B contains information on, and is an endorsement of, our lengthy and successful involvement with the hotel and tourism markets. Company data Personnel Our key operational staff are partners of the business and take full responsibility for all appointments. Profiles on Graeme Hennessy and Robert Minards are detailed in Appendix A. They are supported by the following operational staff members Robert Parrott who has 25 years experience in hotel management on behalf of clients and has introduced initiatives that have been credited with contributing to clients’ improved profitability Andrew Quan has many years experience in sales and leasing in the Sydney CBD on behalf of his Asian client network Steve Fox is involved with the hotel broking industry and theme parks following his involvement with the establishment and operational management of Old Sydney Town. The strength of our team enables L J Hooker Hotel and Tourism to offer clients a complete portfolio of services. Clients L J Hooker Hotel & Tourism and L J Hooker Auction and Sales have a strong business relationship with their clients that has been built up over several years of delivering professional service and positive results. These clients include Participation in the Sanctuary Cove Ultimate Auction $90M Ocean Blue Resort, Surfer’s Paradise $35.5M HOTEL and TOURISM SALES include Ashmore (Gold Coast) The Ashmore Tavern
Source hotel sellers and purchasers both off-market, via its extensive database and through a diverse range of associations and contacts
Some of the notable Sales:
Bella Vista Resort, Indonesia $130M
ANA Hotel Site, Surfer’s Paradise $6.9M
Swifts, Darling Point $10.8M
Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay $6.6M
14 Hotels for Tooth & Company, including Newport Arms, Dee Why Hotel $23M
Ashmore Tavern, Gold Coast, Queensland $5.586M
Disposal of Austotel Portfolio Leasehold Hotels $8M
Club Tropical, Port Douglas $5.8M
Launceston Holiday Village, Launceston $2.4M
Golden Gate Hotel Sydney $70M
Malcoota Hotekl Victoria - $2M
Sydney Park Inn, Sydney - $4M
Sentosa Island, Singapore - $86M
Big Banana, Coffs Harbour NSW $5m
Notre Dame, Mulgoa, NSW - $7M
Other sales such as :
Auburn, Ambassador Hotel
Austinmere, Headlands Hotel Ballina, Ballina Hotel
Balmain, Cat & Fiddle Hotel Bathurst, Argyll Motor
Broke, Castlerock Vineyard Brookvale, The Brookvale Hotel
Coolac, Coolac Hotel Cronulla, The Cronulla Hotel
Eastwood, The Eastwood Hotel Enmore, Empire Hotel
Killara, The Greengate Hotel Kings Cross, 40 Darlinghurst Road
Launceston, Launceston Holiday Village Leura, Leura Resort Hotel
Marsfield, Curzon Hall
Mona Vale, Mona Vale Hotel
Mt Hutton, Bushwacker Tavern Newcastle, Top of the Town Motor Inn
Ocean Shores, Ocean Village Tavern Paddington, Olympic Hotel
Parramatta, Club Paradise Hotel
Port Douglas, Club Tropical
Potts Point, Kendall Hotel
St Leonards, Havana Joes Tavern
Surry Hills, Hard Rock Café Surry Hills, Hopetoun Hotel
Sydney, Golden Gate Hotel Sydney, Macquarie Hotel
Sydney, Metropolitan Hotel Sydney, Sydney Park Inn
Sydney, Tudor Inn Hotel Townsville, Ambassador Hotel
Wallacia, Wallacia Hotel (leasehold) Watsons Bay, Watsons Bay Hotel
Wiseman’s Ferry Country Retreat Wollongong, North Wollongong Hotel
Woollahra, Woollahra Hotel