Sell-Side Advisory & Private Placements for Exceptional Hospitality Assets
Ad Altius leads discreet, high-impact sell-side processes for extraordinary hospitality assets—typically five-star properties with singular identity and soul.
These are not commodity assets. They are legacy-defining holdings—artistically conceived, obsessively operated, and rarely available. Our job is to ensure that, when an owner decides to sell or recapitalize, the result reflects not only historical performance but the irreplaceable nature of the asset itself.
We deliver for our clients in three key ways:
1. Extraordinary Outcomes
We routinely achieve valuations that exceed expectations—not by manipulating comps or hyping potential, but by matching the right asset to the right buyer. We understand how to position singular hotels for strategic and emotional resonance, especially with buyers who value legacy and scarcity.
2. Buyer Screening Based on Ethos, Not Just Capital
We maintain an international network of family offices, private investors, and strategic buyers. But we don’t run wide processes. Instead, we quietly approach a short list of potential acquirers who meet two essential criteria: financial capacity and cultural fit. A buyer’s alignment with the asset’s ethos is as important as their offer.
3. Private Placements When Full Sale Isn’t the Answer
Not every transaction involves an exit. In select cases, we structure private placements that allow owners to retain control or transition gradually. These can fund repositioning, expansion, succession, or simply provide liquidity—while ensuring the property remains in the hands of those who built it.
Our approach is tailored, discreet, and deeply informed by what makes each hotel valuable—not just as real estate or a business, but as an experience that can’t be replicated.
In our world, a hospitality transaction is never just a trade of capital for keys. It’s a transfer of identity, reputation, and long-cultivated operational excellence. That complexity isn’t a problem—it’s the point. The reason we’re brought in is simple: we know how to navigate the invisible factors that shape high-value outcomes, and we know how to do it without compromising what makes the asset extraordinary.
We don’t flood the market. We don’t chase volume. We identify the right acquirer, investor, or structure based on a deep understanding of the asset, the ownership, and the desired end state. Sometimes that’s a full sale. Sometimes it’s a recapitalization. And often, it’s a direct negotiation with a strategic counterparty who would never engage in a conventional process—but will move if the opportunity is right.
Whatever the structure, the goal is the same: protect what makes the property irreplaceable —and get it valued as such.