Profile

Ömer Isvan

President
Servotel

Celebrating its 27th year of growth into a leading global consulting boutique, Servotel is now widely recognized as a key advisor in hotel, resort, and integrated mixed-use developments worldwide.
Servotel Corporation is steered by a select number of senior investment specialists in London (covering Western Europe, Americas) and in Istanbul (covering Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and CIS). Isvan’s experience advising investors from green-field stage through to asset management of hotels & resorts spans over 43 countries and numerous projects, including operator selection and negotiations with most leading brands.
Isvan’s unique approach and vision for development advisory led to a fully integrated multi-discipline structure including specialists in concept and creative elements, legal, economic, financial, market research & marketing, design & engineering to complement and cohere the investor, its architects, designers and operators throughout the development and pre-opening process.

A graduate of University of Surrey, England, Isvan is a member of Institute of Hospitality; Institute of Directors and British Institute of Management. Isvan is also reported to have introduced the term ‘boutique hotel’ into the industry and is one of few industry leaders to make the cover of Business Week magazine. Alongside his career, Isvan contributes to the industry by delivering keynote lectures in hospitality development at leading universities and corporate MBA’s globally.