Profile:
Managing Partner / Hotelgateway Advisory Services
Zofia’s background is commercial real estate capital market including office and retail as well as developing hospitality area at King Sturge (currently JLL).
Founder and owner of Hotel Gateway, a venue finding agency specializing in selecting and negotiating hotel services for business clients such as Big4 consulting companies, Animex, Airbus.
Co-founder and untill 2014 partner of the Polish affiliation of Hotel Asset Management Vienna (HAM), an Austrian hotel consultancy and advisory group.
With HAM and Christie & Co as partners, Zofia launched the first edition of Spotlight Hotel Investment Poland Conference to help deepen investors awareness of hotel market opportunities in Poland.
Her consultancy firm, Hotel Gateway provides advisory services for hotel investors, owners and operators.
Clients:
White Star Real Estate, Tristan Capital Partners, Strabag Real Estate Poland, Kulczyk Silverstein, Chriestie&Co, Ola Amandus Olsen, Park Inn Katowice, Radisson Hotel Group, Louvre Hotel Group.
Major instructions:
In 2016 Zofia was involved in purchase of two 4-star hotels in Wrocław and Gdańsk on behalf of Norwegian private investor.
In 2017 Hotel Gateway conducted rebrending of Park Inn hotel Katowice, negotiating management agreement with Radission Hotel Group on behalf of the owner.
In 2019 she was appointed advisor responsible for brand selection process and lease agreement negotiations for hotel projects being a part of spectacular Elektrownia Powiśle mixed-use complex in Warsaw.
Education:
Law and Administration at Kozminski University in Warsaw; Marketing and Management at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland; Management at ISCTE Lisbon, Portugal; Introduction to Global Hospitality Management at Cornell University, NY, USA