Waterfront hotels
Waterfront hotel and resort advisory
A waterfront hotel sells the view and pays for the shoreline that comes with it. We advise owners and investors on hotels and resorts whose value lives at the water's edge: beachfront, harbourside, island and marina-integrated.
What we advise on
Where the room rate meets the tide
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Acquisition and disposal
Buy-side and sell-side advice with the water-related risks priced in: coastal exposure, seawalls, insurance and access.
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Positioning and repositioning
What the property should be, which guests it should win, and what refurbishment the market will actually reward.
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Operator and brand strategy
Management agreements, franchises and leases compared on fees, performance tests, owner approvals and exit.
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Capital planning
Refurbishment cycles, furniture and equipment reserves, and the waterfront works that never appear in a standard condition report.
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Hotel and marina integration
Where a hotel and a marina share a site, structuring the two so each improves the other's numbers.
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Island and remote resorts
Logistics, utilities, staff housing and transfers: the costs that decide whether a remote resort can make money.
Before you commit
The questions that decide value
Waterfront hotels carry risks and opportunities that inland hotels do not. These are the questions we put to every one before an owner commits capital.
- What is the property's exposure to storm surge, erosion and rising sea levels, and what protection is already in place?
- Who owns and maintains the seawall, jetty and foreshore, and under what consent?
- How have insurance premiums moved for coastal properties in this location, and where are they heading?
- Does the operator agreement let the owner act if performance slips?
- How much of the room rate is the view, and is the view protected?
- What are the access constraints for guests, staff and supplies, including by water?
Other services
Contact
Start a conversation
Tell us about the asset, the question and the deadline. We will come back to you the same or next business day, and the first conversation is always a short one.
- contact@ninamarine.com.au
- Where
- Sydney, Australia, and wherever the asset is. By appointment.