Operating Partners

Hospitality operating expertise.

Michels & Taylor is a hotel manager, operating and advisory partner within the Blackbear platform. Founded by Sir David Michels and Hugh Taylor OBE, the fifty-person hotel and F&B management and advisory business gives Blackbear and its co-investors direct access to operating insight, real-time market data and post-close execution capability that would otherwise need to be sourced externally.

Sir David Michels

Co-founder & Chairman

Former CEO of Hilton Group; sold Hilton International for c.£4bn.

Hugh Taylor OBE

Co-founder & CEO

Former Regional Vice President, Hilton UK & Ireland, with responsibility for 30 UK hotels.

Michels & Taylor in numbers

3,000+

Managed rooms

1,000+

Asset-managed rooms

200

Hotels supported

£1bn+

Combined asset value

Operating capability

Michels & Taylor

Hospitality & F&B

Operating diligence, asset management, post-close execution and management across hotels, resorts and branded residences.

Michels & Taylor on LinkedIn

Michels & Taylor is engaged on live diligence and post-close execution, not retained as a marketing panel.

Operational capability, applied.

If your situation needs an owner with operating capability rather than a passive capital partner, we should talk.

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