About

Experience: Established in 2012 as a specialist agency & consultancy, NJB Hotels & Leisure Property is the creation of Nick Barber, who brings his 30 years of high level industry experience to clients seeking a personalised hotel portfolio service that is both proactive and reactive. Nick has been a managing director and partner in some of the biggest names in national and London commercial property consultancy, as well as specialist hotel sector advisors. He is a chartered surveyor and RICS registered valuer, with an in-depth knowledge of corporate hotels across the UK.

 

Expertise: Nick has expertise in key areas for the serious property investor seeking long, medium or short term profit in the hotels sector.


Nick advises on:


He has worked across the complete UK hotel property life cycle, from development, through operation and tenure, to exit for alternative use, and has a comprehensive understanding of hotel brands, locations and demographics throughout the country. Research and consultancy assignments are a key element of the NJBHLP business.

 

Excellence: With an extensive, results driven agency track record, Nick’s major projects have included:



NJBHLP concentrates on UK corporate hotels and hostels, with a ‘sweet spot’ in the limited service sector. With the regional acquisitions brief for cities expansion for YHA (England & Wales), Nick worked on the new acquisitions of YHAs Brighton (2014), Cardiff (2015) and Newcastle Central (2019); he is an acquisitions advisor to Travelodge in the further expansion of its nationwide leasehold estate; from 2021 he has added UK franchise development for Choice Hotels EMEA, starting with the launch of refreshed ‘Comfort’ and ‘Clarion’ brands. Nick is also a regular advisor on acquisitions and hotels estates matters to leading pension fund managers (examples KF-IM, DTZ Investors, Legal & General IM, BP IM), real estate investors (Cordatus, David Samuel AM, Frasers Group, Martin’s Properties) and specialist developers (Jaynic, Seven Capital).