Hilda K.R. WEIT

Hotel Acquisitions & positionings| Corporate Development strategist

About Hilda

Hilda K.R. Weit is an accomplished Hospitality Professional

Extensive experience in hotel asset management, development & positioning.

Previously serving as a Senior Development Manager at HRG Hotels GmbH in Berlin, she oversaw portfolio expansion, and hotel repositioning, negotiated legal agreements, created feasibility studies, led acquisition processes and managed a development team. She also previously worked as a Portfolio Asset Manager, building up HRG’s Asset Management department, preparing business cases, and leading portfolio acquisitions.

Her earlier roles included Junior Asset Manager and Product Development positions at Tropical Island Asset Management, where she handled large transactions and coordinated accommodation projects.

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Academically, she holds a BA in Hotel Management from Edge Hotel School and a certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments from Cornell University. Hilda is fluent in German, English, and French, and actively contributes to industry initiatives, including creating an online hub for hospitality students.

Hilda also co-founded the GreenCoal Movement in Madagascar, promoting sustainable energy through organic waste reuse.

Expertise in the Hospitality sector

Below are areas where Hilda excels.

Hotel Operator & Brand selection

Hotel development/Hotel asset management

Hotel acquisitions & Positioning

Professional Experience

Hotel Acquisitions & positionings| Corporate Development strategist, Little BIG Hotels

06/2024- present

As Senior Manager, Corporate Development at Little BIG hotels, I spearhead the brand’s ambitious growth from 230 to 2,500 rooms within five years.
– I negotiate Heads of Terms, lease agreements, and business acquisition contracts to secure strategic opportunities.
– In addition, I am responsible for creating and implementing the brand standards, ensuring consistency and quality across all properties.
– I also oversee the seamless integration of new hotels into our portfolio, aligning them with our operational excellence and strategic vision.

My role combines innovative brand development with hands-on execution to drive sustainable growth.

Senior Development ManagerHRG Hotels GmbH

01/2024 – 05/2024
– Reporting to the VP of Development and Chief Investment Officer.
– Driving the portfolio expansion.
– Responsible for the repositioning of hotels.
– Creating commercial analyses.
– Negotiating HOTs and LOIs.
– Supporting lease contract negotiations with the legal department.
– Onboarding and managing of analyst and development manager.

Portfolio Asset Manager
HRG Hotels GmbH

01/2021 – 12/2023
-Building the Asset Management and Development Department by hiring a team of analysts, project managers and architects.
– Creation of standard processes, templates, and points of communication.
– Responsible for the repositioning of assets within the portfolio.
Preparation of business cases, blueprints & feasibility studies.
– Preparation of support documentation and calculations for the board regarding portfolio deals and coordination of VDRs and external partners during portfolio acquisitions.
– Creation of hotel concepts with internal and external partners.

Junior Asset ManagerHRG Hotels GmbH

10/2019 – 12/2020
– Transaction-related processing of real estate management data.
– Analysis of the hotel-specific real estate market.
– Preparation and adaptation of location and real estate concepts and corresponding risk and profitability analyses.
– Liquidity management, portfolio controlling and analysis of hotel portfolio.

Junior Manager Product DevelopmentTropical Island Asset Management GmbH

06/2018 – 07/2019
– Coordination and communication lead responsible for the Tropical Islands transaction process with a sales volume of 226m EUR.
– VDR setup & maintenance, document preparation, Q&A coordination Planning and correcting due diligence reports and management presentations.
– Writing status reports, creating presentations for senior management and preparing sales presentations for investors
Accommodation renovation and conceptualization for work phases 1-4 HOAI.
– Managing budgets and timelines.
– Creating room books as a design standard in collaboration with architects and internal departments.