Central America, Caribbean, Africa and Indian Ocean Hospitality Management Consultants and Development Specialists

Turner Lodging Co. (TLC) – proudly providing hotel consulting services for resort owners, financiers, developers and operators in the Caribbean, Central America, the Indian Ocean and Africa. The company offers a full spectrum of resort consulting services focused on asset management, improved cash flow generation through operational efficiencies and the identification of opportunities, specialized consultancy projects and resort development expertise - working with stakeholders in all aspects from bare land to operation if required. These services are backed by three decades of experience in opening, operating and consulting world leading hotels and resorts in twelve countries across five continents, often in very challenging locations. See About Us

Achieving substantial and sustainable improvements in cash flow and asset value is the key to success, for both our clients and us. Our ability to get to the core of the issues through an intense listening process and knowledgeable discussions enable us to package a cost-effective and tailor made solution for each unique circumstance and property. Our team and associates have over 100 years’ combined experience in resort hospitality management, having been part of the development of, as well as opened and operated, a wide assortment of properties ranging from luxury retreats to boutique and eco resorts, island resorts in isolated locations, luxury villa and condominium golf resorts with large residential components, both for leading international hotel chains as well for independent owners and investors, some resorts having a strata ownership model.

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Overview of Our Professional Roles

1. Asset management and specialized projects: In a consulting role, we can advise you on how to strategize and make specific improvements in cash flow generation, product quality or service delivery. We can help you drive a revenue center to its full potential, drawing from our areas of expertise as outlined here. See Our Services

2. As your Hotel Consultant during the development stages we can advise you on how to avoid the pitfalls that have caused other hotel projects to fall short of fulfilling their full potential. At the initial stage, we can help you define the business concepts, conduct feasibility and market studies, and input on all design aspects. Indeed one of our most important contributions is to work with your architects, planners and designers on space planning issues, to ensure the resort or hotel is designed according to functionality and creative operational efficiency from both a guest’s and an operator’s point of view. This alone can save you substantial dollars during and after build-out, which otherwise may need to be spent on modification or correction. It also enables future profits to be maximized.

3. As your Pre-Opening Hotel Consultant we will formulate a successful business plans to guide the management team from pre-opening stages into full operation mode and day-to-day management; we will work with a pre-opening team in planning and executing all tasks and functions involved in the countdown stages over a 6 to 18 months period or longer.

4. For Business Enhancement, we can perform financial benchmarking to review your financial performance against industry norms and competitors, and point out possible avenues for improvement. We can also evaluate your present management's performance and analyze what is being done well and what needs to be improved. To compete in today's global marketplace, we can help you reposition your property to give it a new competitive edge for you to stand out from among your competition.

In all likelihood, your business circumstance may be extremely unique, but as veteran hoteliers, we can certainly help. Contact us today.