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Extensive experience in successfully owning and operating hotels and retail outlets

An experienced professional, Geoff Simmons, is an entrepreneurial hotel owner and operator with extensive experience in successfully owning and operating hotels and retail outlets.

With over 35 year’s experience, Geoff has extensive industry knowledge, strong leadership, consultative approach, and outside-the-box thinking.

He excels at building strong working relationships and can add significant value to organisations through hard work and delivering returns to owners.

Based in Melbourne, he focuses on asset management, operator negotiations, and hotel project delivery.

​Co-owner and Director of Kildair Hotels Group Pty Ltd, Geoff has owned, operated and asset managed the following properties over the last 20 plus years:

  • Rydges Geelong Hotel (formerly Mercure Geelong) – 140 rooms (1996 to 2015)
  • Ibis Styles Kingsgate Hotel Melbourne - 220 rooms (2000 to 2016)
  • Mercure Grosvenor Hotel Adelaide – 250 rooms ​(2003 to 2018)
  • The Thorndon Hotel Wellington by Rydges (formerly Kingsgate Wellington) – 108 rooms​ (2007 to 2014)

The Process Undertaken was:

  • Identify Hotel/Property
  • Purchase Property off Market
  • Commence General Management for the first six months
  • Negotiate the Hotel Management Agreement
  • Dispose of Hotel with on/off Market Campaign

Rydges Geelong Hotel (formerly Mercure Geelong)

Rydges Geelong Hotel

Ibis Styles Kingsgate Hotel Melbourne

Ibis Styles Kingsgate Hotel Melbourne

Mercure Grosvenor
Hotel Adelaide

Mecure Grosvenor Adelaide

The Thorndon Hotel Wellington by Rydges (formerly Kingsgate)

The Thorndon Hotel Wellington by Rydges
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