PKF hotelexperts group, a leading global hospitality consultancy, announces its presence in the US. The US operations, with headquarters in New York, will be managed by two of the industry’s most dedicated professionals to high-quality international hospitality development: Mr. Baron Ah Moo and Ms. Channing Henry.
The announcement was made by the firm’s Global CEO Michael Widmann.

Currently, PKF hotelexperts group has 14 offices worldwide, with more than 100 consultants providing advisory services including feasibilities studies, valuations and appraisals, operator selection, project development, asset management, finance and investment, and strategic advice. In addition, the PKF hotelexperts group includes PKF tourismexperts, focusing on master plans for regional tourism infrastructure, and PKF livingexperts, which incorporates many forms of lifestyle and serviced concepts – membership clubs, student and senior living, and serviced residential. PKF hotelexperts group is also fully integrated with accounting and advisory firm PKF International/O’Connor Davies which adds tax and accounting solutions to its real estate/hospitality expertise, creating a holistic suite of service offerings for clients unlike anything else in the market.

“We are eager to re-engage the market with an office in New York, fortified with exceptional new US leadership working in collaboration with our extraordinary talent around the world,” Mr. Widmann said. “Baron Ah Moo and Channing Henry are a seasoned and dynamic leadership team with profound experience in hotel development, investment and consulting. They bring intense creativity to their work, challenging status quo advice with innovative ideas and practical solutions.”

Mr. Ah Moo, whose experience includes managing a $500 million private portfolio of leisure real estate in Vietnam as CEO of Indochina Hotels and Resorts, and Ms. Henry, who recently developed a Proper hotel in Los Angeles and the master plans for numerous projects in the Southern US, Baja Mexico, and Costa Rica, will serve as co-leaders of the New York office of PKF hotelexperts. They bring significant transactional and hands-on experience in the boutique and resort development field as well as extensive consulting success to PKF’s US practice. Their combined experience on projects in the US, Mexico, Central America and Asia provide them with keen insight into the full development cycle, from market analysis to deal structure and execution.

“Our growing team will carry on the traditions of PKF’s advisory and deep-rooted market research with further insights for our clients into the development and investment process as a whole,” said Mr. Ah Moo.
Ms. Henry said, “PKF literally created the standard for benchmarking, accounting and consulting in the hospitality realm. Today, we carry our tradition forward, and with headquarters in New York and longtime presence of our team members in Southern California and Florida, the new PKF US operations re-enters the North American market with a meaningful ramp-up strategy and an inventive approach.”

PKF has grown to become one of the largest global networks of accounting and consulting firms, with more than 200 member firms in 400 locations in over 100 countries. The US office of PKF hotelexperts group opens in partnership with PKF O’Connor Davies, a major accounting firm headquartered in New York.