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  - Leisure Development
    Leisure Development
    RLA creates and plans the experiences that guests of tomorrow will demand whilst achieving the commercial success ownership expects. .. Read more
  - Resort & Hotel
    Resort & Hotel
    RLA provides strategic advisory services ranging from small boutique hotels to large-scale resorts and portfolios of properties through all stages of the project’s lifecycle. .. Read more
  - Destination Planning
    Destination Planning
    RLA pushes the boundaries of planning experiences that guests of tomorrow will demand, which is vital for advantageous positioning of any destination. .. Read more
  - Spa Consulting
    Spa Consulting
    RLA provides independent client advisory in the ever-changing world of spas and wellness with trusted research data and professional integrity to address every aspect of a wellbeing development. .. Read more
  - Health, Wellness & Medical
    Health, Wellness & Medical
    RLA simplifies the complexity represented by the everchanging health, wellness and medical arenas to help investors identify next-generation experiences that exceed market and guest expectations .. Read more
  - Asset Value
    Optimisation
    Asset Value
    Optimisation
    RLA’s Asset Value Optimization solution is designed for optimizing profitability of hospitality assets, providing hotel owners, investors and asset managers an independent resource to drive asset performance. .. Read more
  - Project Financing
    Project Financing
    RLA's expertise in the financing of leisure assets includes project analysis and financial modelling, conducting feasibility studies to establish the economic viability of leisure projects. .. Read more
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  - Viability
    Viability
    RLA’s comprehensive range of Viability services is the foundation for commercially successful projects .. Read more
  - Planning
    Planning
    RLA successfully traverses projects through the ‘planning’ stage with a keen eye to achieving best use results and optimal financial outcomes. .. Read more
  - Implementation
    Implementation
    Our hospitality asset owners and operators recognize RLA's multifaceted approach as a driver of the commericial success of their projects. .. Read more
  - Operations
    Operations
    RLA’s experienced team of experts provides the relevant hands on approach for driving operational success. .. Read more
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Jun, 2025

Craft Immersive F&B Experiences

Edward Harvey, Founding Principal of Elevate F&B, reveals how wellness is reshaping hospitality F&B. Drawing from the 2025 Wellness Real Estate Report, Harvey explains why beverage revenue is shifting from room service and bars to restaurant outlets, driven by guests seeking immersive experiences over standard offerings in their pursuit of holistic well-being.

Edward Harvey

Founding Principal

Create & ELEVATE Marketing Management

Edward starting at The Savoy, London, after 6 years he gained his first international experience at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong and Park Hyatt Tokyo.

Following he was enlisted by Grosvenor House London when it was Marriott who recognised Harvey’s commercial success and positioned him to deliver F&B Concept Development and Design – EMEA from which Harvey advanced to Corporate Vice President – F&B, Europe.

After being appointed Managing Director – Tricon Dubai, delivering F&B Strategy and Concept Development he founded Create & ELEVATE Marketing Management, www.elevatefb.com.

As Founding Principal, Harvey services client requirements across EMEA with two international offices; Geneva and London. Elevate specialises in originating strategic advisory services for restaurant & bar outlet concept briefs, design development and operator support.

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Restore hospitality industry jobs' prestige

Sep, 2022

Dr. Achim Schmitt talks about the importance of reigniting the prestige of the jobs in hospitality industry, and its complex positive impacts in both the present industry and for the future professionals including employer branding, and the consequent employee engagement and guest experience. view more

Be faster, become a better story-teller

Sep, 2022

Dimitris Manikis shares his learnings from the pandemic era, his thoughts on the importance of embracing younger generations' ideas and why the hospitality industry narratives need to be changed. view more

Leisure Development

Resort & Hotel

Destination Planning

Spa Consulting

Health, Wellness & Medical

Asset ValueOptimisation

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Planning

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Craft Immersive F&B Experiences

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