GREENWICH, CT— Lodging industry veterans Edward Nesta and Manos Angelakis have joined forces to form Luxury Hospitality Consultants LLC, a new venture aimed at helping luxury properties (outside the U.S.) prepare their physical plant, infrastructure and marketing to attract upper-tier U.S. travelers and improve competitive performance while growing revenues and profits. Nesta most recently served as svp/operations at The Leading Hotels of The World in New York City and, prior to that, worked with Doubletree Hotels Corp. Angelakis, involved in marketing and sales promotion for the luxury travel industry for more than 25 years, is currently managing editor of LuxuryWeb, a monthly e-magazine, targeted to the affluent international market. Until recently, he had also served as vp/luxury tourism development at WorldsAbove, a Virtual Private Network company. Services to be provided by Luxury Hospitality Consultants include, but are not limited to: strategic planning; analysis of property acceptability as a boutique or super-luxury hotel; brand building and awareness; customer relationship management; travel industry relationship management; interior designer and decorator alliance development; amenity supplier recommendations; hotel restaurant transformation; website, internet and e-commerce solutions planning and implementation; marketing budget analysis and resource optimization; outsourcing; and specialized cost-reduction programs.
