ArtBuild Hospitality (ABH) is a Ukrainian company with 20 years of international experience in hotel development and consulting.
Over the years, our company has developed an unwavering approach: we always stand by the investor. This significantly sets us apart from other companies involved in hotel project development in Ukraine. In every project, we act as the Client’s strategic partner, protecting their interests, optimizing the budget, and ensuring maximum return on every square meter.
Our Expertise
The company’s activities encompass projects of various formats and scales – from urban-style hotels and large multifunctional complexes with a hotel component to comprehensive master planning for modern recreational, wellness, resort, and sports complexes, gaming zones, and more.
Practical knowledge of every stage of hotel project implementation, a network of exclusive partners in various countries around the world, and the professionalism of our staff enable our company to provide a full range of high-quality services in the field of hotel consulting and development.
We cover the entire lifecycle of a hotel property. Our team brings together consultants, economists, marketers, certified specialists in Revenue Management and sustainable construction, as well as appraisers who collaborate with RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). Our regular partners include qualified architects and designers.
Key Competencies
- Fee-based development: managing hotel development from concept to ribbon-cutting.
- Hotel consulting: developing a roadmap and development strategy for hotel projects, analyzing investment attractiveness and the feasibility of project development, etc.
- Technical support: engineering, design, FF&E procurement, and implementation of operational technologies.
- Operational management: professional hotel management in Ukraine and worldwide.
- Crash-test of existing hotels and project solutions: audit of tangible assets, operational activities, and financial reporting; analysis and optimization of architectural and planning solutions.
- International Operator or Brand Search and Selection
- on a case-by-case basis for specific projects.
ABH: Facts and Figures
- Over 20 years of experience in the hotel real estate market.
- Over 100 completed projects (from audits to fee-based development).
- 15 countries, including Ukraine, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and others.
- Special Hotel Technology: a proprietary methodology that ensures business efficiency as early as the design phase, avoiding mistakes that cannot be corrected after construction.
- Extended Hotel Feasibility Study: the company’s unique product – an in-depth analysis of a hotel project’s viability (comprehensive project strategy) and the most realistic financial model based on preliminary design indicators.
- Financial accuracy on par with the Big Four: validation of the financial and economic model by ABH experts provides the investor with confidence comparable to a Big 4 audit.
International recognition and partnerships:
- since 2011, we have long served as partners and official representatives in Ukraine for one of the world’s largest hotel chains – Best Western International;
- in 2019, we opened our own hotel, Casa Santa Sofia, in Rome (Italy);
- In 2022, we opened Best Western Plus Market Square Lviv, which in 2023 and 2024 received the highest awards for Best Service, Best Experience, and Best Breakfast from the Best Western EMEA Awards, which the chain uses to recognize the best hotels in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Vision: We create formats that will be trending in Ukraine in 5-10 years, ensuring the asset’s long-term liquidity.
Final Project Authority: Regardless of who the investor started with, they ultimately come to ArtBuild as a strategic advisor and final authority, able to optimize the concept, correct errors, and ensure the protection and multiplication of investments.
Our own investment and management experience allows us to see the project through the eyes of the owner, not the contractor. By choosing ArtBuild Hospitality, you get not just a contractor, but a partner with the mindset of a co-owner. We transform square meters into a liquid business asset, guaranteeing a predictable result and the security of your investment at every stage – from the first sketch to the reception of the first guest.
