Adjacent Spaces, the event that explores opportunities and investments across alternative asset classes, will return to Berlin on Tuesday 16 May 2023.

Running alongside the International Hospitality Investment Forum (15-17 May), the one-day conference at The Pullman Hotel Berlin Schweizerhof will discuss co-living, co-working, serviced apartments, hostels and student accommodation.

This year’s speaker line-up is reflective of the growing interest in alternative asset classes by hospitality investors, developers and operators, with representatives from hospitality businesses such as Accor, NomadX, CitizenM and Ascott joining asset and investment managers. Speaker and session highlights include Jeff Tisdall, Chief Business Officer at Accor One Living and Global Head of Mixed-Use at Accor – Next Level Residential Hospitality: Shaping The Future of Living. As the person recruited to lead Accor One Living, an industry-first mixed use platform, Tisdall is well-placed to demonstrate how hotel groups can make headway in the branded residences category.

Elsewhere, MariaPia Intini, Development & Investment Director for Europe at CitizenM will share her expertise on financing expansion from the perspective of the company that raised over $1 billion from existing shareholders and a $210 million loan from JP Morgan Chase, while Ngor Houai Lee, Managing Director for Europe at Ascott will delve into the expansion of the group’s new brand Lyf – a concept combining the best of serviced residences, hotels and co-living apartments – across Europe.

Also on the agenda is a discussion on how investors can better understand opportunities in the operational real estate (OpRE) sector and look at ways to balance risk and returns, which will be chaired by Natalia Kolotneva, Head of European Living & Hospitality at La Salle Investment Management – Valuing, Financing and Pricing OpRE Assets.

The programme will also discuss ways to thrive in the serviced apartment marketplace, take a look at the workation trend and explore the great merger of hospitality concepts.

Joe Stather, VP Market Lead for Operational Real Estate at Questex, comments: “Limited-service hotels and alternative concepts offer real potential for investors and operators. We are aware that more investors are showing interest, no doubt attracted by the lower cost base and lack of exposure to the same operational headwinds as full-service hotels. With its focus on alternative concepts and its targeted programme of discussions highlighting the opportunities within this space, Adjacent Spaces is the ideal forum for those both active in these markets and those looking to join them.”

The full programme can be found here.