Built around the capital in the room.
You meet the operators and developers who make hospitality-led real estate perform, in meetings matched to what you invest in. Then you decide what to underwrite.
Investor Pass €800 + VAT refunded once your meetings take place
Where Middle East capital is going.
Sovereign funds, family offices, developers and banks from five Gulf states have backed hotels, branded residences, housing and student beds across Europe since 2023. Future Hospitality Summit has spent 20 years building relationships with Gulf capital.
- UAEUK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Greece, Latvia
- Saudi ArabiaUK, Spain, Italy
- QatarFrance, Italy
- KuwaitUK
- BahrainUK
€540mof European hotels bought by Middle Eastern investors in 2025, up 254% on 2024. HVS
Selected deals in hotels, branded residences, housing and student beds reported from 2023 to 2026. Not every deal is shown.
The 22 deals behind the map
- UAE to Spain, 2023ADIA, with Meliá: 24 hotels with 4,918 rooms. Hospitality Investor
- UAE to UK, 2023Aldar: London Square, a residential and build-to-rent developer, £230m. IPE Real Assets
- UAE to UK, 2024Emirates NBD and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank: a £140m loan for 353 student beds in London. Emirates NBD
- UAE to Latvia, 2024Eagle Hills: a €3bn Riga waterfront scheme with 8,000 homes. AGBI
- UAE to Italy, 2024Emaar: Grand Hotel Imperiale, Forte dei Marmi, €40m. IPE Real Assets
- UAE to Serbia, 2025Eagle Hills: a residential-led expansion of Belgrade Waterfront. SeeNews
- UAE to Austria, 2025Mohamed Alabbar: The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna. HVS
- UAE to Italy, 2025Eagle Hills and COIMA: a €200m fund to restore the Grand Hôtel des Bains, Venice. AGBI
- UAE to Germany, 2025Eagle Hills: an agreement to buy Mandarin Oriental, Munich. Eagle Hills
- UAE to Greece, 2025Vivium Holding, a UAE family office: a future 65-room hotel in Athens, €18.6m. HVS
- UAE to Italy, 2025Eagle Hills and COIMA: Guido Reni, Rome: housing, student beds and hospitality, a €400m project. IPE Real Assets
- UAE to Spain, 2026Dubai Holding: Jumeirah Port Sóller, Mallorca. Hospitality Investor
- UAE to UK, 2026Select Group: three Delta Hotels golf resorts. HVS
- UAE to Italy, 2026ADIA: citizenM Roma Isola Tiberina. HVS
- UAE to Italy, 2026Mubadala: up to €600m for ADD Capital's housing, build-to-rent and student funds. IREI
- Saudi Arabia to Spain, 2023Dar Global: Tierra Viva branded villas with Automobili Lamborghini, Benahavís, a €282m project. PR Newswire
- Saudi Arabia to UK and Italy, 2023PIF: 49% of Rocco Forte Hotels, 14 hotels valued at £1.2bn. Hospitality Investor
- Saudi Arabia to Italy, 2025Red Sea Global: 90% of Santo Stefano Resort, Sardinia. AGBI
- Qatar to France, opens 2027Maybourne: Maybourne Saint-Germain, Paris: a hotel with 23 branded residences, over €300m. Paris Select Book
- Qatar to Italy, 2025QIA: refits across its Costa Smeralda hotels and a new hotel, Sardinia. Il Sole 24 Ore
- Kuwait to UK, 2025Al-Bahar Group: raised its stake in Yotel to more than 95%. YOTEL
- Bahrain to UK, 2025Investcorp: about 1,250 student beds across the UK. Investcorp
Every layer of the capital stack.
From sovereign wealth funds to lenders, from Europe and the Middle East. FHS Living puts every layer of capital in one room with the operators and developers who make hospitality-led real estate perform.
Your criteria set the agenda.
Hosted investor meetings run on both days, alongside the roundtables.
Tell us what you invest in
Asset class, geography, ticket size and the partners you want to meet: operators, developers or co-investors.
We propose the meetings
Our AI-powered matchmaking app suggests the people worth your time. You accept, decline or ask for more.
Meet in private
Pre-scheduled 1:1s in dedicated meeting rooms, plus the Investors Lounge and closed-door investor sessions.
The conference is the crossroads between traditional real estate and hospitality.
€800 + VAT. Refunded after your meetings.
The pass covers the full programme, the Investors Lounge, pre-arranged 1:1 meetings and invitations to closed-door investor sessions within 12 months of registration.
Tell us what you are looking for.
Marina Franolic leads investor relations for FHS Living. Share your criteria and she will come back with the operators, developers and opportunities that fit.
Marina Franolicmarina.franolic@thebench.comSee who you will meet
Operators, developers and 51 Founding Advisors, by asset class.
Who's in the room