Where hospitality reimagines real estate.
Paris, 23–24 February 2027Pullman Paris Montparnasse
The Founding Edition of FHS Living: two days where real estate capital from Europe and the Middle East meets the operators and developers who make hospitality-led real estate perform.
Living is Europe's largest real estate investment class.
Investment rose 22% in 2025, and almost every institutional investor in the sector plans to put more in.
Source: JLL 2026.
96%
of institutional investors in European living plan to raise their allocation.
Source: Cushman & Wakefield European Living Investor Survey 2026.
Middle East capital, flowing into Europe.
Since 2023, investors from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain have backed hotels, branded residences, housing and student beds in nine European countries. 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
Who you'll meet.
500 C-level decision-makers, with capital at the centre of the room.
Capital 25%
Family offices including from the Middle East, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, asset managers, pension funds and lenders.
Developers 35%
Residential, mixed-use and hospitality developers building across Europe.
Operators and owners 20%
Branded residences, student, senior, serviced and co-living operators, and hotel groups through their living arms.
Enablers 20%
Advisors, brokers, lawyers, designers and technology, selected.
51 Founding Advisors shape the platform.
Investors, developers, operators and advisors from across hospitality and real estate. See everyone, by asset class
See it. Work it. Meet.
The stage opens each day. Roundtables and hosted investor meetings follow.
Keynotes and panels
Where capital is moving on day one, how deals get done on day two, from the people doing them.
Roundtables and masterclasses
Underwriting, regulation and operations, in small rooms rather than panels watched from row nine.
Matched 1:1 meetings
AI-powered matchmaking books your meetings on your investment criteria. Hosted investor meetings run on both days.
The programme, drawn to scale.
Developing programme. Details to be confirmed. The full running order
Day 0Monday 22 February
Day 1Tuesday 23 February
Day 2Wednesday 24 February
Main stageRoundtables and masterclassesHosted investor meetingsDinners and receptions
A first look in Dubai.
On 1 October 2026 FHS Living took over the Summit Stage at FHS World in Dubai: 15 sessions, 38 speakers and 33 organisations.
Lately on LinkedIn.
Founding Advisors, partners and the first Advisory Board. Follow FHS Living
Dimitris Manikis, President EMEA, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, attended the FHS Living Advisory Board as one of our Founding Advisors.
The FHS Living Advisory Board met for the first time on 7 September at Maslow's Kensington.
Lauren Okada Young, Managing Director in Brookfield's Real Estate Group, has joined FHS Living as a Founding Advisor.
Accor One Living, which helped launch the Branded Residences Forum, joins FHS Living as Founding Partner.
One price. One date it rises.
Book before 14 November 2026 for the current rate.
Delegate Pass
For everyone
€1,450+ VAT
Until 13 November. From 14 November 2026 the price is €1,700 + VAT.
- All keynotes, panels, roundtables and masterclasses
- AI-powered matchmaking app for pre-scheduled meetings
- Networking receptions and daily lunches
- Exhibition and partner showcases
- AI-generated session summaries, recordings and presentations
- Investor site tours and partner reports, subject to availability
Investor Pass
For capital allocators
€800+ VAT
Refunded once your scheduled meetings take place.
- Access to the Investors Lounge
- Pre-arranged 1:1 meetings with operators, developers and asset managers
- Invitations to closed-door investor sessions within 12 months
The market is still fragmented. Large events are too broad, and niche ones don't have the right scale.
Partners
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