Gelina Kordoni

Consulting Experience

Gelina Kordoni is the Development Manager of the HVS Madrid office, following a successful tenure with the HVS Athens office since 2020. In her current role, she drives strategic initiatives across Europe, supporting clients in hotel development, acquisitions, and operational improvements.

Since joining HVS, Gelina has successfully led and contributed to numerous advisory projects across Southern Europe, providing strategic insights for hotel developments, acquisitions, and operational improvements. Her experience includes single-asset and portfolio hotel appraisals, market and project feasibility studies, operator selection and management contract negotiations, investment and transaction counsel, and expertise on large-scale, mixed-use, and public-private developments.

Gelina joined HVS after completing a B.A. in Hospitality Management from Hotelschool The Hague, and later earned an M.Sc. in Real Estate Development from IE Business School, graduating with Honors in Real Estate Investments and Real Estate Finance.

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Education

September 2023 - July 2024
M.Sc. in Real Estate Development (Graduated with Honors in Real Estate Investments and Real Estate Finance)
IE Business School

September 2016 - June 2020
B.A. in Hospitality Management
Hotelschool The Hague
BA Thesis: “Valuation Variance and its Impact on the Greek Hotel Market”
 

My Articles

Thoughts on How the Pandemic Must Affect Greek Tourism

The Greek tourism industry has been hit the hardest; but it has also given people the opportunity to step back and fill in the missing gaps. A need to establish well-organised and empowered DMOs is apparent, in order to upgrade Greece's tourism product. Furthermore, the development of a corporate structure will assist family hotel businesses to entrench a desired financial position against stakeholders.

• June 15, 2020 By Pavlos Papadimitriou , Gelina Kordoni

• Travel & Tourism , Hotel Management , Risk Management , COVID-19 , Europe , Greece , Athens