Ability Group
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| Ability Group | |
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| Type | Private |
| Industry | Property |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Andreas Panayiotou |
| Headquarters | Brentford, Middlesex |
| Website | www |
Ability Group is a British property company based in Brentford founded in 1996 by hotelier and property tycoon Andreas Panayiotou.[1]
Ability Group had 7,000 residential properties, worth over £1 billion, before moving into hotels and commercial property.[2]
Ability Group owns Dunblane Hydro, Hilton Liverpool, Hilton Cambridge, Waldorf-Astoria Syon Park, DoubleTree Aberdeen.[3]
The hotel in Aberdeen had a £7 million renovation by The Ability Group.[4]
History
[edit]Ability Group was founded by Andreas Panayiotou. By 2007, the group had built up around £1 billion in UK residential assets and had begun expanding into commercial property and hotels.[5]
Hotels
[edit]In 2007, Ability Group acquired the Hilton hotel at Liverpool One for £60 million. The hotel was part of the Liverpool One development and was expected to open in 2009.[6]
The group has owned hotels including Premier Inn Glasgow, DoubleTree by Hilton Cambridge, Hilton Dunblane Hydro, Liverpool Hilton and Hilton London Syon Park.[7]
London Syon Park was originally developed by Ability Group at a reported cost of £70 million and operated by Hilton Worldwide. It opened as a Waldorf Astoria property before being rebranded as Hilton London Syon Park in 2013.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "HOUSE OF THE DAY: Britain's Most Expensive Home Gets Price-Slashed By $52 Million". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "Ability Group". andreaspanayiotou. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hotels". andreaspanayiotou. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ "Marco Pierre White's steakhouse to open at Aberdeen hotel in spring - Evening Express". Evening Express. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ↑ "Ability completes Hilton purchase at Liverpool One". Place North West. 23 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Ability completes Hilton purchase at Liverpool One". Place North West. 23 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Ability buys Park Inn by Radisson hotel". Place North West. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "London Syon Park rebranded as a Hilton Hotels & Resorts property". The Caterer. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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