Omer is the founder and president of Servotel, celebrating over 38 years of evolution into a global Hospitality & Lifestyle Real Estate development and investment advisory boutique. Servotel is now recognized as one of the leading advisories in the investment and development of hotels, resorts, wellness facilities and integrated residential and mixed-use lifestyle developments worldwide.

Backed by industry-leading specialists based in London, Istanbul and Dubai, Omer’s experience spans over 46 countries and numerous projects, advising investors at every step of the investment and development process, from green-field concepting through to asset management of hotels, resorts, destination wellness and lifestyle communities. Many of these projects involve the selection and integration of global hospitality operators and brands.

Omer’s unique approach and vision for the development advisory field, together with his strong passion for a fully coherent, holistic R&D and expertise base that integrates directly with investors, has shaped Servotel’s fully integrated, multi-disciplinary structure. This includes specialists in concept and creative elements, legal, economic, financial, market research and marketing, as well as design and engineering, all working in cohesion with investors, architects, designers, specialist consultants and operators throughout the development and pre-opening process.

A graduate of the University of Surrey, England, Omer is a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality; a member of the Board of the Global Wellness Institute; a Board Member and Co-Chairman of the 2021 Global Wellness Summit in Tel Aviv; an Advisory Board Member of the International Hotel Investment Forum; and a member of the Institute of Directors and the British Institute of Management. Omer is also credited with introducing the term “boutique hotel” into the industry in the early 1980s and is one of the few industry leaders to have appeared on the cover of Business Week.

Alongside his professional career, Omer contributes to the industry by delivering keynote lectures on hospitality development at conferences, leading universities and corporate MBA programs worldwide. He is married with two children and is passionate about yachting, superyacht design, luxury travel, exploration, authentic travel and gastronomy, as well as his active engagement in a seniors’ basketball team.