Constellation Hotels Holding Limited has named Neil Jacobs as CEO of its new luxury hospitality management business, a venture that will introduce a global brand overseeing the company’s expanding collection of hotels, resorts, and residences.
What this means for Constellation Hotels
The new business builds on a foundation of architecturally significant properties, including three storied London addresses: the Connaught, the Emory, and the Berkeley.
Each hotel will retain its distinct identity even as it becomes part of the broader collection, which Constellation Hotels plans to unveil later this year. This includes a forthcoming hotel in the Saint-Germain neighborhood of Paris, a property in Marrakech, and Hackwood Park, an English country estate.
Neil Jacobs leads with a design-forward sensibility
Jacobs arrives with a résumé built on luxury hospitality and brand development. He served as CEO of Six Senses for 13 years and recently founded creative advisory collective Wild Origins. In his new role, Jacobs will lead the buildout of Constellation Hotels’ hospitality management arm alongside Gianluca Muzzi, CEO of Constellation Hotels.
“Constellation’s ambition is to be a thoughtful, long-term steward of our exceptional portfolio of hotels. Establishing our own hospitality management business is an important step in that strategy, giving us the capability to invest in the properties themselves, as well as in the brand, people, and operating platform that will support their enduring success,” Muzzi says. “Neil has an innate sense of what’s next in our industry and has spent his career defining distinctive luxury hospitality businesses with global relevance. His experience, imagination, and deep understanding of the modern luxury traveler make him uniquely suited to honor this incredible legacy and shape the next chapter.”
The new operating entity will take over day-to-day management across the portfolio and assume responsibility for the London hotels once current management arrangements conclude. Constellation Hotels will remain the owner and long-term steward of the properties, with responsibility for investment and portfolio strategy.
“We’re in the rare position of forming a new international collection with the Connaught, the Berkeley, and the Emory as its foundations,” says Jacobs. “Each has a distinct identity and loyal following. Our vision is to build from that strength and create something worthy of what comes next.”
“That starting point gives us the freedom to rethink what exceptional hotel environments can be. Beyond impeccable rooms and service, our focus will be on places with an energy you can feel as soon as you walk in,” he continues. “As hospitality and residential communities increasingly overlap, there is an opportunity to create a richer and more connected way of experiencing them. From these distinctive foundations, we’re crafting a forward-looking global collection, defined by quality, warmth, and a genuine sense of joy.”