Company – The Ability Group

Since Ability was formed in 1996, we have built up a significant presence within the UK and European property markets, across Residential, Commercial and Hotel sectors. Over the last 20 years, we have invested carefully, ensuring that we have not over-leveraged investments. This has allowed us to build up equity in the business. Being in this position allows us to be more competitive in the market and offers, as well as providing vendors certainty and reliability when dealing with us, a reputation which is valuable.

From our platform in Residential properties, Ability has acquired, developed and managed over 7,000 properties in the UK. We were well placed to develop a commercial portfolio of Offices, Retail spaces and Hotels. In 2006, we established a €150 million investment program for Shopping Centres in Europe.

In 2007, The Ability Group sold the majority of its residential stock, with a value of over £1billion. This followed up with an acquisition spree of UK and European Hotels, of which we now own fourteen. These include the 2,100 bedroom Club Med in Kamarina Sicily, Premier Inn Glasgow, London Syon Park Hilton Hotel, Doubletree by Hilton Cambridge, Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, the landmark Liverpool Hilton located within the Liverpool One complex which is undoubtedly Liverpool’s best hotel.

Recent acquisitions include, Doubletree by Hilton Aberdeen, Hampton by Hilton Edingburgh, Park Inn by Radisson Manchester, Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough, Travelodge Southport, Travelodge Newcastle Under Lyme and Travelodge Kings Lynn. We now have a total of 4034 rooms and employ over 3,000 staff across our current hotel portfolio.

By 2020 with our hotel portfolio, developments and commercial assets, we aim to reach a net worth of £2 billion. Our goal is to continue to grow the business and to achieve synergy within the groups brands.

The next few years will prove to be some of the most exciting in our history. We look forward to increasing our scale and efficiency, with our dedicated in-house team and external professional advisors.