Stephen Burt

Stephen has worked in the hotel industry for over 35 years in the fields of hotel agency, hotel investment and hotel management. 

He was a co-founder in Australia of what is now JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group and CEO of Colliers Hotels Asia Pacific. As one of Australia’s leading hotel brokers he transacted in excess of $4 billion in hotel sales. 

In the field of hotel investment Stephen established at Mirvac, a dedicated hotel funds management platform involving listed funds (two) and wholesale funds (two). The funds collectively comprised twenty-seven hotels with a gross value in excess of $1 billion. 

Stephen’s experience in hotel management has involved CEO roles for Radisson Asia Pacific and Mirvac Hotels & Resorts. He was Chairman of Singapore based, Travelodge Asia which upon his appointment in 2016 grew from a start up to a portfolio of twenty existing and pipeline hotels in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and Vietnam. 

In 2019 Stephen established Hotel Capital Partners as a specialist hotel investor utilising third party capital to invest in hotel property and hotel management companies across the full spectrum of limited service through to luxury. In recent years Hotel Capital Partners has expanded into coliving as both an investor and manager under the brand of Elli Living. 

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Financial Administration from New England University.