Full Video: Ennismore Founder Sharan Pasricha at Skift Global Forum 2022


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Here's what's on the mind of one of the hottest hoteliers in the world today.

Reflecting on post-pandemic trends that will last, Ennismore founder and co-CEO Sharan Pasricha anticipates that real estate owners will continue to want to split their income streams across coworking, food-and-beverage, and lifestyle hotels for years to come.

“Hotel owners like the diversification of revenue,” said Pasricha on-stage at Skift Global Forum in New York City on September 20 with Skift CEO Rafat Ali. Accor and Ennismore last year created a lifestyle entity based in London and jointly led by Pasricha and Gaurav Bhushan, CEO of Accor’s lifestyle division. Ennismore’s brands include The Hoxton, Gleneagles, SLS, Delano, Mondrian, 25hours, and Working From.

See below the video and transcript of Pasricha discussing how Ennismore manages its 14 brands, the geographic market he's most excited about, whether the group might do festivals, the company's growth strategy and drive for direct bookings, how traveler and coworking patterns ar