Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 25, 2002

Simon Turner – Hotel Capital Advisers Inc

SIMON M. TURNER has been a Principal of Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc., since 1996. Hotel Capital is a hotel investment advisory and asset management firm that assists HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in his hotel investment activities. Prior to 1996, Mr. Turner was a New York-based member of the Investment Banking Department of Salomon Brothers. He returned to Salomon Brothers' New York office in 1994 after spending five years in London leading the firm's European hotel investment banking activities. Before joining Salomon Brothers in 1987, Mr. Turner was a Manager in the Washington, DC, office of Pannell Kerr Forster, a leading hotel and tourism consulting firm throughout the world. Mr. Turner previously worked in Saudi Arabia for Gustar Hoteliers, a Swiss-based hotel management and marketing company with properties in Europe and the Middle East, and for Sheraton in the United States. Mr. Turner received a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. Mr. Turner is a member of the Urban Land Institute and serves on that organization's hotel council and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is a member of Fairmont Hotels' operating committee and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Four Seasons and as a member of its Audit Committee. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch of Hotel Capital

Advisers?

Mr. Turner: Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc. (HCA) is a hotel investment

advisory and asset management firm that