Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> August 28, 2000

European Entertainment & Leisure Stocks : Julian Easthope – Ubs Warburg

JULIAN EASTHOPE is a Leisure analyst at UBS Warburg. He graduated with a 2(1) in accounting and finance in 1986 and has been a leisure analyst since 1987. After spending seven years at UBS he moved to Warburgs on the merger. In the last extel survey he, together with his colleagues, Clare Freeman and Hannah Gledhill, were rated 1st in the Pan European Leisure and hotels sector. His main coverage includes Granada Compass, Hilton, Preussag, Accor and Sol Melia. He has extensive corporate experience including the IPO's of Sol Melia, Thistle, Jarvis Hotels and Thomson and helped in the defence of Forte against Granada. Profile
TWST: Shall we start with a description of the universal stocks that you

follow closely.

Mr. Easthope: I am the leisure and hotels analyst at UBS Warburg which I

cover on Pan-European basis.