Allie Hope

Allie is responsible for setting and implementing Virgin
Hotels' global growth strategy. Allie's primary
responsibilities include identifying properties in key
markets, and structuring transactions that work for Virgin
Hotels and our Owner/Developer partners. Prior to joining
Virgin, Allie worked on acquisitions, dispositions and
asset management at Sunstone Hotel Investors where
she was on a team that completed over $1 billion of hotel
transactions. Allie was previously a partner at HMR
Analytics, a hospitality asset management firm based in
California, and a consultant with PKF Consulting, one of
the top advisory services firms in the hospitality industry.
Other experiences include hotel operations with Interstate
Hotels and Resorts and spa development at Starwood
Hotels & Resorts. Allie is a graduate of Cornell's School of Hotel Administration where
she received the Dean's Baccalaureate Service Award, is a guest lecturer at Cornell
Hotel School Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship, Columbia University
and NYU, was named Southern California Real Estate "Woman of Influence" in 2007,
and is the co-chair of the Dean's Young Advisory Board for Cornell Hotel School.