Neil Jacobs Named CEO of New Constellation Hotels Luxury Group
The former Six Senses chief will oversee a new collection anchored by The Connaught, The Berkeley, and The Emory.
Photo: Courtesy of The Berkeley
Constellation Hotels has appointed former Six Senses chief executive Neil Jacobs to lead a new luxury hospitality management company built around some of London’s best-known hotels.
The new business will create a global collection encompassing The Connaught, The Berkeley, and The Emory, as well as a growing portfolio of hotels, resorts, and residences. Each property will retain its existing name and identity within the collection, which is expected to be unveiled later this year.
Beyond its three London hotels, Constellation’s portfolio includes a forthcoming hotel in Paris’s Saint-Germain neighborhood, a development in Marrakech and Hackwood Park, an English country estate in Hampshire.
Jacobs will serve as chief executive of the new management company and work alongside Constellation Hotels CEO Gianluca Muzzi. The operating company will eventually assume management of the London hotels once their current arrangements conclude, with Constellation promising a carefully managed transition intended to preserve existing service standards and guest experiences.
Constellation Hotels will continue to own the properties and oversee investment and broader portfolio strategy.
“We’re in the rare position of forming a new international collection with The Connaught, The Berkeley, and The Emory as its foundations,” Jacobs said. “Each has a distinct identity and loyal following. Our vision is to build from that strength and create something worthy of what comes next.”
Jacobs most recently founded the creative advisory collective Wild Origins. He previously served as CEO of Six Senses, where he helped expand the company from eight to 27 properties while developing its reputation for wellness, sustainability and experiential travel. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Starwood Capital Group.
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The appointment brings an executive with extensive hotel development and brand-building experience to a collection whose best-known properties already have strong followings. Jacobs said the company will focus on creating hotels with “quality, warmth and a genuine sense of joy,” while exploring the growing overlap between hospitality and residential communities.
“Neil has an innate sense of ‘what’s next’ in our industry,” Muzzi said. “His experience, imagination and deep understanding of the modern luxury traveller make him uniquely suited to honour this incredible legacy and shape the next chapter.”
