We can't predict the wind, but we can manage the sail.
Asset management with the operator in the room.
About Jibe Hospitality
Hybrid by design
Jibe is a hybrid hotel firm. We work owner-side — building the strategic plan and holding management accountable to it — and we step in to operate when an asset needs hands-on leadership. Most firms pick one. We hold both.
What we do
Our mission
Jibe Hospitality Group is dedicated to developing, operating, and marketing exceptional hotels worldwide. We deliver innovative, customized solutions in performance enhancement, operations, revenue management, branding, and guest experience.
Who we are
JHG's leadership has represented principal ownership on more than $2.5B of hospitality real estate, including six luxury hotel openings with The Ritz-Carlton, Park Hyatt, Mandarin Oriental, and Aman. Senior operating experience inside Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Aman, Starwood, Mandarin Oriental, and Langham. We've been through the cycles, and we're still hungry to do this work.
How we work
Four things define how we work.
Hybrid by design. Asset management discipline plus hands-on operations. Most firms pick one.
Operators bred inside the best. Senior roles inside Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Aman, Starwood, Mandarin Oriental, and Langham.
Built for hidden value. Mispriced or mispositioned assets, with operating moves we know how to execute.
Full-cycle, on call. Acquisition through stabilization is one conversation, not four.
Where we've worked
Properties the team has led or represented:
Mandarin Oriental — New York, Miami, Hong Kong, Las Vegas
Aman — New York
Park Hyatt — New York
St. Regis — Deer Valley
Waldorf Astoria — Las Vegas
Langham — Chicago
The Dominick — SoHo
Hotel Plaza Athénée — New York
Little Palm Island — Florida Keys
Turnberry Isle —
Services
Acquisition advisory
Operator-lens diligence and underwriting for hotel acquisitions. We evaluate the deal the way the team that will operate it does — with a view to ramp curves, stabilized GOP, and the operating moves required to get there. For capital partners considering a hotel acquisition, and for properties joining the JIBE portfolio.
Hotel & resort operations
Full operations leadership for hotels and resorts when an asset needs hands-on management. Property-side staffing, day-to-day decisions, brand-standard execution. Bring us in when the operator is the gap.
Brand & marketing
Positioning work for properties whose story has drifted. Repositioning the brand at the property, sales and marketing infrastructure, F&B concepting, leisure and group strategy. Run as a focused intervention or as ongoing oversight.
Operational performance
Department-by-department review with operating recommendations and a sequencing plan. Where the property is leaking margin and how to stop it. Targets the operating moves that change GOP, not the cosmetic ones.
Asset management
Owner-side discipline on a property the owner doesn't want to run. Hold the operator to the underwriting. Approve management and third-party contracts. Drive the operating moves that move returns. Monthly or quarterly cadence.
Development consulting
Feasibility, pro-forma, preliminary budgets, franchise and brand evaluation. Set up so the right partner is signed and the building is built to operate. For owners considering or in early-stage hotel development.
Pre-opening
Systems, staffing, design reviews, and brand-standards work in the months before a property opens. The work that determines whether opening week goes smoothly — and how fast the property ramps to stabilized performance.
Condo-hotel work
Mixed-ownership properties where HOA dynamics, revenue-share programs, and inventory quality all need active management. Owner relationships and HOA coordination as ongoing work, not exception-handling.
The team
Edward Shapard
Edward Shapard, Founder & Managing Principal, has more than 25 years of specialized international experience in Hospitality-related Hotel Operation, Food and Beverage, Sales, Marketing, Revenue Management, Spa & Wellness, Development, Condominiums, Homeowner Associations, and Fractional Developments.
James Rodgers
Accomplished Vice President of Operations with over 23 years of experience in the Engineering and Facilities Industry. A skilled in hospitality operations, specializing in luxury and ultra-luxury mixed-use developments, including residential properties, hotels resorts, and retail.
Luis Pous
Cuban-born Luis Pous has been at the helm of some of the world’s most sought-after dining destinations, including the nationally acclaimed The Dining Room at Little Palm Island. Chef Pous is now the founder of El Takoy, a Hawaiian-inspired street food concept he launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, with outlets including The Dominick Hotel in New York.
Prior to this, Chef Pous manned award-winning kitchens for nearly two decades, including the Mandarin Oriental, Miami; Turnberry Isle in Aventura, FL; and Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York City.
Let's talk
Jibe Hospitality Group
205 Puppy Smith Street, Aspen, Colorado
