Gabriel Matar is a Paris-based asset manager, hotel advisor and managing partner at Sentinel Hospitality.

Across earlier career stops at JLL, KPMG, Arthur Andersen and the UNWTO, Matar managed dedicated hospitality and real estate teams undertaking numerous valuations, financial feasibility studies, lease and management contract negotiations, resort master planning and mixed used developments.

Prior to engaging in his consulting career Matar worked as Tourism Master planner for the UN World Tourism Organization and the Lebanese Government. He is an ESSEC associate professor and a frequent writer, and speaker on the international hotel industry.