WHO WE ARE
MEETING CLIENTS NEEDS WITH EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, AND EXCELLENCE
Sylvester Consulting
Group was formed in 1996 to assist hotel and restaurant owners, operators and investors in
assessing development opportunities and implementing cost-effective solutions. The firm
represents clients predominately in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic region in such areas
as market studies, operational studies, management counsel, interim management,
recruitment and property acquisition and disposition.
Our firm is comprised of experienced professionals and seasoned hotel and restaurant
managers, fully capable of implementing our findings in an oversight or day-to-day interim
management capacity.
Sylvester Consulting
Group is a full-service, results-driven firm dedicated to improving the asset and company
value of our clients in the areas of hotel and restaurant consulting and litigation
support.
The
backgrounds of the firm's group are summarized below:
President
Prior to forming Sylvester Consulting Group, Derek Sylvester was a principal of Restaurant Advisory Services, the foremost restaurant and hotel consulting firm in the nation and a senior consultant with Pannell, Kerr, Forster (PKF) one of the largest hospitality consulting firms in the world. Mr. Sylvester management experience includes serving as general manager of the Castle Hill in Newport, RI and as restaurant manager with Marriott Hotels and Resorts. He has conducted over 150 market demand studies for proposed and conversion hotels in the New England and Mid-Atlantic States. Mr. Sylvester has been responsible for the development and turnaround of numerous restaurant and hotel food and beverage operations. He is an active member of the Rhode Island Hospitality & Tourism Association, Cayuga Hospitality Advisors, Cornell Hotel Society, Working Capital and Big Brothers. He is a 1986 graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
Principal
John Todia has thirty-five years of operations and senior hospitality
management experience with Sky Chefs, Winegardner & Hammons and Waterford
Hotel Group. Most recently, John was President, COO and Director of
Development for Waterford.Mr. Todia’s operations and development experience
include multi-unit management of forty-eight hotels with annual revenues in
excess of $250,000,000 and development projects that exceed $200,000,000 in
market value.He has in-depth working knowledge of every major hotel
franchise group, and has personally supervised the opening of six newly
constructed hotels. John has negotiated and obtained management contracts
for over sixty-five hotels whose ownership included not only major financial
institutions, but also single facility principals.He is a graduate of
Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and also attended
graduate school at the University of Cincinnati and Northeastern
University.John is a member of
Cayuga Hospitality Advisors and the Cornell Hotel Society.He is a
past member of the Board of Directors of the IAHI, and several chambers of
commerce.