Full Name
Anthony Cohen
Job Title
Executive VP & Partner, Crescent Hotels & Resorts Canada
Company/ Property
President & CEO, Global Edge Investments
Speaker Bio
Tony is President & CEO of Global Edge Investments (GEI), a vertically integrated hospitality and management based investment company he founded in 1998.
GEI was involved in the creation, repositioning, development and ultimate sale of some of Eastern Canada’s most notable hotel transactions, including, but not limited to:
- The first Le Germain Hotel (outside of Quebec) and divested its interest (in 2014) in Le Germain and achieved a 14 year 16% IRR on the investment;
- Development of the Thompson Toronto Hotel - Tony helped guide the Thompson to a 2017 sale that achieved, at the time, the 3rd highest per key price in the history of hotel transactions in Canada.
- Led a consortium who bought the Howard Johnsons Yorkville Hotel Toronto, rezoned it and sold it for what was then one of the highest prices per buildable square feet in the history of real estate transactions in Canada;
- Led the purchase, repositioning and rebranding of Hotel PUR in Quebec City and sold it 4 years later for a 4.5X on equity.
GEI took an active role in the launch, growth and sale of Wahanda.com which and has investments in tech start-ups (and other companies) such as Routier, Claim Compass, Zonetail, Zoom & Go, PTG, The Bellhops, Thumbtack SeamlessMD and Fleet Panda as well as Food & Beverage companies Simply Protein, Tequila Tromba, Soto Sake, Daydream and Flow Hydration.
GEI is also a partner & Chief Canada Officer in Crescent Hotels & Resorts, a top 4 North American independent hotel management company operating 105 hotels across the continent.
Tony currently serves on the boards of Mount Sinai Foundation, Birthright Israel Canada and the Design Exchange. In 1998, in partnership with his wife, he created the Tora Foundation which is involved in organizations such as Birthright Israel, Mount Sinai, Tennis Canada, the Bell Lightbox, the Ontario Science Centre, AIDA (Association of Israeli Decorative Artists), to name a few.
Tony attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
Tony is the 2012 recipient of the Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Award for Hotelier of the Year.
GEI was involved in the creation, repositioning, development and ultimate sale of some of Eastern Canada’s most notable hotel transactions, including, but not limited to:
- The first Le Germain Hotel (outside of Quebec) and divested its interest (in 2014) in Le Germain and achieved a 14 year 16% IRR on the investment;
- Development of the Thompson Toronto Hotel - Tony helped guide the Thompson to a 2017 sale that achieved, at the time, the 3rd highest per key price in the history of hotel transactions in Canada.
- Led a consortium who bought the Howard Johnsons Yorkville Hotel Toronto, rezoned it and sold it for what was then one of the highest prices per buildable square feet in the history of real estate transactions in Canada;
- Led the purchase, repositioning and rebranding of Hotel PUR in Quebec City and sold it 4 years later for a 4.5X on equity.
GEI took an active role in the launch, growth and sale of Wahanda.com which and has investments in tech start-ups (and other companies) such as Routier, Claim Compass, Zonetail, Zoom & Go, PTG, The Bellhops, Thumbtack SeamlessMD and Fleet Panda as well as Food & Beverage companies Simply Protein, Tequila Tromba, Soto Sake, Daydream and Flow Hydration.
GEI is also a partner & Chief Canada Officer in Crescent Hotels & Resorts, a top 4 North American independent hotel management company operating 105 hotels across the continent.
Tony currently serves on the boards of Mount Sinai Foundation, Birthright Israel Canada and the Design Exchange. In 1998, in partnership with his wife, he created the Tora Foundation which is involved in organizations such as Birthright Israel, Mount Sinai, Tennis Canada, the Bell Lightbox, the Ontario Science Centre, AIDA (Association of Israeli Decorative Artists), to name a few.
Tony attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
Tony is the 2012 recipient of the Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Award for Hotelier of the Year.
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