Current Responsibilities
A JLL career professional with the firm’s Hotels & Hospitality Group, Nihat Ercan started with JLL's London office in 2002 before relocating to Asia Pacific in 2007. He is currently CEO Asia Pacific, Hotels & Hospitality
Group and sits on the Global Board of JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group. Based in Singapore, Nihat oversees JLL’s investment, advisory, and asset management services across the Hotels & Hospitality Group’s 14 regional
offices with over 110 specialists.
Experience
Nihat has over 20 years' of experience in the hospitality sector and has worked across all major real estate markets. He has sold more than USD 10.0 billion in hotels to-date across Europe, Asia and the Indian Ocean. Across his career, Nihat has successfully advised on the sale of many of the region’s largest and most high-profile transactions. His accomplishments include the sale of Cheval Blanc in the Maldives for a global record price per key; the sale of Grand Park Orchard Singapore, the largest commercial transaction in the city’s history at the time for SGD 1.16 billion; the sale of InterContinental Hong Kong; and the sales in 2019 of the Conrad Maldives, Anantara Maldives, Andaz Singapore and the Westin Tokyo - all landmark transactions.
Education and Affiliations
Under Nihat’s leadership, JLL has been recognized as the No.1 Hotels Investment Advisor in Asia Pacific for the past 12 years by Real Capital Analytics-MSCI. Nihat holds a first class BSc (Hons) degree in Hotel Management from the University of Surrey and is a registered Real Estate Salesperson with Singapore’s Council for Estate Agencies, a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and a Hospitality Development Council Member of the Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific.
