Nearly four decades focused on hospitality operations, management and advisory work.
About Perry Group
Hospitality experience.
Measured by outcomes.
Seasoned operators, managers and advisors bringing practical judgment to complex hospitality assets and high-stakes engagements since 1985.
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Built for difficult assignments
Operator perspective.
Advisor discipline.
Perry Group International is a consortium of seasoned hospitality management professionals and consultants with deep operations, marketing and financial experience.
The firm works with owners, investors, lenders, attorneys, courts and other real estate professionals when hospitality properties face change, underperformance, litigation, restructuring, receivership or an important investment decision.
Each principal associate brings decades of senior hospitality operating experience.
A broad history of assignments involving hospitality businesses and real estate.
A western U.S. base supporting nationwide and international engagements.
How we work
Experience that moves from analysis to action.
Hospitality problems rarely stay confined to one discipline. Operations affect cash flow. Management affects value. Litigation can depend on real-world standards and practices. Ownership changes can quickly become operational challenges.
Perry Group is structured around that reality—combining senior operating experience with financial, strategic and advisory perspective so recommendations can be practical, timely and executable.
Independent judgment
Hands-on operating experience
Financial discipline
Hospitality-specific expertise
Leadership & team
Senior hospitality professionals.
No learning curve.
Perry Group’s principal and associates have held senior executive and operating roles across lodging, foodservice and related hospitality businesses in North America and international markets.
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Founder & President
Dennis Gemberling
Asset Manager · Owner’s Representative · Receiver · Interim Manager · Operations Consultant · Financial Advisor · Expert Witness
Dennis Gemberling has more than 35 years of hospitality industry experience spanning full-service and limited-service hotels, resorts, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gaming and related leisure businesses. His career includes senior vice president, general manager, food and beverage leadership and unit-management roles.
His work includes hundreds of projects for branded, franchised and independent hospitality businesses, as well as court-appointed receiverships, interim property management, turnaround consulting and expert witness engagements.
Cornell Hotel Real Estate Investments & Asset ManagementLoyola Law School Receivership Administration, Procedures & LawIndustry certifications & professional memberships
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Associate
John Fernando
Interim Manager · Temporary Corporate Manager · Consultant · Advisor
John Fernando brings more than 35 years of hotel, resort and restaurant experience, including senior roles in operations and food and beverage. His background spans full-service, limited-service, extended-stay, all-suite and timeshare properties as well as casual, fine-dining and quick-service restaurants.
He has worked with numerous major hospitality brands and independents and has held positions including Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Food & Beverage, Corporate Chef and Director of Food & Beverage.
Steigenberger School of Hotel ManagementWalt Disney University2005 National Leadership Award
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Associate
Klaus Henck
Consultant · Temporary Corporate Manager
Klaus Henck brings more than 35 years of hospitality experience across Europe and North America, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, bars and clubs. He has served as an owner, consultant, manager and operator on a wide range of hospitality assignments.
His executive background includes President of Astor Management, Vice President of Food & Beverage for Ramada, Inc. USA, and regional and general-management roles for hospitality chains in Canada.
Hotel School management training, GermanyHotel & restaurant operationsCorporate and multi-property leadership
A flexible expert network
The right disciplines around the table.
When an engagement requires additional specialties, Perry Group works with experienced outside professionals in accounting, financing, sales and marketing, legal services, public relations, real estate brokerage and technology—building a team around the needs of the assignment rather than forcing every problem into one model.
Representative clients & engagements
Trusted across the hospitality ecosystem.
Client identities are often confidential, but Perry Group’s assignment history spans hundreds of hospitality businesses, real estate assets and complex stakeholder situations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Owners & Operators
Independent and institutional owners navigating performance, transition, management or disposition.
Investors & Lenders
Financial stakeholders evaluating, protecting or restructuring hospitality assets and loans.
Attorneys & Courts
Legal professionals and courts requiring receivership, operational analysis, litigation support or expert testimony.
Developers & Real Estate
Developers, brokers and real estate professionals assessing feasibility, repositioning and transaction risk.
Representative scope
From a single restaurant to complex hotel real estate.
Assignments have included full-service and select-service hotels, boutique and resort properties, restaurants and restaurant chains, bars and nightclubs, entertainment venues, gaming-related assets and mixed-use hospitality real estate.
Private consultation
Experience matters when the situation is complex.
Speak directly with Perry Group International about your property, investment, dispute or management challenge.