Ability Group

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Ability Group
Type Private
IndustryProperty
Founded1996;28 years ago (1996)
Founder Andreas Panayiotou
Headquarters
Brentford, Middlesex
Website www.theabilitygroup.com

Ability Group is a British property company based in Brentford founded in 1996 by hotelier and property tycoon Andreas Panayiotou. [1]

Ability Group had 7,000 residential properties, worth over £1 billion, before moving into hotels and commercial property. [2]

Ability Group owns Dunblane Hydro, Hilton Liverpool, Hilton Cambridge, Waldorf-Astoria Syon Park, DoubleTree Aberdeen. [3]

The hotel in Aberdeen had a £7 million renovation by The Ability Group. [4]

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