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Lore Group
TypePrivate company
IndustryHospitality
Founded2010
FounderBilly Skelli-Cohen
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Products
  • Hotels
  • Restaurants
  • Bars
Services
Websiteloregroup.com

The Lore Group is an international hospitality company designing, transforming, managing and operating hotels and restaurants in Europe and the US. [1]

The company focuses on design, storytelling and community, as told by their Creative Director, Jacu Strauss in a 2023 Forbes article. [2]

Lore Group transforms historic buildings and operates them as hotels, [3] such as Pulitzer's 25 Golden Age canal houses in Amsterdam [4] or Riggs Washington DC, which used to be the Riggs Bank. [5]

History

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The Lore Group was founded in 2010 by Billy Skelli-Cohen.[6] In the last 16 years the copmany built a portfolio of seven design-led, boutique hotels.

The hospitality group joined the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) in 2024. [7]

Management

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In 2022, after the Lore Group’s founder and first CEO Billy Skelli-Cohen, David Taylor became the new CEO and still is as of June 2026. [8]

The group’s Creative Director is Jacu Strauss. Fiona Morgan is the Global Director of Sales, Marketing & PR and Peter Herbert is the Chief Financial Officer. [9]

The Lore Group's European headquarter is at Portman House, 2 Portman Street, London, UK. The main US office is at Nomad Tower, 1250 Broadway, New York, US.

Properties

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In 2026, Lore Group manages seven hotels with their on-site restaurants and bars. Two in London, two in Amsterdam, two in Washington, D.C. and one in New York.

The first hotel, Pulitzer Amsterdam opened in 2016. The UNESCO Heritage building's restoration was led by Jacu Strauss [10] who temporarily moved to Amsterdam for the project [11] and slept in most of the hotel rooms before starting the design work. [12]

Sea Containers London opened in 2019 after the Mondrian London hotel was bought by the Lore Group. [13]

Also in 2019, the Lore Group started to manage Kimpton de Witt, a hotel in Amsterdam [14] which was the first Kimpton property to open outside of the US. [15]

Riggs Washington DC, the first US property of Lore Group, opened in 2020. [16] The building is the former Riggs Bank's and the hotel design kept a lot of the original features as per a case study by Lutron on the collaboration between Strauss and MCLA Architectural Lighting Design. [17]

Lyle Washington DC, the second US property opened in 2021. [18]

The second London property, One Hundred Shoreditch also opened in 2021. [19]

The most recent property was added to the portfolio in 2024; this was Hotel Park Ave NYC, a New York hotel on Park Avenue South. Its design is linked to the city and the hotel lobby has a Jan Hendzel sculpture, similarly to One Hundred Shoreditch and Sea Containers London. [20]

Lore Group also operates the following restaurants and bars within their hotels: Jansz., Célia, Seed Library, Silver Lyan, Super Lyan and Lyaness.

Collaborations

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Ryan Chetiyawardana, aka Mr Lyan is a long-time collaborator of the Lore Group. The award-winning bar owner and mixologist [21] headed some of the world's best bars.[22]

His teams work in the following Lore Group cocktail bars: Lyaness (London), Seed Library (London and New York), Silver Lyan (Washington, D.C.) and Super Lyan (Amsterdam). [23]

Lore Group is also partnered with wallpaper company, Voutsa [24] and D.S. & Durga perfume company that provides bathroom amenities for the group's hotels.

Developments

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Sea Containers London launched four new cabin suites in 2025 and a new Riverside Studio Suite in 2026. [25]

Sustainability

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Lore Group is Impact Certified by FuturePlus [26] and part of the Energy and Environmental Alliance (EEA) that works towards the hospitality industry reaching net zero.

The company has a partnership with Made Blue Foundation [27] and EARNT. [28]

Awards & Recognition

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Lore Group won the Best Use of Innovative Technology award in 2025 at the Hotel Cateys [29] and the Technology and Innovation Award in 2026 at the Springboard Awards for Excellence. [30]

References

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  1. ↑ "Lore Group". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Design Talk: The Lore Group On Hotel Storytelling". Forbes. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Mr Goodbar: Jacu Strauss". Architonic. 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Pulitzer Amsterdam". Arcello. 2016. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  5. ↑ "Credit Where Credit's Due: Riggs Washington DC Harnesses Its Banking Heritage". Forbes. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Billy Skelli-Cohen". International Hospitality Investment Forum. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Lore Group Joins Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) With Landmark Properties In Major Capital Cities". Hospitality Net. 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  8. ↑ "David Taylor has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Lore Group". Hospitality Net. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  9. ↑ "We create storied hotels for the long term". Lore Group Website. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  10. ↑ "Jacu Strauss leads restoration of Pulitzer Amsterdam". Hospitality Interiors. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  11. ↑ "Storytelling in Design with Jacu Strauss". Hotel Designs. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  12. ↑ "These 7 best-kept hotel design secrets are the key to creating a five-star space at home – as revealed by the experts who designed them". Homes and Gardens. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  13. ↑ "Mondrian London To Become Sea Containers London". Hospitality Net. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  14. ↑ "Kimpton de Witt". Lore Group Website. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  15. ↑ "First Kimpton hotel outside of the Americas opens in Amsterdam". Boutique Hotel News. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  16. ↑ "Riggs Washington D.C. hotel unveiled in Penn Quarter". Washington Business Journal. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  17. ↑ "Riggs Hotel - From the Gilded Age to the Modern Age". Lutron. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  18. ↑ "Lyle Washington, DC Slated for April 2021 Opening". Hospitality Design. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  19. ↑ "One Hundred Shoreditch starts taking reservations". Travel Weekly. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  20. ↑ "Jan Hendzel unveils towering timber sculpture for entrance of Hotel Park Ave". Dezeen. 2026-01-14. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  21. ↑ "About Mr Lyan". Mr Lyan Website. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  22. ↑ "Ryan Chetiyawardana". Bevvy. 2025-06-29. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  23. ↑ "Lore Group". Archello. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  24. ↑ "Voutsa's New Showstopping Wallpaper Came About After a Chance Encounter at the Met". Architectural Digest. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  25. ↑ "Sea Containers London Unveils Suite Redesign". Hospitality & Leisure News. 2026-02-15. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  26. ↑ "Lore Group". FuturePlus. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  27. ↑ "Lore Group partners with water charity Made Blue Foundation". Business Traveller. 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  28. ↑ "Lore Washington". EARNT. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  29. ↑ "Hotel Cateys 2025: Best Use of Innovative Technology – Lore Group". The Caterer. 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  30. ↑ "Winners announced at Springboard Awards for Excellence 2026, celebrating talent, opportunity and excellence across hospitality". Springboard. 2026-05-01. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
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