About Us
Partner with Activar Hôtels for investment and development in hospitality projects and hotel management services
We develop and invest in hospitality projects and manage hotel operations for our properties or as a third-party manager. Our goal is to improve a hotel’s key performance indicators and guest experience to increase ROI and render them more attractive to investors and guests alike.
We are inspired by local people, realities and flavours. No two hotel projects are carbon copies.
We like to do things, well,
the way we like to do things.
Of our people. Of our guests. Of the communities that welcome us. Of our business.
Activar Hôtels is in the business of ensuring people’s well-being in the spaces they stay.
To our teams. To the localness of communities. To our industry.
Activar Hôtels strives to listen and discover what motivates a person or what defines a place through meaningful exchanges and co-operation.
Can be unleashed to feed curiosity and inspire creativity.
Activar Hôtels team members and partners demonstrate they can take on a project with entrepreneurial gusto: we celebrate initiative, solution-driven thinking and sound judgment.
Opens the mind to opportunity.
Activar Hôtels team members have a love for what they do and for discovery. It’s our combined joie de vivre that allows us to create memorable experiences.
Activar Hôtels manages hotel operations and supports ideas that foster growth and sustainability.
Local support
Whether we are working with international brands or creating them, we aim to work locally on many fronts: consultants, suppliers, producers, artisans. We like our guests to get a feel for the community in which they are staying.
Industry network
We are connected to key industry thought leaders through our memberships and sponsorships.
Green initiatives
We use sustainable materials in all our new constructions and favour using wood when possible. We implement initiatives in our operational processes that reduce our impact on the environment.
Our core: development, hotel management and financial analysis
Activar Hôtels is made up of bilingual industry leaders in finance, real-estate development and hospitality. The team is supported by aces in marketing, communications and project management.
Mathieu Mault, CEO
mat.mault@activarhotels.ca
In a short 24 months, Mathieu has brought Activar Hôtels from zero to four managed hotel properties through new development and acquisitions. An ambitious and charismatic leader, Mathieu has spearheaded Activar Hôtels growth in terms of projects and people. His entrepreneurial spirit is palpable. He’s raised close to $100M over the years in project funding (debt and equity) to activate infrastructure projects, mostly in the hospitality sector. His knowledge of real estate development, land acquisition, financing and investment and construction leads to opportunity and invaluable partnerships. Mathieu focuses on creating long-term relationships that spark innovative ways of doing business or shed a light on community and culture. He believes that entrepreneurship is a pillar of sustainable healthy communities and works towards supporting and celebrating it.
Danny Purcell, MBA, CPA – VP Finance
danny.purcell@activarhotels.ca
Before joining Activar Hôtels, Danny Purcell was Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer at the Montfort Hospital, Canada’s largest francophone teaching hospital outside of Québec. Danny has a lifelong passion for learning and also works as a lecturer at the Université du Québec en Outaouais and at the University of Ottawa where he teaches courses in Finance, Management Accounting and Financial Accounting. Danny leads the entire underwriting process for new hotel developments, the evaluation of property acquisitions as well as the financial management of current hotel projects which includes operations and investor reporting.
Jessica Moskal – Finance Manager
finances@activarhotels.ca
Organized, efficient, and proactive, Jessica is always listening and ready for action. With a solution-oriented mindset and attention to detail, she builds trust with her colleagues and the network of business partners at Activar Hotels. With more than nine years of experience in information management and compensation, along with proven skills in human resource management, Jessica is a reliable, knowledgeable, and approachable team player. Motivated by excellence, she’s interested in all areas of the organization and actively participates in formulating recommendations in response to opportunities and challenges. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree specializing in accounting from the University of Ottawa.
Xavier Icardo – VP Hotel Operations
xavier.icardo@activarhotels.ca
Xavier Icardo has more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has collaborated with multiple Accor, Wyndham and Marriott brand names. With an international multi-unit operations background – South Africa, the US and Canada – he excels in launching and managing new networks of properties and believes in balancing quality and consistency of service with profitability and productivity while developing and leading human capital to success. Xavier oversees all aspects of hotel management in the Activar Hôtels portfolio, including the selection, training and development of team members, pre-opening of new hotels, revenue management, sales and marketing.
Geneviève Harvey – Project Manager
gharvey@activarhotels.ca
Geneviève is attentive to detail and a natural leader. She has acquired a solid foundation in financial analysis and Lean Management through her work as an underwriter and team leader at Export Development Canada, over 11 years. She’s passionate about making things happen, particularly in real estate development. Her entrepreneurial spirit has led her to the Laurentians region where she now works as a developer and consultant in real estate project management. Her projects are currently located in the Laurentians and the Outaouais region. She holds a degree in Business Administration, international profile from Laval University. Geneviève is lending her project management skills to Activar Hôtels.
Opportunities
Join us!
Passionate about tourism and the hotel industry? Love for travel and discovery? Check out the opportunities with Activar Hôtels or with the hotels that we manage.
No ideal opportunity for you in the moment? Send us your résumé and a cover letter detailing your career objectives, your experience and your interests to info@activarhotels.ca.
We’ll keep your candidacy in our bank of applications. Thank you!
