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Built by the architects of global hospitality investment platforms. Built for what comes next.

FHS Living is a new investor-led forum launching in Paris in February 2027, organised by The Bench — the team behind the Future Hospitality Summit series. It brings together global capital, European developers and operators across the full spectrum of living asset classes, in a curated, dealmaking-focused environment that the market has been calling for.

Letter from the Chairman

Hospitality is no longer a standalone asset class. It is becoming a layer of value across how people live, work and experience space. The industry needs a platform that reflects this - and we have built it.

FHS Living has been designed as a curated forum where global capital meets developers and operators across the full spectrum of living and hospitality assets. A place where operational expertise and real estate ownership converge. A place where deals are initiated, partnerships are formed, and new models of living are defined.

We believe this is one of those moments, and we look forward to building it together… with you.

Jonathan Worsley, Chairman, The Bench

A market ready for a dedicated platform

The scale of European living investment

Living has become Europe's largest real estate investment class, drawing €46.9 billion in 2025 alone. Capital is moving toward operationally-managed assets that generate stable, contractual income streams - branded residences, student accommodation, senior living and serviced apartments are now core institutional categories.

The demand for cross-category dealmaking

The growth of the living sector across Europe has created a need for a forum that brings its constituent asset classes together in a single, investment-led environment. FHS Living aggregates the full living spectrum - giving capital allocators, developers and operators a single curated point of access to cross-category opportunity.

The platform the industry has validated

Conversations with senior industry leaders confirmed the same message: the European living investment community needs a dedicated forum, built for dealmaking, bringing together the right people at the right moment.

TWO DECADES OF CONNECTING CAPITAL TO HOSPITALITY REAL ESTATE

The Bench has spent three decades building the infrastructure of global hospitality investment. The FHS franchise - Future Hospitality Summit World, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Egypt and Branded Residences Forum gives FHS Living a global network spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. That network, built over 20 years, is the foundation FHS Living is built on.

Across our 2025 FHS conferences, we brought together more than 3,000 C-level decision-makers, including 621 investors representing over USD 11 trillion in assets under management, and facilitated USD 3 billion in business opportunities. FHS Living carries that same convening power, focused on the living sector and anchored in Europe.