Ira Levenshon and Andreas Meinhold founded Sunshine Hotel Group in 2006 with expansive expertise in hotel development, construction supervision and management of hotels in the in the upscale select service, upscale full service and upper upscale hotel tiers such as Sofitel, Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inns of Europe, Hilton Garden Inn^® and Hyatt Place^®.

Partner, Development Focus
Levenshon’s extensive background in real estate acquisition, renovation and development of more than 1.4 million square feet of commercial space across the state of Florida, culminated with earning the Builders, Owners and Management Association’s Award for Best Renovation exemplifies Levenshon’s expertise and passion from the retail arena to the hospitality industry.

Today, he is equally well-versed in the complexities of ground-up development as well as redeveloping existing hotel properties. His top priority for successful site development and construction management is the execution of careful project planning, cost management at an early stage with the general contractor, hands-on oversight, budget conformity and quality construction.

Partner, Management Focus
Meinhold has a proven track record in brand development, channel distribution, yield optimization and customer relationship management. Instrumental in creating award winning human resource culture, his strong leadership skills and ability to mold effective management teams, enables team members to ascertain achievement of the organization’s objectives. He is considered to be a market-driven, creative, versatile, fair, integer, analytical, financially astute, communicator, strategist, and multicultural global leader.