Corporate Profile
Global Edge Investments (“GEI”), founded in 1998, is a vertically-integrated hospitality investment company that develops, acquires, manages and asset manages hotel and restaurant properties, primarily in the United States and Canada. The mission for the company is to create unique hospitality offerings with service that is second to none. From a team of one, the company has expanded in 8 years to over 700 associates through affiliated divisions and is directly linked to the oversight of $100 million in annual sales. On an opportunistic basis, GEI will make investments in the hospitality sector that fall outside of this core focus. GEI currently owns 2 hotels, 5 restaurants & bars and through its partnership with Crescent Hotels manages 14 hotels.
Tony Cohen
A businessman and entrepreneur, Tony is President & CEO of Global Edge Investments (GEI), a hospitality and lifestyle based investment company he founded in 1998. Tony has been involved in the hospitality industry for 18 years. Prior to founding GEI, he was an employee and minority shareholder in Canada’s largest casual dining restaurant company, Prime Restaurants. Tony’s passion is the guest experience and created GEI to invest, manage and create memorable service experiences. Through GEI, Tony has invested and managed assets of over $175 million in the hospitality industry. Tony attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and honed his skills by opening over 40 restaurants for a large Canadian company and implementing management and training programs, as well as working in hotels. Tony is the 2012 recipient of the Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Award for Hotelier of the Year.
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