Phil Hospod is the founder and CEO of Dovetail + Co, an owner, developer, and operator of genuine and imaginative hotels. Phil is passionate about creating spaces with soul, celebrating local communities, and delivering for all stakeholders. A hotel junkie at heart, Phil is particularly interested in projects that challenge the imagination.

Dovetail’s critically acclaimed hotel projects include the Wayfinder hotels in California, Rhode Island and Hawaii, Urban Cowboy Lodge in New York’s Catskills region, Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa in Bermuda, and a first of its kind sleeper cabin hotel called Now Now Noho in New York.

Originally from Montreal, Phil earned his HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. When not traveling, Phil resides in New York City with his wife, daughter, and one-of-a-kind terrier mix.