Episode 13 - Matthew Hyslop

On this episode of the Beyond the Ocean podcast we’re joined by Matthew Hyslop, Associate Director of the Destination Consulting Group at Colliers, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms. Matthew helps create successful destinations by consulting owners, developers, investors and operators of visitor-facing businesses. He has worked in the surf park industry for many years, most notably with the Surf Snowdonia project in the U.K. Surf Snowdonia is the world's first inland surf lagoon, located at Adventure Parc Snowdonia, and is powered by Wavegarden's Lagoon technology. 

In this episode of Beyond the Ocean, Matthew and our host, Chris Kluesener, talk about how land owners, investors and operators can work together to optimize surf park projects for the better. This is a great conversation about surf parks that digs into some of the challenges of developing a surf park, while providing invaluable insights for surf park developers, investors and operators.

About Matthew Hyslop

Head of the Colliers Destination Consulting team, Matthew Hyslop creates successful destinations by giving strategic advice to owners, developers, investors and operators for commercial businesses whose core business is visitors. Matthew has completed more than 50 destination consultancy assignments, from the U.K. to Croatia to Malta. This has included everything from consulting with cities and regions to advising mixed-used developments, museums, and surf parks.