JFB Hospitality
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Hospitality Advisory & Experiences · Luxembourg · California

What a property promises and what its guests experience should be the same thing.

We make them the same, through advisory that holds after we leave and experiences people haven’t had before.

Where it breaks

In a serious property, the gap between promise and experience rarely shows up as one big problem. It shows up in small inconsistencies. A drinks list that could belong to any hotel. A service culture that changes with whoever is on shift. A brand that says one thing while the guest feels another.

Most owners sense it before they can name it. We name it, then we fix what sits between the promise and the experience: the bar, the service, the brand, the evening.

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By day

Advisory

For hotels, resorts, groups and owners. We read the property in operation, then align beverage, service and brand so they work as one, and train the people who will keep them there.

  • Beverage Design & Operations
  • Service Philosophy & Team Training
  • Brand Positioning & Identity
  • Hospitality & Retained Advisory
Advisory
A candlelit table for two in a garden at night

By night

Experiences

For companies, brands, hotels and private hosts. We start with what the guest should feel, then design the evening around it: the room, the music, the table, the drinks.

  • Event Design & Production
  • Private Experiences
  • Corporate & Brand Experiences
  • Hotel & Venue Experiences
Experiences

When we are brought in

We’re usually called at a moment of pressure, change or growth.

i

Openings and repositionings

A launch, a renovation, a new concept. The moment beverage, service and brand have to be designed together, or risk pulling apart.

ii

Boutique hotels and resorts

The building, the interiors and the location are right. The bar, the service rhythm and the brand haven’t yet been designed as one.

iii

Chef-driven concepts

The food is clear. The drinks and the service haven’t caught up with it, and the chef’s intent isn’t reaching the guest.

iv

Evenings that have to mean something

A client dinner, a launch, a celebration. An occasion where the guest should leave with something they haven’t had before.

Cocktails being poured at a candlelit bar

The method

We observe first. Then we recommend. Then we help make it real.

Every engagement follows the same progression: Diagnostic, Design & Development, Implementation, Training & Calibration, Handover and Protection. Our own frameworks, the Rhythm Standard™ and the Guardian Model™, are how the work keeps holding after we leave.

A dinner for 40 in the right room can say more than a party for 1,000.

The people

Founder-led, between Luxembourg and California.

Three co-founders: Jorge David, Bree Lorentzen and Fulvio Roberto. One of us leads every engagement. We bring in trusted partners, such as caterers, chefs, sound and photography, when a project needs them.

Portrait of Jorge David

Jorge David

Co-Founder · Hospitality & Event Operations

Operations, events and service. Leads JFB in Luxembourg.

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Bree Lorentzen

Co-Founder · Brand Strategy & Growth

Brand, positioning and growth. Leads JFB in California.

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Fulvio Roberto

VP of Beverage

Recipe research and technical standards across spirits, wine and fermentation.

Begin a conversation

Every engagement begins with a conversation.

We observe first. Then we recommend.