Strategy Simplified S22E24: McKinsey Interviewer-Led Case Interview – Luxury Hotel Expansion
Mar 20, 2026
Aditya Ghosh, former McKinsey consultant and management consulting coach, leads a live McKinsey-style interviewer-led case on expanding a luxury hotel in Dubai. The conversation covers clarifying objectives and timelines. It walks through structuring the analysis, calculating high-net-worth “whale” demand, building revenue and cost models, and weighing risks like cannibalization and delays.
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Prioritize Financials When Payback Is The Goal
- Do prioritize financial analysis when the case objective is payback period and place it first in your framework.
- Aditya praises Kang for prioritizing financials and warns not to relegate them to second or third buckets.
Narrate Exhibit Insights Before Doing Math
- Insight: Before calculating, narrate the exhibit trends and key takeaways to shape what numbers matter.
- Kang reviewed rates, room counts, and utilization trends to guide the subsequent math step.
Calculate Peak And Off Peak Separately
- Do split peak and off-peak calculations instead of blending when exhibits show seasonal differences to simplify arithmetic.
- Aditya advised computing nightly whales for peak and off-peak separately rather than annual blending.