What AILERON MANAGEMENT does

Aileron Management LLC is a privately held hospitality and community association management company founded in 2018 and headquartered in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The firm operates two distinct business units: a hotel management division that runs a portfolio of approximately nine select-service and boutique hotels across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, and Iowa under brands including Hampton by Hilton, Residence Inn by Marriott, Holiday Inn Express, and independent boutique flags; and a community association management division serving 50+ homeowner and property owner associations in the Upstate of South Carolina. The company earns fee-based managed-services revenue — management fees on hotel operations paid by property ownership groups, and contract-based fees paid by HOA boards for financial, operational, and advisory services.

The underlying service delivery is human-led operations rather than a technology platform: the core capability is professional property management execution, brand-standard compliance (Hilton, Marriott, IHG), and association governance support. The company holds the AAMC credential from the Community Associations Institute, placing it among fewer than 250 firms worldwide at the highest tier of association management accreditation. Customer relationships are acquired through direct outreach to ownership groups, developers, and HOA boards, supplemented by an affiliate relationship with Walker Reynolds, LLC, which sources hotel investment opportunities. Distribution is contract-based and direct, with no consumer-facing channel.

Aileron's leadership team is unusually deep for an 11-50 employee firm, drawing prior experience from Ernst & Young, Extended Stay Hotels, OTO Development, Crestline Hotels & Resorts, and NHE, Inc. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds, and operates as an independent LLC under Founder and CEO Jason Boehm.

Name

AILERON MANAGEMENT

Legal name

Aileron Management LLC

Website

https://aileronmanagement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aileron Management is a privately held hospitality and community association management company based in Greenville, South Carolina. It manages approximately nine hotels across six U.S. states and over 50 community associations in the Upstate of South Carolina under brands including Hampton, Marriott, and IHG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Management Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitality (Hotel) Property Management (BPAJAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hospitality (Hotels & Resorts) Asset Management (BPAJAMAE)

Keywords

• Hotel management services
• Association management services
• Community association management
• Select-service hotel management
• HOA management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hotel Management Services: Aileron Management earns management fees for operating hotels on behalf of property owners, providing comprehensive hospitality management services including guest experience, operations, and financial performance.
2. Association Management Services: The company provides financial, operational, and advisory services to community associations and their Boards of Directors, managing homeowner associations and property owner associations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Aileron Management provides professional third-party management services for select-service hotels and community associations on behalf of property owners. The company operates and manages a portfolio of branded hotels (Hampton by Hilton, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn by Marriott, and boutique properties) and delivers financial, operational, and advisory management services to homeowner associations, property owner associations, and condominium communities.

Product overview

Aileron Management is a dynamic hospitality management company offering two core services: Hotel Management and Association Management. The Hotel Management division manages a growing portfolio of select-service hotels across multiple brands including Hampton by Hilton, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn by Marriott, and boutique properties. The Association Management division provides financial, operational, and advisory services to community associations and HOAs throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. The company was founded in 2018 and manages over 50 communities and multiple hotel properties across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Management
• Association Management

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 2.5% nationally among 1,335 Hampton Inn hotels (Rank #32)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Walker Reynolds, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2019Walker Reynolds, LLC is an affiliate of Aileron Management that identifies hotels fitting their investment criteria - well-located, strong-branded hotels in dynamic markets with operational upside. This affiliate relationship was instrumental in sourcing the initial three Hampton Inn properties for Aileron's portfolio.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marshall Hotels & Resorts: Third-party hotel management company specializing in premium-branded select-service, full-service, and resort properties. Closely comparable in size, multi-brand strategy, and focus on owner-operator alignment, making it a natural scale-equivalent peer for Aileron.
• Hospitality America: Third-party hotel management company focused on select-service properties for institutional and private owners. Highly comparable in size, brand mix, and management-fee business model to Aileron's hotel division.
• Sage Hospitality Group: Hotel management, development, and investment company operating branded and boutique assets nationwide. Comparable in offering a hybrid of select-service and boutique/luxury property management for third-party owners, similar to Aileron's mix of Hamptons and boutique inns.
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts: Third-party hotel management company operating upper-midscale and select-service properties. Directly comparable because Aileron's VP Sales & Marketing (Jason Poynter) spent 10 years as Regional Director of Sales at Crestline, and the companies share the same focus on select-service brand performance.
• MMI Hospitality Group: Third-party hotel management company focused on select-service and full-service properties for institutional and individual owners. Comparable in business model (asset-light management contracts), brand mix, and mid-market positioning relative to Aileron.
• OTO Development: Hotel developer and operator focused on select-service and extended-stay properties, primarily Hilton and Marriott brands. Directly comparable because OTO appears in the prior employment of Aileron's VP Finance (Josh Slack) and VP Sales & Marketing (Jason Poynter), indicating a similar brand-partnered, select-service operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Highgate Hotels: Major hospitality management, investment, and development company with a portfolio spanning luxury, full-service, and select-service assets. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing in the same third-party management RFP process, though operating at materially larger scale.
• Associa: Largest community association management company in North America, serving thousands of HOAs, condos, and master-planned communities. Directly comparable to Aileron's association management division, though at much larger scale.
• FirstService Residential: Large residential and community association property manager operating across the US and Canada, with deep presence in master-planned and luxury communities. Comparable to Aileron's association management division in serving HOA/POA clients and emphasizing financial and operational service quality.
• Aimbridge Hospitality: Largest third-party hotel management company in North America, managing over 1,500 properties across luxury, full-service, select-service, and resort segments. Relevant as a much larger incumbent that competes for the same third-party management contracts Aileron targets, particularly with Hilton and Marriott brand families.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aileronmgt
• Facebookfacebook.com/aileronmgt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aileron-management

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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