Noble Investment Group has promoted Emily Feeney to Vice President within its Capital Markets and Transactions team, reinforcing the Atlanta-based firm’s leadership bench as it continues to expand its travel and hospitality investment platform.
Feeney brings more than a decade of hospitality industry experience to her expanded role, having built her career across hotel investment sales, development and capital markets. She joined Noble in January 2019 as Manager of Capital Markets and Investments following positions at Hodges Ward Elliott, Blanchard and Calhoun Commercial, and Bennett Hospitality.
At Hodges Ward Elliott, a leading independent hotel brokerage and investment banking firm with over $100 billion in closed transactions, Feeney served as an Analyst and later Associate in the Investment Sales department from 2016 to 2018. Her earlier career included development roles at Bennett Hospitality, the Charleston-based company that has developed and manages more than 20 hotels across South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Montana.
In her new position, Feeney will continue driving critical workstreams across financing and refinancing initiatives, lender engagement, asset sales execution and transaction closings. She coordinates both internal stakeholders and external partners, including national advisory firms, brokerage teams and Noble’s legal counsel.
“Emily has become a valuable leader across our platform,” said Adi Bhoopathy, Noble Managing Partner and Head of Capital Markets and Transactions. “She brings a high level of credibility with lenders, brokers and legal teams, and she operates with the composure and precision that sophisticated transactions require.”
Feeney holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Virginia Tech and a Master of Business Administration from the College of Charleston. Beyond her professional responsibilities, she serves as a board member of the Atlanta Hospitality Alliance – the peer-to-peer networking organisation for hospitality investment leaders – and is a member of Noble’s Organisational Responsibility Committee and Volunteering Committee.
The promotion reflects Noble’s emphasis on merit-based advancement and long-term partnership. The firm has cultivated a deep leadership bench, with several promotions announced in recent weeks including Dustin Fisher to Principal and Head of Acquisitions.
Noble, founded in 1993 and led by CEO Mit Shah, manages $5 billion in assets and has invested more than $6 billion in travel and hospitality real estate over three decades. The firm serves as a fiduciary to globally recognised institutional investors, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, wealth managers and insurance companies.
Over the past 12 months, Noble has deployed capital into more than 100 assets across 62 markets nationwide, significantly expanding its branded long-term accommodations platform. Recent acquisitions include a 35-property portfolio of Sonesta Simply Suites comprising more than 4,000 rooms across 19 states, a 51-hotel Courtyard by Marriott portfolio totalling 7,528 rooms, and multiple WoodSpring Suites portfolios.
The firm has also advanced its partnership with Marriott International, celebrating its 10th groundbreaking together on a StudioRes hotel in September 2025. Earlier this month, Noble received Marriott’s Serve360 Award – one of the brand’s highest recognitions – for advancing social, environmental and economic impact across communities.
Shah himself will receive the 2026 Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award from the American Hotel and Lodging Association at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit this month, recognising his contributions to positive societal change across the lodging industry.
Noble has been named to Pensions & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management for the third consecutive year and has consistently ranked among PERE’s Top 200 Global Investment Managers. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has also recognised the firm as a Best Place to Work.
