Travel and Leisure PE - Players and Recruiting

Hi everyone, I'm looking at going into Travel and Leisure PE and I was wondering the main players and how recruitment works. I was looking at KSL Capital and it seems all of their associates are JPM/MS/GS level REGAL group alums, or from other top RE groups. I was wondering some of the other players in the space.

Further, is not working in a REGAL/RE focused group is a dealbreaker for having any chance at working at these firms or could learning RE modeling somewhat bridge that gap?

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