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Hamburg. Hotel operators and investors continue to view the mood on the German hotel real estate market positively. However, an ever increasing scarcity of supply has resulted in a further shift of investment activity within the various city categories. Investors remain sceptical about C-locations.

Munich. In many cities and asset classes, real estate has long been overpriced. In locations with lower prices, the risk is often higher because prospects are more difficult to assess. All the same, concrete gold remains the favoured choice for an investor. They are even prepared to accept ever lower yields – even in the hotel sector. Here, the average yield fell to 3.2%. Yet investors and operators remain undeterred. This could all end in tears. A hot topic before Expo Real.

Berlin. The German magazine Finanztest gives closed-end alternative investment funds mixed scores. Providers criticise the approach.

Vienna. Hotel properties are increasingly in the focus of private and especially institutional investors. Currently, SoReal Invest is creating a new hotel fund, which is designed as an open and specialized AIF fund. Five projects are already named.

Berlin/Munich. The Bayerische Versorgungskammer, a big pension fund has established a hotel fund. In the first stage, it will receive EUR 500 million in capital. Partner is the Berlin project developer GBI AG who will in future select the hotels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as their operators for BVK.

Tel Aviv. The Fattal Group and Spring Ventures founded the business Journey Ventures together, an investment fund for technology companies from the hotel and tourism sectors.

Wiesbaden. Commerz Real and Deutsche Hospitality enter into a new partnership: Hotels are to be acquired via a joint fund and operated by Deutsche Hospitality. The focus will be on Europe. The minimum entry volume for hotels is lower than for Commerz Real's previous funds.

Paris. AccorHotels reaffirms its ambitions and targets including the doubling of its EBITDA by 2022 and, at the same time, announces the launch of a Tender Offer for 100 percent of Orbis shares. Orbis already is the largest hotel operator in Central & Eastern Europe and the exclusive master franchisee of certain AccorHotels.

Frankfurt. The USA is driving the global hotel investment market, although the travel and tourism industry is growing worldwide. However, investors are now looking for various investment vehicles. Debt funds are thus gaining in importance. The first of these are also to be found in Europe.

Munich. The discussion on return is taking a new path: It's no longer looking for the classical performance data but for new "KPIs" like revenue per square meter – given that hotel operators and investors alike are open-minded to check out new hybrid brand models, innovative services and new partners coming in from the non-hotel industry, such as co-working providers for instance. There is not much choice since from the outside, guest demand and local residents are urging the hotel groups as well. Facing the next downturn – the only question is when? – hotel investors, lateral entrants, and hotel operators discussed at Expo Real last week how to secure a stable ROI for the near future.