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Hotel Lending Survey: Positive outlook for financing
8.2.2018

London. Hotel lenders' confidence in the hotel industry has not suffered from the geopolitical headwinds of the last year: Debt is available across all hotel projects and segment types, including new developments. But banks remain cautious. A study reveals details of the current hotel financing.

Alwaleed is free to go… but not too far
1.2.2018

Riad. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is free. The chairman of Kingdom Holding Company has been released from his detention at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh after more than two months. The multi-billionaire seems to have reached an agreement with the government, although he still denies allegations of corruption, money laundering and extortion against him.

Saudi Arabian royal drama: Corruption or extortion?
10.1.2018

Riyadh. It's been two months now since Prince Alwaleed has been under arrest over corruption allegations. Rumor has it that his cousin wants his empire in exchange for freedom. While Alwaleed is challenging his own cousin, according to "Forbes", his Kingdom Holding Company has lost nearly a fifth of its value since the prince has been in detention.

Should hoteliers expect key money?
10.1.2018

London. Key money constitutes an upfront payment by a hotel chain to a hotel property owner in order to secure a management or franchise agreement and is most frequently used in markets where the competition amongst chains to secure a desirable property is particularly intense.

New financing structures emerging
7.12.2017

London. Besides new alternative lodging concepts, there are some emerging financing structures which are providing innovative ways to fund deals. Ground leases and income strips are gaining broader acceptance, while sale/leasebacks are making a comeback.

Kingdom Holding losing banks' trust?
23.11.2017

Riyadh. Since Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's arrest two weeks ago in Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption crackdown, things aren't going as smoothly as before for his Kingdom Holding Company. Banks are showing some concern lending more money to the corporation whose investments are on hold.

FMTG collects 2.5 million via crowd
1.11.2017

Vienna. With its latest equity crowdfunding, Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences has set a new record for investments among medium-sized enterprises. Within one month only, the hotel group collected 2.5 million euros from investors. The interest rate is four percent. The funding was oversubscribed by about one million euros, investors offered more than 7,000 euros to Falkensteiner on average.

Open-ended real estate funds from Germany discover hotels, also abroad
Hot magnets
31.10.2017

Munich. Open-ended real estate funds are currently swimming in money - much as though the financial crisis had never happened. Yet this isn’t really deja-vu. Since the prices for offices, shopping centres and residential properties have risen ever more sharply, fund managers have discovered a new favourite asset class: hotels. Is the new love of hotels by open-ended real estate funds a flash in the pan? Beatrix Boutonnet from hospitalityInside.com says not.

What the recent mega deal by Invesco reveals about market pressure and investors
Packaging assets correctly
1.10.2017

Munich. They have probably closed the biggest European hotel real estate deal of the year: In late summer 2017, Invesco Real Estate acquired the EUR 530 million heavy portfolio from the US American private equity investor Apollo Global Management. Robert Stolfo, Invesco Real Estate Managing Director - Client Portfolio Management Europe, and Hans-Peter Hermann, Invesco Real Estate Director - Asset Management Hotels Europe, gave an interview to Beatrix Boutonnet on their first open-ended fund for institutional investors, the increasing time pressure facing their segment, the new investor caution as regards leverage and on the interesting question on how best to package assets.

Falkensteiner bets on crowdfunding
21.9.2017

Vienna. As of now, investors are able to invest in Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences via the financing platform Finnest. This way, the expansion into new markets will be supported, amongst others. Other hoteliers have already chosen this route to obtain financing.

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Financial Results

HI+Good months for Choice, Design Hotels, Hyatt, Meliá and Motel One

Wiesbaden. With Choice, Design Hotels, Hyatt, Meliá and Motel One, some more hotel groups announce their first-half year results 2017. All of them talk about a successful period.

HI+AccorHotels, Hilton, H.n.h, NH, Rezidor, Schoerghuber: All positive

Wiesbaden. AccorHotels, Hilton, Italian H.n.h. Hotels & Resorts, NH Hotel Group, Rezidor and Munich-based Schoerghuber Group reported their 2017 six-month results resp. the 2016 results – with satisfactory numbers all-over.

HI+Pandox benefits from strong hotel market

Stockholm. Pandox is reporting an increase in both cash earnings and net asset value during the first half 2017. This improvement was for example driven by a hotel market that remained strong, with an increase in occupancy and average prices in both larger cities and regional hubs during Q2.

HI+Hilton, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Orascom: Balance sheets with ifs and buts

Wiesbaden. Whether Hilton, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz or Orascom Development: Strong fluctuations in economic framework conditions and currency gyrations make the annual reports of internationally active companies or of hotels dependent on international guests more exciting than ever.

HI+Victoria-Jungfrau Collection and Design Hotels report growth

Freiburg. The two key equity participations of AEVIS VICTORIA SA, the Swiss Medical Network and the hotel group Victoria-Jungfrau Collection, secured operating and financial progress in financial year 2016 which is to be continued in 2017. The past year also was a great success for Design Hotels, now part of Marriott. 

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