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Consultants and hoteliers on the current financial situation (part 2)
It's still tough
28.7.2011

Munich. The financial crisis has ensured that financial terms for hotels have become considerably more onerous. Meanwhile, however, both the economy and the results of most hotels have recovered well. All the same, hotel consultants and hoteliers are quick to remind that it's still tough. Franchise systems and private hoteliers in particular still have a struggle on their hands. Some banks have even dropped properties altogether - and thus put an end to otherwise good concepts. The approach taken by Austrian banks seems more adventurous. After analysing the credit-provider position last week, we now look at things from the perspective of the hotel consultant and hotelier.

Most creditors have still to open up again to hotels (part 1)
Still no perfect finance world
21.7.2011

Munich. The financial crisis has ensured that the terms under which finance is obtained have become notably more onerous for hotels. Meanwhile, however, the economy and so the results of most hotels have recovered well. Yet bank still remain very cautious. New rules such as Basel III ensure banks are even more selective in their choices on when and how far to provide finance. Equity-weak hoteliers and project developers often don't get a look in and the only option remaining open to them is the sale. Prices may be low but many international investors still see Germany as a safe haven. Nevertheless, the question is now increasingly posed as to which way the hotel industry will turn if return-orientated investors now begin to dominate decisions. In the first part today: The view of the creditors.

Dismissal looms: Jagdfeld goes on PR tour
21.7.2011

Dueren. Anno August Jagdfeld is leading the power struggle for his part in the Hotel Adlon Berlin with unusual openness and intensity. Here, he has placed his chips on textbook crisis PR aimed at investors and the press. And so, in the foreground to the crucial shareholder's meeting on 26 August, he has voluntarily provided copious amounts of information.

Fundus Chief Jagfeld to be removed - Replacement company prepared
An opportunity for investors
29.6.2011

Dueren. "Successful with Premium Real Estate: Security, Profitability and Value Appreciation". This is the slogan that adorns the homepage of the Dueren-based Fundus Group. According to its own statements, the company manages five billion EUR entrusted to it by 56,000 investors and invests in more than 800 projects.But not all of these 56,000 investors - private and institutional - are satisfied with the Fundus investments nor with Fundus Chief Anno August Jagdfeld. Despite them already having paid in high sums, Fundus always seems to lack money somewhere. In the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm, a new director is to put things right. But a storm is brewing over the Hotel Adlon in Berlin: At the next general meeting, Adlon investors plan on removing Jagdfeld from Fundus Fund 31 management. That would be Jagdfeld's end. And so a heated and in parts very public battle is now in full swing between Jagdfeld and the Adlon Shareholder Protection Association.

JLL Hotels on pros and cons of the lease after the recent operator kerfuffle
What is a lease contract worth?
9.6.2011

Munich. Continuity and normality this is not: After the surprising and rapid termination of management contracts, at the end of March InterContinental's hotel sign was taken down and the Dorint flag was hoisted at three German hotels. Two months later - after various operators had weighed up their chances - InterConti had returned to the hotels in Berlin and Dusseldorf. Yet despite the ultimate clarity as to operator, rumours and mysteries still remain. The entire toing and froing was the result of the "good old" German lease contract - though a management contract was also in play. Now, not only Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is asking: What is a lease contract worth? Christoph Härle, Managing Director, and Ursula Kriegl, Executive Vice President Germany, from JLL Hotels venture their answers.

German CFOs more optimistic
26.5.2011

Frankfurt am Main. A global study of Chief Financial Officers shows that the financially responsible people in Germany are especially confident in regard to their view of economic growth in their own country. They count on a clearly earlier and larger growth than their colleagues. A look over the rim of the tea cup

AHIC 2011: In the Middle East liquidity remains tight - Banks hesitating
Tough and semi-transparent
11.5.2011

Dubai. "I can’t tell you how bad it was," Joe Sita, president of IFA Hotel Investments, the asset management unit of Kuwait-based property developer of mixed-use tourism projects IFA Hotels & Resorts, told participants at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference that was recently held in Dubai. He wasn’t taking about the impact of the unrest on the region’s hotel business, but recounting his ordeal last year in trying to secure financing for a Fairmont hotel being built in Dubai’s man-made Palm Jumeirah Island. Banks are still reluctant to lend, liquidity remains tight and real estate investment index says that Arabian markets are still semi-transparent and opaque.

Real estate sector seeks alternative financing
4.5.2011

Wiesbaden. The majority of real estate companies expects that the demand for instruments of alternative financing will rise. According to a recent survey, this mainly referred to large-scale projects recording investment volumes of 50 million euros and more.

IHIF Berlin: The bargaining for financing continues
Operators have to invest again
13.4.2011

Berlin. Where is Europe headed? Will hotels be financed again and if so, how? At the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, ways of financing, types of agreements and expansion strategies were in the focus as usual. The willingness to lend still differs strongly from the willingness before the crisis. For the operators this means: they have to spend money in order to get agreements.

German funds objects are winners
31.3.2011

Munich. In 2010, providers of closed-end funds relied less often on hotels in German investments than in the year before. However, concerning foreign funds objects, the niche segment has come back into the focus of investors again more frequently.

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Financial Results

HI+Marriott second quarter 2009: Decrease

Bethesda. Marriott International, Inc. revenues totaled approximately 2.6 billion USD in the 2009 second quarter compared to 3.2 billion USD for the second quarter of 2008. Base management and franchise fees declined 19 percent to 219 million USD reflecting worldwide declines in revPAR in all brands The second quarter results 2009 are published.

HI+Starwood suffering severely in the first half 2009

White Plains. The company still suffers severely from the credit crunch, despite the increased net income. Yesterday, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. also reported its second quarter and half year financial results 2009.

HI+Rezidor first half 2009: Key figures still decreasing

Brussels. "The global recession continues to impact the hotel market and industry RevPAR in Europe fell more than 20% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2008," comments Kurt Ritter, President and CEO of The Rezidor Hotel Group on the half-year results 2009. During the second quarter, the market showed signs of stabilisation in occupancy decline, while room rates continued to drop further.

HI+Accor: First-half 2009 contracting over 11%

Paris. In the first-half 2009 Accor's revenue is down 8.1% like-for-like
In a severely deteriorated economic environment, hotels revenue continued to decline, contracting 11.4% like-for-like.

HI+Crisis increases the "Dorint Challenge"

  

 

Cologne. "The situation is tense but under control," said Elke Schade, Managing Director of Dorint GmbH, right at the beginning of the annual press conference on Wednesday in Cologne. The year 2008 concluded with an increased gross operating profit of 6.8% in comparison to 2007. The crisis mainly affected the Dorint Hotels abroad in the first five months of 2009, and therefore the GOP decreased by -6.9% at the end of May compared to the same period in 2008. Concerning individual operative figures, Dorint Hotels & Resorts are no worse off than other national or international hotel groups. One problem of the young hotel company, which was re-founded three years ago, is still the exorbitant the inflexible lease agreements. Four times in a row, there have been talks with the owners in order to obtain lease reductions. Measures have been undertaken to be able to meet the crisis on a daily basis. Schade does not wish to give an economic prognosis for 2009. But Dirk Iserlohe, Managing Director of Dorint's parent company E&P Holding in Cologne, gave a separate, detailed interview for hospitalityInside.com.

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