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The news broke this morning via financial media: Motel One founder Dieter Müller is selling a majority stake in his company to the French private equity group PAI Partners. The European financial investor is taking over 80% of the operating business of the Munich hotel chain, as the two companies announced. hospitalityInside spoke spontaneously with Dieter Müller.
Hotels are the second main target for real estate investors in Italy. Owner-operators and family offices invested most into this segment. For 2025, prospects are still positive.
Current trends in the global real estate and construction sector still leave little room for optimism. However, a closer analysis reveals differences. For alternative asset classes, including hotels, the expectations of experts worldwide are already more positive again.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) has acquired from Ruby SARL the RubyTM brand and related intellectual property for initial purchase consideration of €110.5m (~$116m). This was reported by IHG at 8.30 a.m. (CET).
The Austrian Loisium Group is injecting new momentum into its expansion plans with a crowd-investing campaign. Investors, wine and food lovers can now invest directly in the wine hotels.
Following Donald Trump's election victory in November, several major US financial institutions have reconsidered their environmental commitments. In recent weeks, nearly all leading American banks have withdrawn from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed initiative promoting "Green Financing". Their decision highlights a growing divide between American and European financial institutions.
Aimbridge Hospitality was formed in 2019 following the acquisition of Interstate Hotels & Resorts. On 16 January 2025, the CEO of the super platform for third-party management announced that it was 1.1 billion US dollars in debt. Now he wants to turn the lenders into owners.
"A year ago at this time, we had extremely weak demand for credit. That's why we budgeted very cautiously." Then the investments suddenly piled up.
The European hotel investment market has regained considerable momentum since the coronavirus pandemic, while the German market is only recovering slowly. The challenges in Q4 2024 remain.
Insolvency administrators are currently operating in high season. Germany is entering its third year of recession. The negative spiral continues to drag down restaurants, but now also medium-sized hotel groups. Almost all of them file for insolvency under debtor-in-possession management. But how does this work? How do insolvency administrators work and think? An interview with the specialist Dr. Florian Harig from the law firm Anchor, based in Hanover, and the experienced insolvency communicator Alexander Görbing.
