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Rosebud's shaky promises
10.11.2006

Zurich. Rosebud's promises are becoming increasingly shaky. Now, the long-term delegate of the board of directors has thrown in the towel, obviously frustrated because of the many announcements and only few actions. Slowly but surely, nobody believes in the future of Buergenstock Hotels anymore.

Rezidor to go public - SAS sells its share
3.11.2006

Brussels/Stockholm. Rezidor SAS's going public still envisaged for this year is already making itself felt. The strongly expanding hotel group will change its name and the Scandinavian airline of SAS plans to sell its shares upon the company's introduction to the stock exchange.

Hotel financing: A portrait of the Swiss UBS bank
Only proof of existence counts
20.10.2006

Zurich. When it comes to hotel financing, the Swiss UBS bank concentrates primarily on projects in Switzerland and projects with reference to Switzerland. The bank demands proof of the hotel being capable of surviving; size and type of agreement are of secondary importance. Juerg Stucki, Director of UBS Business Banking, certifies hotel management in Switzerland as being more professional than ten years ago. Silvia Pfenniger asked the bank's representative about financing conditions and "soft" factors. Stucki started to work for UBS about 30 years ago; since 1998 he is responsible for the bank's touristic activities.

Hotel groups shrink: They are without assets any more...
Investor conflicts are for sure
13.10.2006

London. The keynote address at the annual Hotel Booking Agents' Association Annual Forum, held in the UK, painted a worrying picture of the ramifications that property investor ownership means for European branded hotels. The keynote speaker predicts that assets will change hands far more frequently as well as a conflict between the operator and investor.

Hotel developer GBI moves further into the resort business
Good projects always find investors
13.10.2006

Berlin. For the hotel industry, the year 2001 and the time that followed the Tsunami was a catastrophe in all senses and investors were correspondingly reticent in their activity. But according to Reiner Nittka, Managing Director of the Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen und Immobilien-Projektentwicklungen mbH in Berlin, this has all changed - and he is busy buying up hotels.

Private Equity stirs up Germany - The market's mood
"Locusts" love industries in states of flux
6.10.2006

Frankfurt/M. Private Equity companies are stirring up the German economy. They invest capital of anonymous institutional investors in real estate or companies of various types. Their exit within the following ten years is to bring the investors the desired profit. Financial experts from Germany recorded chances and risks of these takeovers. A look at the mood in the market and at its conditions.

Raffles to be delisted
6.10.2006

Singapore. CapitaLand, which owns 59% of Raffles Holdings, said it planned to delist its Raffles Holdings and will offer minority shareholders an exit price of 6 Singapore cents a share.

Private equity goes travel - soon in Germany?
Only the best will taste
6.10.2006

Frankfurt/M. Private Equity funds still look at the travel industry bearing too many risks. This was one opinion in the Travel Industry Club's discussion in Frankfurt. Another panellist sounded different and seemed willing to enter the hospitality industry. But Private Equity funds will only take the best. Two hotel experts confirm the continuous trend in the hotel industry.

Selective and focused on foreign countries
1.9.2006

Wiesbaden. Aareal Bank is well positioned in the hotel financing segment. Despite this, its experts regard the hotel business as the high-risk segment of the real estate industry.The financing strategy favours business and conference hotels, mainly outside Germany.

Investors in Germany prefer short-term investments
4.8.2006

Munich. The hotel investment volume reached a nationwide 682 million euros in the first half of 2006. This extraordinarily high level is 22% above the average volume from 2001 through to 2005. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels expects 2006 to be a record year with a likely volume of more than one billion euros.

Stock Exchange

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Financial Results

HI+Accor Results 2005: Positive, but not convincing

Paris. Gilles Pélisson, the new Chief Executive Officer of
the Accor Group, left a poor impression following his first presentation,
according to media reports last week. Shares dropped by 6.5 percent after
the leading European hotel operator published the results for 2005.  

HI+Marriott: Great figures and new living worlds

Berlin. At the ITB in Berlin, the management team of Marriott International was highly optimistic. In 2005, the company recorded a record in earnings per share of 2.89 US dollars. Due to the hitherto 2006 accounting statistics, Marriott International expects an increase in operating results by 30 to 34 percent.

HI+NH Hoteles: Germany catching up

Madrid. In 2005 NH Hoteles earned Euro 62.2 million which is 12.8 per cent more than in the previous year as a result of the good performance of the hotel business. Specifically operating profits for the hotel business of the group totaled Euro 127.2 million, 8.5 per cent higher than the figure recorded for 2004. Revenues at Sotogrande were lower than in 2004.

HI+InterContinental: Asset sale successful

London. The InterContinental Hotels Group plc published the results of 2005. The asset sale continued consequently. Continuing operating profit was up 42 percent from 134 to 190 million pounds Sterling with operating profit margin up 4 per cent.

HI+design hotels: New members and better results

Berlin. In 2005, consolidated revenues of the hotel group design hotels amounted to Euro 5,38 million. During the year 2006 the company intends further growth with high quality

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