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Trend: Privatisation of quoted hotel companies increases
P2P deals are driving up property values
17.6.2005

London. The popularity of stock markets has decreased, even in the English-speaking countries. The privatisation rate of companies listed on the stock market has increased. Such public to private transactions hold chances for investors thinking in the long and medium term: They usually improve the property values. Hotel groups in the German-speaking countries seldom provide enough potential for such deals.

Lone Star to offer bank function in Germany
10.6.2005

Hamburg. According to several media reports the German Federal Agency for Financial Services has authorised the investment group Lone Star to function as a bank. The US company belongs to a group of "locust" firms that also take keen interest in hotel real estate.

Guests support midsized hotels by buying shares
Creative financing
27.5.2005

Attractive for shareholders:Almdorf Seinerzeit in Austria

Wiesbaden. The increasingly restrictive capital-lending policy regarding medium-sized enterprises has lead hotel companies to look for more creative approaches to capital funding. Self-initiated funds or selling shares to guests are no longer unusual.

The German hotel industry is still strongly dominated by medium-sized companies. According to the "Industry Report 2005" of the German International Hotel Association, nine out of ten hotels are running either as sole proprietorships or partnerships. And the economic development of the country, combined with stricter lending regulations, has made it hard, especially for these companies, to get money from the banks. But what to do, if one's own funds are running out, while investments have become unavoidable for the company's continued existence?

Will the British REIT supersede the German one?
6.5.2005

Frankfurt/M. Even if the German REIT was not to get going properly, investors would still be able to invest in the German real estate market via the British REIT.

What is a G-REIT?
29.4.2005

Apart from the three known investment vehicles, namely direct investment and closed and open real estate funds, the G-REIT could soon become the fourth real estate product in Germany.

REIT: From the consultation paper  of the German Ministry of Finance
29.4.2005

In the sector "open real estate investment trusts" there is a statutory call for action due to many reasons.

REIT: What does the hotel industry say?
29.4.2005

Two hotel experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of G-REIT.

What are the effects of the REIT introduction on the hotel industry?
Europe in REIT fever
29.4.2005

Wiesbaden . Currently, there is no topic that dominates European real estate events more than the planned introduction of REITs in Great Britain and Germany. While the British Chancellor of the Exchequer has presented an issue paper, according to which, the UK REIT is gearing to comparable systems worldwide, in Germany, bankers and politicians are still tinkering around with G-REIT.

Austrian bank offers mezzanine capital for small enterprises
Expensive intermediate step for particulars
8.4.2005

Vienna. Since last autumn Oesterreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank has been offering mezzanine capital for small and medium-sized enterprises. The official goal is to offer new credit opportunities to small-scale companies. Hitherto, only two businesses have achieved this.

Hotel property valuations: Type of contract affects balance sheet preparation
Border case hotel business
8.4.2005
Frankfurt.  Hotels are regarded as border cases within property classifications. Not the type of hotel, but the type of contract decides on the class - which affects balance sheet preparation. Dr. Henrik Baumunk, holder of a general commercial power of attorney in the field Advisory of the consultancy company KPMG in Frankfurt, explains the basic principle of this complicated topic.

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