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Investment Outlook: Europe is recovering fast
23.2.2023

London. Despite the geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds in the back half of 2022, Europe welcomed almost 70% of the world’s travellers. The region was the front runner in the re-emergence of international travel and opportunities for cross border hotel investment.

Next turnaround: China starts a new shopping spree
2.2.2023

Beijing. The Chinese government has started to encourage again investment overseas, including hotel groups and other tourism infrastructure. This is a fundamental turnaround again.

Hotels are on board too Financial journalist Loipfinger analyses the models
Crowdinvesting remains popular and treacherous
19.1.2023

Rosenheim. In times of low interest rates, investors look for alternative ways to invest money, and SMEs search for a favourable financing mix. Crowdinvesting has been pushing into this gap. Some hotel groups are also now taking interest. Falkensteiner just raised millions again and has even founded its own investment platform. Crowd investing remains popular but has its pitfalls as it operates in the grey capital market. The renowned German financial journalist Stefan Loipfinger analyses the crowd with its ups and downs.

Hotel investment market Germany: Upswing expected
12.1.2023

Frankfurt. The German hotel investment market reached a transaction volume of 1.9 billion euros in 2022, which corresponds to a further decline of 26% even compared to 2021. The fact that the industry is nevertheless more optimistic about the future despite the many current challenges is related to the fact that many deals had only taken place in the last quarter.

Italy: Hospitality investors go for value-add
12.1.2023

Milan. The recovery recorded by the hospitality industry since last summer, thanks to the return of international demand, is fuelling hotel investments in Italy again. Overall, transaction values are not yet at the 2019 record levels, but volumes are consolidating.

A 500 million fund for midscale hotels - GSH sole operator
22.12.2022

Hamburg/Munich. The first two capital commitments were received yesterday: This marks the start of a new closed hotel real estate fund called H2i Asset Management, which aims to finance medium-sized private hotels in Germany. Unusually, H2i only works with one hotel operator: Gorgeous Smiling Hotels.

Germany: More insolvencies expected among SMEs
15.12.2022

Neuss. The energy crisis has led to an increase in corporate insolvencies in Germany. Added to this are the interest rate turnaround and the expiry of state support from the Corona pandemic. One of the most threatened sectors is the service sector, especially the catering industry.

GBI AG sells majority stake to Henderson Park
24.11.2022

London/Berlin. London-based private real estate fund manager Henderson Park has announced a majority stake in GBI Holding AG, Germany's largest hotel developer.

Budgeting for 2023 is impossible - Everyone has a different focus
Old methods no longer work
24.11.2022

Wiesbaden. Budget planning for 2023 is in full swing and harbours plenty of risk. Hotel operators are much more optimistic about the new year than hotel developers. However, the focal points chosen by the Austrian Verkehrsbüro Group, IHG, Motel One, Numa, Lindner Hotels and Art-Invest are all very different. Certain is: The method chosen to price in crises so far no longer works.

All catching up strongly: H1 at Premier Inn, Q3 at Accor, Hilton, IHG, Pandox, Scandic, Wyndham
27.10.2022

Wiesbaden. Premier Inn announces H1 results with profits exceeding pre-pandemic levels and remaining significantly ahead of the UK market. Accor, Hilton, IHG, Pandox, Scandic and Wyndham report remarkable Q3 results.

Stock Exchange

Financial Results

Hotels off to a good start to the year

Orascom Development Holding (ODH) Q1 2024: In the first three months of the year, ODH achieved a strong performance, with real estate sales of CHF 256.7 million, up by 143.1%. Total revenues increased by 15.7% to CHF 151.5 million despite the challenging business environment.

Record fees, record pipeline

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Q1 2024: The US chain closes the first quarter of the new year with a series of records, even in the Hyatt membership program.

Record results on land and at sea

TUI Group Q2 2024: Q2 2024 was again promising for the group. Revenue grew by at least 10% and underlying EBIT by at least 25% to 3.1 billion euros. The continued high propensity to travel ensured 2.8 million guests, 14% more than in the same period of the previous year. 

Market push in Germany: growing and scaling

IHG Q1 2024: The global RevPAR in the first quarter of 2024 continued to grow, with an impressive performance in EMEAA. The pipeline is also increasing, and in Germany IHG added 119 hotels by an agreement with Novum Hospitality.

Mixed figures, mixed feelings

Choice Q1 2024: The first quarter of the year ended with mixed results for the global franchisor. The disappointment over the failed merger with Wyndham is still deep-seated.

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