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Vince Limpens' message to the hospitality industry was clear and direct: It's time to stop thinking about doing "less harm" and start designing for real, positive impact. Over a 40-year building lifecycle, just 9% of costs are linked to construction and energy. The other 90%? That's operations. The door opener to success.
Holiday homes and holiday parks are gaining increasing attention from institutional investors. The German market is gaining momentum. New funds are being created.
Why would I buy an individual hotel asset at a 6% cap rate when I can buy the shares of a US hotel REIT at a 9% cap rate? These and other provocative questions were posed by veteran hotel investment manager a few weeks ago.
Despite difficult market conditions, property AIFs remain the focus of institutional investors, even though traditional fund countries such as Germany and the Netherlands are experiencing significant outflows. Hotels and logistics remain attractive.
The German hotel investment market is noticeably continuing its upward trend, and the industry is rather optimistic about the coming quarters - were it not for the current geopolitical challenges.
The European hotel investment market 2024 is booming. Transactions in the upper-upscale and luxury segments reached an eye-popping 10.95 billion euros across 137 deals.
The most popular European country for hotel investments is and remains Spain, closely followed by Italy and the United Kingdom. However, supply and demand are very unequal across Europe.
In the second half of 2024, the German hotel investment market began to pick up, a trend that has continued so far this year. There is therefore justified hope that the volume from 2024 will be exceeded.
The global hotel development pipeline reaches a historic milestone with over 15,800 projects at Q4 2024. The United States and China account for 64% of this. And the European pipeline is also well-filled with 1,661 projects.
After four uncertain years, the Austrian hotel market is showing positive trends again. Significant transactions were concluded in Vienna in particular in 2024, with the capital's airport surpassing the pre-coronavirus year in terms of passenger numbers.