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Berlin. In Germany, more than 14.5 million overnight stays in private accommodations are provided yearly via online platforms such as Airbnb, Wimdu or 9flats - and are not covered by statistics. That was identified by the real estate developer GBI in Berlin. The grey market is growing.

Augsburg. Quietly, the Augsburger Patrizia AG has developed into one of the leading real estate enterprises in Europe. The investor and service provider maintains, buys and sells existing properties and by now also establishes new funds for private investors via Patrizia Grundinvest. The hotel segment is also experiencing an upswing.

McLean. Hilton will split the company into three distinctive entities, CEO Christopher Nassetta announced last week. Among others, he talks about a REIT - to save taxes.

New York. According to recent information, Brookfield Property Partners and Starwood Capital aim to make money on the German market and sell on the recently acquired 11 Interhotels. Among the hotels are jewels such as The Westin in Leipzig and the Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Salzburg. In Austria's leading tourism centres, few guest beds continue to be added in the form of the classic hotel, but rather as flexible units: as chalets, suites and apartments. Increasingly often, they're packaged as investment opportunities for private individuals. Banks like these new forms of real estate, and so do the guests: With interest rates currently so low, they're often immediately snapped up by buyers. And construction companies are slowly becoming hosts.

Hamburg. Looking back to 2015, Union Investment Real Estate GmbH enjoyed a record year – and made their debut in the US market. With this, the asset class Hotel follows the general investment movements of the company.

Paris. AccorHotels and its shareholder Eurazeo are planning a new joint undertaking where hotel properties of various owners are bundled and AccorHotels will act as franchisee. Both companies are currently in exclusive negotiations with one another. This deal with a total of 85 hotels has a financial volume of 504 million euros.

Frankfurt/Berlin. In 2015, the German hotel investment market had managed an unprecedented record: With an increase of 46%, a transaction volume with a total of around 4.4 billion Euro was achieved in 2015. The large real estate brokers and real estate advisers, JLL and CBRE, agree with this. The numbers in detail.

Vienna. Local hotelier's families, foreign funds or Russian investors: 2015 saw a vivid interest in the acquisition of hotel assets in Austria. Buyers are also interested in the countryside.

London. Increased liquidity and the low interest rate environment have resulted in record Asian investment in the European hotel sector in 2015. EUR 1.6 billion in Asian capital was last year invested in the hotel sector.