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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.
Berlin. The euphoria of 2015 increases again in Germany towards the end of the year. The Scandinavian company Pandox has paid EUR 400 million for 18 Leonardo hotels. At the same time, Louvre Hotels Group has acquired the operating company and lease contracts in respect of 25 German Nordic Hotels.
Berlin. At the moment, the same high spirits are ruling within the segment of the Serviced Apartments/Apartment Hotels as are in the rest of the hotel world: According to an assessment that could be heard from So!Apart in Berlin last week, this market should increase by 20 percent during the next two years. In its third edition, this gathering of small and large suppliers of apartments drew 170 participants and also included investors and project developers for the first time. Nevertheless: This segment is still a tender seedling in comparison to the traditional hotel industry and due to the small base, the published figures are more of a trend announcement than meaningful proof. However: The organiser, Boardinghouse Consulting Berlin, strictly supports the professionalization of the niche segment with this conference. This is why it deserves attention.
London. For the second year in succession, London has been voted the most attractive hotel investment destination in Europe. But: Barcelona and Madrid are on the overtaking lane, investor's appetite for Southern Europe grows.
Munich. If you were to distil the discussions on profitability and life-cycle at the Expo Real down to just one sentence, it would be this: There's no bigger mistake than to treat the word 'lifestyle' as it own category. In fact, different brands for very different lifestyles are developing at an extraordinary pace. And there's a lot of space for even more brands.
Wiesbaden. The German hotel real estate market is booming, but this is mainly the city hotel industry. A current study aims to interest investors in resorts as an asset class. It shows that these are certainly able to compete with rivals in the business league in some segments.
Munich. Investors love hotels, project developers too. Yet the blue prints for success meanwhile appear always to be the same: Hotels with strong brands, broad geographical presence and best inner-city locations, managed by renowned operators in well-known categories. This restricts the offer and pushes up prices. Yet there are some interesting approaches outside the mainstream. Within the framework of the meanwhile almost traditional "after work talks" of PKF and GSK Stockmann + Kollegen two weeks ago in Munich, this was the talking point.