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Hotel Transactions Germany: Severe break after 2nd Quarter 2022
The outlook: difficult to impossible
14.7.2022

Berlin. Disappointment on the German hotel real estate market: contrary to expectations, the transaction volume in the second quarter of 2022 was noticeably lower than hoped for. The reasons are the uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war, especially about energy prices, the high inflation rate as well as the significantly increased financing costs. It has thus become almost impossible to make forecasts.

How investors and operators are responding to the pressure in Germany
Hotels are slowly dying
20.6.2022

Wiesbaden. The conversions of hotels into offices, the projects on hold, the quiet death of both small and large operators along with the advance of alternative accommodation concepts all mean one thing: the German hotel market is in the grip of structural change. Yet the majority of industry representatives appear still to close their eyes to it. Susanne Stauss investigates the causes of this trend.

Revival in the European hotel real estate market
9.6.2022

London. In several countries, the number of transactions has meanwhile strongly increased again The German hotel real estate market, on the other hand, is just sorting itself out again. Institutional investors have almost every second hotel room on their radar. The value per hotel room is rising again.

European hotel transaction 2021 on the rise again
5.5.2022

London. European hotel transactions made a solid recovery during 2021, with deals totalling 16.4 billion euros and doubling that of 2020. Performance was boosted by a strong demand for single asset properties which saw average sales prices per room reach record levels at 260,000 euros.

Q1 2022: German hotel investment market still in the red
14.4.2022

Berlin. In the first quarter of 2022, the hotel investment market in Germany is behind the first quarter of 2021. Experts cite a lack of buying opportunities in the core segment as one reason. Sales in other segments partly lead to conversions. Basically, a further increase in buyer interest in hotel properties is expected.

Transactions in Austria 2021: Switch of buyers
24.2.2022

Vienna. With the start of the pandemic in 2020, the Austrian hotel real estate market almost came to a standstill. Then, in the 1st half of 2021, properties worth more than 110 million euros changed hands. The year ended with a total volume of about 400 million euros.

Branded Residences: away from luxury, towards resorts and Europe
A new premium business
24.2.2022

Geneva. Since the 1980s, residences with a hotel brand on the roof have been selling much better than without. The typical branded residence project is asset light. The supply has been growing significantly for years. While luxury has been the dominant trend so far, the market is facing extensive segmentation, especially towards the midscale segment, as well as in Europe and in holiday destinations.

GBI Chairman Reiner Nittka about hotels, other assets and the market
Pooling ideas to change course
10.2.2022

Berlin. Living, especially funded living, has overtaken hotel projects in the pandemic. Nevertheless, the largest German hotel project developer to date, GBI AG, intends to remain loyal to the hospitality sector – amongst other things, with attractive duo or trio projects. Hotels and the other asset classes are keeping the balance in the portfolio for now. GBI's own apartment brands are the most successful assets without restrictions. However, the GBI will break new ground with senior living products soon. Reiner Nittka, Chairman of the Executive Board of GBI Holding AG, talks in detail about the changes on account of corona – in the business and in the market.

Funding planned for conversion of vacant hotels
10.2.2022

Munich. The City of Munich wants to attract more private investors for the accommodation of homeless people. For this purpose, the funding guidelines for flexi homes are to be adapted. The focus is also on vacant hotels.

Transactions Germany 2021: Optimistic again at the end of the year
13.1.2022

Frankfurt/Main. The German hotel investment market was much more lively at the end of the year 2021 than in the first three quarters. Larger transactions, but also a plethora of individual deals drove the action, especially in Berlin - until Omicron delayed everything.

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