Hotel consortium buys Great Yarmouth’s The Royal Hotel
55-bedroom seafront hotel has been purchased by AYA Hotels, a consortium of three hospitality businesses based in the Norfolk region…
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Hotel consortium buys Great Yarmouth’s The Royal Hotel
55-bedroom seafront hotel has been purchased by AYA Hotels, a consortium of three hospitality businesses based in the Norfolk region…
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Receiver appointed for troubled Garibaldi at Squamish resort proposal
The $3.5 billion proposal for a major resort north of Squamish hits snag on disagreements on how to proceed an the operating firm's default on loans…
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Foley Entertainment Group Expands Luxury Hotel Portfolio with Acquisition of MacArthur Place
Iconic Sonoma, Calif., hotel and spa the latest addition to FEG's hospitality vertical - Foley Entertainment Group (FEG), established by businessman and Sonoma Valley vintner, Bill Foley, has acquired Sonoma’s iconic MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa from…
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Hotel Owners Push Back on Merger of National Brands
Franchisees are fighting Choice Hotels’ attempted takeover of its biggest rival, which would create a dominant player in the budget hotel sector…
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Spurned Choice Hotels Brings Its Takeover Bid To Wyndham Shareholders
Never mind that its previous $7.8 billion bid was publicly spurned in October or that three other proposals have also been rejected. Suitor Choice Hotels now wants to take a new offer directly to Wyndham shareholders…
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Choice Hotels goes hostile in $8 billion takeover bid for Wyndham after being repeatedly rebuffed
Choice Hotels is launching a hostile takeover offer for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts after repeated attempts to reach a deal with the rival hotel chain were rebuffed…
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Saudi wealth fund to buy 49% of luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte
Saudi Arabia's PIF sovereign wealth fund will buy a 49% stake in luxury hotel group Rocco Forte Hotels and help to support its expansion, the owner of Britain's Balmoral hotel said on Monday…
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Choice to nominate directors for Wyndham Board
During the company's third-quarter earnings call in early November, Choice Hotels International’s new CFO Scott Oaksmith said that Choice had become a “nominal shareholder” of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts as part of its efforts to acquire Wyndham’s…
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ADB sees growing potential of alternative accommodations
MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian countries need to legally define alternative accommodations and simplify online registration systems and licensing requirements to strengthen the regulation of the growing sector and maximize its benefits to the…
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Lagos Implements Digital Revenue Collection for Hotels and Restaurants
The digitalization of the procedure for collecting the hotel occupancy and restaurant consumption taxes from owners of the state’s facilities—hotels and restaurants—has been announced by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service…
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There is a lot capital on the sidelines waiting to be deployed, but European investors said that's likely where it will stay, at least for the foreseeable future…
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COVID-19 caused a major paradigm shift in where workers operate with many companies offering hybrid and remote work. This caused a shake-up in commercial real estate, rendering office spaces obsolete…
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Digital Nomad Startup Raises $325 Million For 150 Boutique Hotels
Traditional short-term rentals often don't work well for the digital nomad who also wants to socialize. Outsite is trying to fill that gap…
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Lynette Montoya, a prominent figure in the hospitality and economic development sectors, has announced her investment in Dream Exchange, the first minority stock exchange, in formation…
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Singapore’s CapitaLand sells Parramatta, North Ryde hotels for $109m
Singaporean real estate giant CapitaLand has sold two Sydney hotels that form part of its $9 billion listed CapitaLand Ascott Trust for $109 million to local investors Frank and Wade Huang as it recycles capital into higher yielding investments…
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With $2.3 Billion in Maturities Looming, Service Properties Focuses on Addressing Debt
Service Properties Trust President and Chief Investment Officer Todd Hargreaves said his company is open to buying hotels, but its immediate priority is dealing with a wave of debt that is maturing over the next two years…
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Real estate conversions are big business. For the large, branded hotel companies, the most recent earnings season revealed conversions now account for around a third of signings…
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Choice Hotels CEO hints at more sweeteners in deal for Wyndham
“We’re well-advised, and we’re confident in our ability to complete this in a reasonable time frame," Choice CEO Pat Pacious told analysts on Tuesday's call.
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