Dubai-based investment bank SHUAA Capital has stopped investing from its two private equity funds but says it will stick with its land-buying hospitality fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York global asset manager has formed a strategic partnership with Driftwood focussed on acquiring and repositioning hotels across the US.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Banyan Tree China Hospitality Fund is the second private equity real estate fund to be closed by Banyan Tree Capital since its inception in 2007.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
A joint venture partnership between AREA Property Partners and Aimbridge Hospitality has acquired three Hyatt branded hotels in Chicago.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Mountgrange Investment Management, which raised its debut opportunity fund in 2009, is backing a venture to develop 15 London budget hotels under a franchise agreement with Tune Hotels run by Asia entrepreneur Tony Fernandes.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based firm has hired former Invesco Real Estate professional Jochen Schäfer-Surén as a partner as it seeks to grow into the hotel and leisure sector.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has secured refinancing for a 13-hotel strong portfolio in Japan originally bought for ¥280bn in 2007.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The move by Dallas-based firm Invesco comes hot on the heels of hotel specialist Azure Properties which said it was in discussions with major private equity groups and commercial real estate funds on a joint venture to acquire up €1.1bn of hospitality assets
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Carlyle’s real estate fund invests equity alongside its buyout fund for the €480m purchase of B&B Hotel Group
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Hotel owner and operator says it is in talks with ‘major’ private equity groups and real estate funds to create a joint venture vehicle to build up a portfolio of hospitality assets
3 min read · 24 January 2013
