Hotel Investment

Pricewaterhousecoopers has just released its Emerging Trends in European Real Estate report for 2012 with some very interesting data...

The level of investment in European hotels across five core markets - France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy - increased during the first half of this year, new research shows...

As builders and developers battle it out to secure the best spaces in London, prices have steadily crept up over the last year. Savills notes that land values in the centre of the capital have seen double-digit growth in the past six months....

London has emerged as one of the most lucrative cities for those considering making a hotel investment, the latest data suggests. Looking at the trivago Hotel Price Index, buyers will note that the metropolis remains one of Europe's best bets as hotel rates in the capital rose by ten per cent in the last month alone....

Office property continues to make up the largest proportion of inter-regional investment around the world, with 58 per cent of all transactions for that asset class....

Investors are racing against the clock to invest in London's booming hotel market ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games, it has been claimed. TRI Hospitality Consulting has reported that the sector is currently outperforming cities such as Paris, Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Amsterdam ahead of the global sporting event, with demand and building work rising.....

Investment in hotels in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region has seen strong growth during the first three-quarters of 2010. In total, transaction volumes in the sector climbed to EUR 3.97 billion, representing a year-on-year rise of 55 per cent....

The results themselves seem to show that investors are really looking towards property now as an income generation tool, rather than just hard asset acquisition. For example, wind the clock back 5 years...

Over the past year, an increasing number of Asian property investors have been snapping up real estate in the burgeoning London market. Estate agent Knight Frank claims that in total buyers from Asia have poured GBP 761 million into the market, a figure which is up from the GBP 250 million invested in 2009....

Given the current economic climate, with the past 2 years or so having hit the investment property industry rather hard and the media not knowing whether the market is on the up, taking a dive, entering a double dip or stagnating....

IPIN advisor Wesly Jay presents an overview of the London hotel market, considering factors such as occupancy rates, regional performance and future demand. Hotel development has long been a popular investment option and with the calling for additional hotel rooms within the 2004 London Plan ongoing demand in this capital city is expected to be significant.

Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has been awarded a AED342 million contract by Abu Dhabi's Emirates Tourism Investment (ETI) company to build the Rotana Hotel Tower in Abdali, Jordan.

Saigon Invest Group (SGI), which is the developer of over 20 industrial zones in Vietnam and other real estate projects, late last week broke ground on a 60 billion dong hotel project in Laos.

Saigon Investment Group (SGI) on July 30 kicked off construction on building SGI Lao Hung Hotel in Sam Nua district, Hua Phan province, Laos.

Chennai based Oriental Hotels Ltd is planning to expand its footprint by adding more hotels. The company will add two more properties to its existing eight in the next two years...

Commercial property investment has been attracting a lot of attention recently, with the market generally performing better than its residential counterpart after the economic troubles in Europe...

Chesapeake Lodging Trust agreed to purchase the Boston Marriott Newton in Newton, MA....

Union Properties, Dubai's third-largest property developer by market value, hopes to finalise the sale of the Ritz-Carlton...

The first half of 2010 has seen a solid recovery in global hotel investment volumes....