Mergers & Acquisitions

The Duke Street Boutique Hotel, a purpose-built hotel in Liverpool city centre, has been sold to Golding Group at an undisclosed price. The hotel features 30 en-suite letting rooms, three…

Aimbridge Hospitality, the world’s leading third-party hotel management company, today announced that it has assumed management of the Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana and Wyndham Alltra Samaná, two all-inclusive resorts in the Dominican Republic.

France has a natural tendency towards romanticism, which is often a strength but can sometimes become a weakness. It is the world’s leading tourist destination, with a hotel and tourism ecosystem that has never been as structured, inventive or powerful as it is today... and yet. And yet we like to make things more difficult, procedures more complex and decisions more opaque.

Accor has put four of its branded hotels in London, Luton and Southampton on the market with prices on application.  The portfolio includes the Ibis London Barking, Ibis London Luton…

KSL Capital Partners has acquired The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa through its Tactical Opportunities Fund. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located on a stretch of…

The UK hotel investment market witnessed a marked decline in transaction volumes during H1 2025, largely attributable to a subdued level of portfolio transactions compared to 2024. Although most UK markets saw a contraction in transaction activity, standouts such as Edinburgh and Glasgow demonstrated resilience, with Edinburgh recording a 136% increase in volume—primarily driven by high-value, single-asset transactions, including the sale of the W Edinburgh to Schroders. London, while representing 64% of the overall transaction volume, experienced a sharper year-on-year decline compared to regional markets. The overall reduction in volumes for H1 may reflect extended deal timelines, with many transactions being deferred to the second half of the year. Looking ahead, transaction activity is expected to recover as pricing expectations between buyers and sellers converge and financing conditions continue to stabilise.

Oakwood Hotel, an accommodation business near Gloucester, has been sold to Kang Hotels for an undisclosed sum, having been brought to market for offers in excess of £2m. Situated on…

Gibraltar-based investor Yellow Tree has acquired the four-star, 192-room The Hoxton, Southwark in London, UK, from British real estate developer Norlake Hospitality for an amount reported to be around £150 million (£781,000 per room). The property is situated between the Waterloo train station and the Tate Modern museum. The hotel includes two restaurants, a bar and six meeting rooms, as well as five floors of co-working space that reportedly contribute almost one quarter of the property’s income. In July 2025, Yellow Tree also acquired the four-star, 218-room Hilton Garden Inn Bucharest Airport, as reported in this newsletter.

Star Asia Investment Corporation (“SAR”), a Japan-based Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) managed by Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd. of the Star Asia Group, has completed several domestic transactions as part of a portfolio rebalancing strategy under its “New Mid-Term Plan.” The acquisitions include two hotel assets: the 204-key KOKO HOTEL Nagoya Sakae in Aichi Prefecture for JPY3.95 billion, and the 170-key KOKO HOTEL Sendai Station West in Miyagi Prefecture for JPY2.875 billion. This translates to approximately JPY19.4 million and JPY16.9 million per key respectively. Each property is leased under a hybrid rent structure consisting of fixed and variable components. Combined, they generate a monthly fixed rent of JPY12,375,000, and the variable rent component is calculated as 85% of the monthly Gross Operating Profit (“GOP”), minus the fixed rent, applicable only up to the amount of the fixed rent. In parallel, SAR divested one retail and one residential asset for a tot...

How a Chinese buyout, years of delays, and Hilton’s big bet reshaped New York’s most famous hotel Sep 23, 2025 The Waldorf Astoria, once New York’s most glamorous hotel, has…