Mergers & Acquisitions

🏨 Blackstone Real Estate acquired Village Hotels from KSL Capital Partners for €800 million ($857.16 million). Village Hotels, with 33 properties and 4,400 keys across the U.K., offers full-service hotel stays and amenities including fitness clubs and co-working spaces. The deal, advised by Lazard and Santander for Blackstone and Morgan Stanley with Dentons for KSL, reinforces Blackstone's U.K. hospitality sector growth, following over £550 million ($695.44 million) investment in Bourne Leisure since 2021.

🏨 Hyatt Hotels acquires me and all hotels from Lindner Hotels AG, expanding its European footprint. The deal, terms undisclosed, closed on Friday. The me and all brand, part of Hyatt’s portfolio since 2017, transitions from a nested to a standalone brand. Hyatt's global lifestyle portfolio's rooms quintupled by the end of 2023. The partnership began in 2022, enhancing Hyatt’s German and European presence. All Lindner properties integrated into Hyatt’s loyalty program, benefiting 46 million members. me and all has six hotels, over 1,000 rooms, and plans for new hotels in Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Stuttgart by 2026.