Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Just over seven months ago, India’s Oyo Hotels proclaimed itself the world’s third largest hotel. Now the Softbank-backed startup is cutting headcount in its home market by around one-fifth, as it struggles for profitability.
Valued at as much as $10… Read More>>
PAG has teamed up with Seoul-based Inmark Asset Management to acquire the landmark Grand Hyatt Seoul hotel, as the city’s hospitality sector continues to draw interest from foreign investors.
The Hong Kong-based private equity firm, together with its co-investors, is… Read More>>
Huazhu Group has revealed a 19 percent year-on-year jump in hotel turnover for the third quarter of 2019, as China’s largest operator of budget inns boosted its portfolio to more than 5,000 locations.
Turnover increased to RMB 10 billion ($1.4… Read More>>
ARA US Hospitality Trust has agreed to acquire a 390-key trio of select-service hotels in the US for $84.5 million, just six months after the trust raised $498 million in its debut on the Singapore stock exchange.
The trust has… Read More>>
In a sign of how life may be changing for global plutocrats, the next World Economic Forum in Davos may be held at a Chinese budget hotel. Or at least at a property owned and managed by China’s Huazhu Hotels… Read More>>
State-owned “bad bank” China Cinda Asset Management has been revealed as the buyer of a hotel in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui area, spending HK$4.3 billion ($550 million) on the asset despite a 70 percent slump in hotel investment during… Read More>>
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has agreed to acquire four hotels along the west coast of the US for $249 million through a recently formed joint venture with Summit Hotel Properties, according to an announcement by the New York Stock… Read More>>
Singapore-based Hoi Hup Realty has entered into a binding agreement to buy the Andaz Singapore hotel, according to a statement posted today on the developer’s website, in what ranks as the largest ever purchase of a single hotel asset in… Read More>>
Indian hospitality group Oyo Hotels and Homes today announced that it is raising $1.5 billion to continue its expansion into the US, Europe and other global markets.
25-year-old Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal is leading the financing round with support from… Read More>>
A four-star hotel in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district, which fell into receivership after its owner was tortured to death on the mainland has received an offer from an interested buyer, according to a report in the Hong Kong… Read More>>
