Market Report

Hotel investors across Europe have ‘wall of money’ and confidence in the sector’s ability to recover

September 18, 2020
On15th September attendees at a webinar hosted by HVS, AlixPartners, Bird & Bird and EP Magazine heard a distinguished panel of experts debate the impact of the global pandemic on hotel values across Europe and whether it has, in fact, created an investment opportunity.
On 15th September attendees at a webinar hosted by HVS, AlixPartners, Bird & Bird and EP Magazine heard a distinguished panel of experts debate the impact of the global pandemic on hotel values across Europe and whether it had, in fact, created an investment opportunity.

An initial presentation by Russell Kett highlighted the promising improvement of hotel performance in July compared with April of this year, a copy of which can be downloaded here.

This was followed by a discussion between a panel of investment, legal and brokerage experts on hotel values and the current mood for investment, with speakers including  Bettina Graef from Aareal Bank,  Lionel Benjamin of AGO Hotels, Karen Friebe at Bird & Bird, Safi Zakaria at Crosstree Real Estate Partners, Charles Human from HVS Hodges Ward Elliott and Neil Kirk of L&R Hotels, chaired by AlixPartners’ managing director Graeme Smith.
 
Market Report

Hotel investors across Europe have ‘wall of money’ and confidence in the sector’s ability to recover

September 18, 2020
On15th September attendees at a webinar hosted by HVS, AlixPartners, Bird & Bird and EP Magazine heard a distinguished panel of experts debate the impact of the global pandemic on hotel values across Europe and whether it has, in fact, created an investment opportunity.
On 15th September attendees at a webinar hosted by HVS, AlixPartners, Bird & Bird and EP Magazine heard a distinguished panel of experts debate the impact of the global pandemic on hotel values across Europe and whether it had, in fact, created an investment opportunity.

An initial presentation by Russell Kett highlighted the promising improvement of hotel performance in July compared with April of this year, a copy of which can be downloaded here.

This was followed by a discussion between a panel of investment, legal and brokerage experts on hotel values and the current mood for investment, with speakers including  Bettina Graef from Aareal Bank,  Lionel Benjamin of AGO Hotels, Karen Friebe at Bird & Bird, Safi Zakaria at Crosstree Real Estate Partners, Charles Human from HVS Hodges Ward Elliott and Neil Kirk of L&R Hotels, chaired by AlixPartners’ managing director Graeme Smith.