Hotel Transactions in India: What Will Move the Needle?

Hotelivate Private Limited | February 16, 2018

Hotel Transactions Earlier this year, two portfolio deals shaped the hotel transactions market of India with a consolidated transaction value of approximately US$85 million. This is no mean feat for a country where buying or selling of hotel assets has historically been as rare as sighting a snow leopard! Sarovar Hotel Group's acquisition by Louvre Hotels Group was primarily a non-asset deal aimed at gaining the scale and distribution of a management vehicle, with management income from over 70 hotels. In addition, Whitbread PLC from the UK exited India and sold their hotel real estate of five assets. However, other than these, the tran...