hotel deals
Alternative Financing to Help Close Hotel Deals
Emil Iskandar | June 12, 2024
Like other commercial real estate (CRE) sectors, the hospitality industry has seen a drop in deal volume. The very stubborn inflation level kept benchmark lending rates elevated for most of last year, and this trend is expected to continue this year. To make matters worse, lenders—particularly local and regional banks—are facing their own issues with maintaining sufficient liquidity to make loans, as well as managing CRE concentration and sub-performing loans in their books. The pool of active hospitality lenders is arguably much smaller today, and those who are still actively lending are very selective in adding new loans to their balanc...
Travel & Tourism Deal Activity Down by 3.4% Overall in 2022, Reveals GlobalData
GlobalData | January 11, 2023
A total of 1,006 deals* were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during the 2022, which is a decline of 3.4% over the 1,041 deals announced during the previous year, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Geopolitical tensions and economic challenges seem to have impacted deal-making sentiments for the sector. Resultantly, deal activity slowed down in several key markets.” For instance, the US, which also happens to be the top market by deals volume, experienced a 2.8% decline in deal activity in 2022 compared to 2021. Several other key ...
Deal-Making Activity in the Travel & Tourism Sector Dropped by 34.3% During April 2021, Finds GlobalData
GlobalData | May 17, 2021
A total of 71 deals (comprising mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing) were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during April, which is a decline of 34.3% over 108 deals announced in March, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The travel and tourism sector is still reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the rebound in deal activity in March brought in some cheers, it could not be sustained for long with April again reversing the trend.” The announcement of private equity, venture fi...
