ActivumSG Capital Management has acquired Dutch hotel operator Odyssey Hotel on behalf of its latest fund.
The manager’s ActivumSG Real Estate Fund VI fund has invested an undisclosed amount to acquire the Breda-headquartered hotel group.
Founded in 2013, Odyssey focuses on opening and operating hotels in underserved mid-sized towns and cities in continental Europe.
It currently operates 12 hotels in Germany, the Netherlands and Finland mostly under franchise agreements with Marriott Group and IHG.
The company already has a pipeline of 20 more hotels scheduled to open before the end of 2024, which will lift the number of guest rooms it operates from 1,940 to more than 5,200, ActivumSG said, adding that these include two hotel openings planned for Austria and one in Spain.
Saul Goldstein, CEO and founder of ActivumSG, said: “We’re looking to accelerate the company’s growth through acquisitions and more hotel openings when others will still be picking up the pieces.
We see the steady recovery of leisure and business travel in Europe’s most resilient hotel markets as a major opportunity for our latest fund. This corporate deal highlights how we look at every angle, so our investors get the best risk-adjusted exposure to strong investment themes.”
Rick van Erp, Odyssey Hotel CEO, said: “The Activum fund’s support will allow us to scale up our platform and penetrate new markets in Europe, broadening the footprint of our major hotel brand partners.
“We are looking ahead with confidence at a post-Covid landscape for the hospitality sector, which will present opportunities for those operators with the liquidity, agility and industry expertise to benefit most from the recovery.”
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