'Who is buying hotel risk' and 'how are the deals being financed' are two of the key issues to be debated at the seventh annual European Hotel Finance & Investment summit in London next month. Over 150 professionals, hotel owners, operators as well as investors, advisors and financiers have already signed up to attend the two-day event that is hosted by Euromoney.
'Who is buying hotel risk' and 'how are the deals being financed' are two of the key issues to be debated at the seventh annual European Hotel Finance & Investment summit in London next month. Over 150 professionals, hotel owners, operators as well as investors, advisors and financiers have already signed up to attend the two-day event that is hosted by Euromoney.
Interest in hotels has been increasing in recent years within the real estate investment universe. Transaction volumes in the sector jumped by 44% year-on-year in 2006 to $26.8 bn. The 2007 figure won't match that, but it will be close, Mark Wynne-Smith, European ceo of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, said recently.
Wynne-Smith will expand on this theme at the summit in his talk on whether the hotel industry has reached the peak of the cycle. He will also examine how the industry can respond to global threats such as the changing interest rate environment.
James Elton, ceo of celebrity real investment fund aAim, and Anne Lemonnier, a principal at Lehman Brothers Real Estate, will take part in the keynote debate on 'buying hotel risk'. The session will explore transaction volumes, investor demand and monetising hotel real estate assets.
Other issues at the summit include 'over-leverage' and debt financing, structuring owner/operator contracts and hotels real estate investment trust vehicles (REITs).
7th European Hotel Finance and Investment Summit
6-7 September 2007
Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
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