港中旅集團的全資子公司港中旅酒店有限公司近日收購英國大型酒店集團Kew Green Hotels,交易金額逾4億英鎊。Kew Green是Holiday Inn品牌酒店在歐洲最大的管理運營商,在英國運營著擁有自主產權的44家酒店,包括Holiday Inn、Holiday Inn Express、Crowne Plaza、Ramada和Marriott等不同品牌的酒店資產,遍布英國近40個大中城市,并代其他業(yè)主管理十家英國物業(yè)。
Kew Green首席執(zhí)行官Paul Johnson表示:“非常高興港中旅酒店公司投資并購Kew Green酒店公司,這次并購將使Kew Green持續(xù)迅猛增長,并將促進旗下酒店開展針對快速增長的中國游客的優(yōu)質服務?!边@亦標志著高盛及TPG Situations Partners 2013年購入Kew Green后,后者與其的合作隨此番交易終結。
China-based HK CTS Metropark Hotels Co. purchased UK hotel company Kew Green Hotels. The purchase price exceeded £ 400 million. The deal follows Kew Green being established as the largest Holiday Inn franchisee in Europe. Kew Green owns 44 UK hotels, including Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crown Plaza, Ramada and Marriott brand assets, and manages an additional 10 UK properties for other owners.
\"We are delighted that HK CTS Metropark Hotels has chosen to invest in Kew Green,\" said Paul Johnson, CEO of Kew Green, in a statement. \"Their support will allow us to continue our aggressive growth strategy as well as giving us access into the rapidly growing Chinese tourist market.\" This sale also marks the end of Goldman Sachs'and TPG Special Situations Partners'collaboration with Kew Green, which they acquired in 2013.