Vatika Hotels, the hospitality arm of the Gurgaon-based real estate major Vatika group, has bought back shares held in it by US banking group Goldman Sachs for Rs 3 billion. Now owning 100 percent of its equity, the...
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Brigade Enterprises may list proposed hotel unit as REIT
Bengaluru-based Brigade Enterprises Ltd, which is in the process of moving all its hotel assets into a separate unit, may consider listing the new entity as a real estate investment trust (REIT) or going public in the...
Israel’s Rami Levi to buy 20 percent of Cofix coffee chain
Israel’s Rami Levi Chain Stores (RMLI.TA) has agreed to buy 20 percent of coffee and snack chain Cofix Group (CFX.TA) at a company valuation of 105 million shekels ($30 million). Rami Levi, one of Israel’s leading...
Rabo Bank buys out Aditya Birla PE’s stake in Olive Bar
A fund sponsored by Dutch lender Rabobank has bought out Aditya Birla Private Equity’s stake in restaurateur A D Singh-promoted Olive Bar and Kitchen for an undisclosed sum. The India Agri Business Fund II has...
CG Group sets up funds worth $800 million to buy distressed assets in India, Europe and south Asia
CG Hotels & Resorts, part of the Kathmandu-based Chaudhary Group, is setting up three funds, totaling $800 million (more than Rs5,000 crore), to buy distressed assets in India, South Asia and Europe. With this, the...
CG Corp to set up Rs 5k-cr fund to buy hotels, resorts
The Kathmandu-based CG Corp Global is setting up two investment platforms to acquire hotels and resorts. Funds, about Rs 5,000 crore, would be used to buy property in India, Southeast Asia as well as stressed...
LVMH investment arm buys Smoke House Deli owner
French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH’s investment arm L Catterton Asia has acquired majority stake in restaurateur Riyaaz Amlani’s Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality, promoter of fine dining...
Embassy Group’s Jitendra Virwani may buy Hard Rock Café franchisee
Jitendra Virwani, owner of Bengaluru-based real estate conglomerate Embassy Group, is close to buying a controlling stake in JSM Corp. Pvt. Ltd, which runs Hard Rock Café and California Pizza Kitchen in India, two...
Venture Catalysts buys 10% stake in Chai Break for Rs5 crore
Chai Break, a Kolkata-based restaurant chain that serves hookah and snacks, has been valued at Rs50 crore in the first round of an external funding. ALP Retail Pvt. Ltd, which runs the chain, on Monday said it sold a...
Chai Point plans to raise more than $10 million in Series C funding
Mountain Trail Foods Pvt. Ltd, which owns the Chai Point chain of tea stores, plans to raise more than $10 million in a Series C round of funding, which it expects to close in the first half of 2018. The next round of...
Spanish hotels company Barcelo offers to take over NH Hotels
Grupo Barcelo has made a tentative takeover approach for rival NH Hotel Group (NHH.MC) to create the biggest hotel operator in Spain, where tourism is booming. Family-owned Barcelo has proposed taking a 60 percent stake...
Kanoria Foundation’s Shristi Hotel looking to buy business hotels, resorts
With a corpus of Rs1,500 crore, Shristi Hotel Pvt. Ltd, an arm of Kolkata-based Kanoria Foundation, is looking to acquire business hotels and resorts across the country, with a strategic focus on cities like Mumbai...
