New Delhi: Online hospitality firm HotelBids is planning to invest Rs 70-80 crore for expansion within India and overseas next year. “We are at present building customer base. So far, we have invested around Rs 3-4...
India Equity Partners puts 75 per cent Sagar Ratna stake on the block
New Delhi: Private equity firm India Equity Partners (IEP) Fund Advisors has put its majority 75 per cent stake in South Indian cuisine restaurant chain Sagar Ratna Restaurants on the block five years after acquiring...
Marriott Purchase of Starwood Gets Chinese Regulatory Approval
Marriott International Inc.’s acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. got antitrust approval from Chinese regulators, clearing the way for the deal to be completed. Approval from the Chinese Ministry...
Bird Group to open 3 hotels in India; mulls acquisitions
NEW DELHI: The Bird Group is looking to open three luxury boutique hotels under its brand ‘Roseate Hotels & Resorts’ in the country and is also considering acquisitions for future expansion. The Group...
Four Corners reports acquisition of 3 Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants
Four Corners Property Trust Inc : * Four Corners Property Trust announces acquisition of three Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants for $7.9 million * Four Corners Property Trust Inc says FCPT funded acquisition with cash on...
Aditya Birla PE to sell stake in Olive Bar & Kitchen
Mumbai: Aditya Birla Private Equity, a part of the Aditya Birla Financial Services Group, is looking to exit its four-year-old investment in restaurant chain Olive Bar & Kitchen and has hired an investment bank to...
Private equity fund NSR likely to buy out Adiga’s restaurant chain
NEW DELHI: For almost three years, the legal battle between the principal shareholders of Bengaluru-based Adiga’s restaurant chain has been as fiery as its sambhar, but now both sides seem to have agreed to break...
Bird Group to end JV with Dusit Thani, rebrand hotels
NEW DELHI: Delhi-based Bird Group is ending its joint venture management contract with Thai group Dusit Thani and plans to rebrand all its properties as Roseate Hotels and Resorts that it will manage on its own. The...
PE funds like Blackstone, GIC and others in talks for 25% stake in Lemon Tree
MUMBAI: Global private equity funds Blackstone, Brookfield, GIC, ADIA, and CPPIB are in talks to pick up around 25 per cent stake in Lemon Tree Group of Hotels for about $150-200 million, valuing the company at about...
Taj GVK Hotels, Indian Hotels surge on merger talk
Shares of Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts and Indian Hotels Company have surged up to 20% on the BSE in intra-day trade after a media report suggested that Indian Hotels plans to merge Taj GVK Hotel & Resorts with...
3 Associates tells SC it plans to buy Sahara’s overseas hotels for $1.3 bn
Firm tells SC it plans to buy Grosvenor House Hotel in London, and Plaza Hotel and Dream Downtown in NY. New Delhi: United Kingdom-based investment firm 3 Associates Capital Management Ltd informed the Supreme Court...
Japan hotel Reit Investment completes acquisition of property in Osaka
Japan hotel Reit Investment Corp : * Says it completes acquisition for trust beneficial rights of a property located in Osaka for 27 billion yen, on Aug. 1 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/OPFE4l Further company...
