M&A activity [big deals/small deals]

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Alternative Hotel Group acquires Searcy's

De Vere owner Alternative Hotel Group has acquired specialist contract caterer Searcy’s, in a multimillion-pound deal first revealed by Caterer earlier this month.
Posted: 22 June 2007 | 13:05

Ultimate Leisure completes pub chain buy to boost food business

Ultimate Leisure completed its acquisition of the Bel and the Dragon pub group for £8.75m to bolster its food offer.
Posted: 18 June 2007 | 11:23

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

We don’t like strangers ‘round here! Apparently radical Cornish activists (no I’m not making this up) have threatened to get chefs Rick Stein and Jamie Oliver who through their damn success are making Cornwall too expensive for locals.
Posted: 15 June 2007 | 14:43

Thwaites spends £1.93m on five new pubs

The George & Dragon in RiponLancashire brewer and pub operator Thwaites has splashed out £1.93m on five pubs in the north of England and Wales marking the beginning of an acquisitive expansion plan.
Posted: 14 June 2007 | 13:00

Wyndham brand enters UK market with reflagging of London’s Conrad Hotel

The Conrad hotel in London’s Chelsea harbourUS hotel chain, Wyndham Hotel Group, has announced its first property in the UK will be the conversion of The Conrad hotel in London’s Chelsea harbour.
Posted: 13 June 2007 | 16:30

Quinlan Private buys Jurys Inn chain in £791m deal

Jurys Inn, CardiffQuinlan Private, the Irish property group, has completed its second major hotel transaction this year with the €1.165b (£791m) purchase of Jurys Inns.
Posted: 11 June 2007 | 11:00

De Vere set to buy caterer Searcy's

Searcy's logoCaterer has learnt that the De Vere Collection, owned by the Alternative Hotel Group, is poised to buy exclusive caterer Searcy's.
Posted: 07 June 2007 | 11:30

Autogrill launches £193m takeover of Alpha Airports

Rome AirportItalian roadside services group Autogrill has made a formal offer for in-flight caterer and airport retailer Alpha Airports, valuing the company at more than £193m.
Posted: 04 June 2007 | 17:45

Whitbread sells David Lloyd Leisure for £925m

David Lloyd Leisure logoPremier Travel Inn owner Whitbread has agreed to sell its David Lloyd Leisure business to property company London & Regional Holdings and Bank of Scotland Corporate for £925m.
Posted: 04 June 2007 | 11:00

Autogrill to make formal offer for in-flight caterer Alpha Airports

Rome airportItalian Roadside services group Autogrill has taken its shareholding in Alpha Airports to more than 30% triggering a formal offer period for the in-flight caterer and airport retailer.
Posted: 04 June 2007 | 10:30

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

Hoteliers are use to customers pinching things from their rooms – slippers, dressing gowns, gold baths – gold baths! Yes this most unusual fate has befallen a Japanese hotel, which has had a £500,000, 80kg tub go walkies – no doubt leaving hotel staff to face a shower of abuse from the manager.
Posted: 01 June 2007 | 19:12

Autogrill increases shareholding in Alpha Airports

Italian roadside group Autogrill has increased its shareholding in airport retailer and in-flight caterer Alpha Airports.
Posted: 01 June 2007 | 15:52

Tragus buys Strada restaurant chain for £140m

Café Rouge owner Tragus has acquired Italian high street restaurant chain Strada for £140m.
Posted: 31 May 2007 | 14:00

Italy’s Autogrill considers potential offer for Alpha Airports

Alpha deli sandwich bar, Birmingham AirportItalian fast-food operator Autogrill is considering an offer for Alpha Airports, the airport retailer and in-flight caterer, after snapping up a 12.5% stake in the company yesterday.
Posted: 31 May 2007 | 13:00

Rocco Forte to operate £170m resort in Morocco - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes:Principal Hotels’ £358m buy and Strada restaurants set for takeover.
Posted: 29 May 2007 | 10:07

Bev King in £14m London hotel deal

Bev King, former head of Thistle hotels, has signed a £14m deal for a new hotel in London's High Holborn.
Posted: 18 May 2007 | 08:15

Saudi billionaire eyes up InterContinental

Saudi billionaire tycoon Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is rumoured to be looking at a takeover move for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
Posted: 17 May 2007 | 17:15

Charlton House snaps up caterer Chester Boyd

Independent contract caterer Charlton House has made its first acquisition - high-end caterer Chester Boyd.
Posted: 17 May 2007 | 14:45

Private equity group unveils latest acquisition

Bahrain-based private equity group, Investcorp, has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of US hotels worth $450m (£228m).
Posted: 15 May 2007 | 16:28

Pubfolio close to being offered for sale

Pubfolio, the 545 strong pub estate run by Country Estate Management, is set to hire bankers Rothschild to market the business for approximately £150m, according to a report in this weekend’s Sunday Express.
Posted: 15 May 2007 | 14:40

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