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Christie & Co – Spanish Hotel Market: Urban Destinations

30 September 2019 – Christie & Co has just published a new report, titled “Spanish Hotel Market: Urban Destinations.” The report analyses 14 Spanish city destinations, including Barcelona, ​​San Sebastián, Palma, Málaga, Cádiz, Madrid, Seville, Bilbao, Valencia, Granada, Córdoba, Santander, Alicante and Santiago de Compostela, which the report’s authors selected according to their volume of demand, supply and profitability of the hotel sector.

The 14 cities had a total of 74.3 million overnight stays last year, 21.9% of the total overnight stays in Spain. The cities also registered a 2.9% growth in demand, even as the total number of overnight stays in Spain remained stable (-0.1%).

According to the report, Barcelona continued to have the highest RevPAR (€98.90), despite a year-on-year fall of 2.6%. San Sebastián (€97.20) and Palma (€84.90) were in second and third place, respectively. On the other hand, Seville, Bilbao and Valencia experienced the greatest growth in RevPAR, with increases of +7.2%, +12.2% and +12.1%, respectively. Madrid, after growth of +14.5% in RevPar in 2017, increased by just 1.6% in 2018, reaching €73.50.

Despite registering declines of -2.9% and -3.0%, Santander and Alicante positioned themselves as the tenth and eleventh city in terms of RevPAR, ahead of Córdoba. That city was able to increase its RevPar by +3.4%, despite a fall in the number of overnight stays of 3.1%. Santiago de Compostela had the lowest RevPAR levels (€37.80) of the fourteen selected cities.

Original Story: Christie & Co press release

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner

 

Christie & Co: Hotel Investment Amounted to €4.9bn in Spain in 2018

13 February 2019 – Press Release

According to data available to Christie & Co, total hotel investment in Spain in 2018 amounted to €4,860 million, across a total of 223 transactions (surpassing the 185 transactions registered in 2017). That represents an average price per room of €128,000 and an increase of 24.6% in the total investment volume versus 2017, positioning Spain in second place after the United Kingdom (where investment amounted to £6,500 million), but ahead of Germany for the first time (where €4,000 million was invested).

In terms of investor profile, the report highlights the importance of investment firms as the largest source of capital in 2018, representing 53% of the total investment, with more than €2,560 million (up from 42% in 2017). Hotel companies, with 24% of the total investment figure (vs. 20% in 2017) are in second place, and REIT companies are in third place once again with 15% (vs. 16% in 2017). Furthermore, regarding origin, it is worth noting that investment from domestic players decreased in comparison to the previous year (35% in 2018 vs. 51% in 2017), to be replaced by an increase in US investors (40% in 2018 vs 23% in 2017) and the entrance of new investors from Thailand (8%) and México (4%).

The report also emphasizes how the estimated investment figure was greatly increased by portfolio transactions and significant assets, which represented more than 60% of the investment volume across the whole country. Blackstone, which was the main player in 2017 with the purchase of the HI Partners portfolio (€630 million) was again a protagonist in 2018 with the purchase of 48 hotels from the Hispania REIT portfolio, for €1,900 million.

Likewise, transactions such as the purchase of the Atom Hoteles portfolio, the joining of the Chinese group Gaw Capital and the increase in the stake of Omega Capital in the Hospes hotel chain, the 9 urban hotels in the Silken portfolio acquired by CBRE Global Investment Partners and Pygmalion Capital Advisers LLP, the takeover of NH Hotel Group by Minor International, and the purchase of Hotel Villa Magna by the Mexican REIT RLH Properties for €210m (with a record price per room of €1.4 million) caused the total volume transacted in Spain in 2018 to once again beat all the established standards (…).

Finally, the analysis shows how almost 93% of the transactions carried out in 2018 (vs. 90% in 2017) were concentrated in the same six Spanish regions as in the previous year: the Canary Islands (29.6%), the Balearic Islands (21%), Andalucía (16.5%), the Community of Madrid (12.9%), Cataluña (6.8%) and the Community of Valencia (6.3%). Regarding the average price per room per region, the Canary Islands led the ranking in the resort market, with €140,000 per room, while the Community of Madrid led in the case of urban destinations with an average price of over €200,000 per room.

Original story: Press Release

Translation: Carmel Drake

CBRE GIP & Pygmalion Join Forces to Acquire 9 Hotels

13 November 2018 – Iberian Property

CBRE GIP and Pygmalion Capital Advisers LLP have recently established a new joint venture for the acquisition and repositioning of hotel assets in Europe, including Spain.

The partnership was launched through a formal tender, the acquisition of NPL’s debt and a portfolio of 9 four-star hotels in Spain, formerly belonging to construction group Urvasco.

The portfolio includes 1,650 rooms in hotels in Sevilla, Madrid, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Santander, Tenerife, Valladolid and Ciudad Real. Hoteles Silken will operate the assets through a long-term deal established with the joint venture, as part of a full repositioning program.

Alexander van Riel, in charge of CBRE GIP for Western Europe, said in a release: “We have entered the Spanish hotel market for the first time with the acquisition of a much sought-after portfolio. This transaction is in line with our global strategy to create strategic joint ventures with experts in the sector”.

And he added that “We will generate value through selective actions of added value and at the same time we will benefit from the stable and safe flow of stays. In time, we will make additional investments in hotels with indexed rentals”, he concluded.

Christophe Beauvilain, founding partner at Pygmalion Capital Advisers LLP, added that «This alliance underlines our vision for the market of buying, at desirable prices, a pan-European portfolio of businesses and hotels, taking advantage of the special circumstances provided by the growing market of bad loans (NPL)  which exists in Europe. The combination of European banks which remain highly exposed to bad loans and the countless debt funds that have been actively buying NPL portfolios, provides a large source of opportunities for investment and for our specialised strategy. Silken’s hotel portfolio provides us with a solid basis to carry out a fast expansion in the Spanish market given our growing flow of investment opportunities”, said the release.

Cuatrecasas law firm, directed by Fernando Bernad Ripoll, provided legal assistance. Christie & Co and JLL carried out the commercial and technical due diligence respectively.

Original story: Iberian Property (by Ana Tavares)

Edited by: Carmel Drake

Christie & Co: There Are Still Plenty of Opportunities for Hoteliers in Spain

22 January 2018 – Press Release

Businesses can look forward to a period of increasing confidence as we head into 2018, according to the latest report by Christie & Co, specialist hotel property adviser in Spain and business property adviser in the United Kingdom. 

In its Business Outlook 2018 report, Christie & Co reviews the most important investment figures in Spain, Europe and the UK, as well as the main hotel indicators for the market in 2017.

According to the data available to Christie & Co, Spanish hoteliers must strengthen their position in the face of the recovery of competing destinations, such as Turkey, Egypt and Greece, which will exert greater pressure on prices and may divert some of the outbound tourism from northern Europe towards other sun and beach destinations.

The report emphasises the increase in investment registered in 2017 in Spain, mostly carried out by investors (51.2%), whose seven largest operations amounted to more than the entire country’s investment figure in 2016. In addition, the proportion of foreign investment represented 56% of total investment and mostly proceeded from the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

Regarding Portugal, the report highlights that only seven deals were known to the market in 2017, involving hotel assets sold individually to hotel operators (MGM Muthu and Hoti Hotels) and investors (Internos). The potential of Portugal in terms of hotel investment is growing, with many investors interested in Porto, Lisbon and the Algarve, mainly due to a remarkable market recovery, which, in the case of Lisbon recorded an increase in occupancy rates and RevPar of 2.8% and 14%, respsectively, during the 9 months to September 2017, with respect to the same period in 2016 (…)

Regarding the UK, where the advisor covers a wider range of sectors, Christie & Co identifies those which benefitted from activity fuelled, in part, by the availability of finance and a surge of investors, many from outside the UK, looking for good opportunities and strong returns.

The continued uncertainty surrounding Brexit has made its impact across all sectors, but the UK has also welcomed a spike in tourism and a surge of foreign capital into the UK market. Asian investors particularly view the UK as an attractive investment opportunity thanks to the country’s stability and relatively low value of the Pound (…).

As a conclusion to the report, Christie & Co believes that the economy is recovering and there are still plenty of growth opportunities, something that they are also embracing, bolstering their teams both in the UK and Europe, to capitalise their expertise to attract and support both new and well-established clients who need help navigating the market, and who want to ensure a high-performing business.

Original story: Press Release

Edited by: Carmel Drake

Christie & Co: Europe is Still the World’s Most Visited Region

9 January 2018 – Press Release

Europe was still the most appealing destination and most visited region in the world in 2017, despite some disruptions faced in recent years, according to a report published by Christie & Co.

The report, launched by Christie & Co’s Hotel Consultancy team and entitled ‘European Travel Trends and Hotel Investment Hot Spots’ identifies future investment opportunities in the European hotel market by highlighting areas for increasing the value of visitation in the European market, reviewing the growth opportunities of feeder markets in Europe, analysing issues surrounding accessibility and airport capacity and highlighting which markets are expected to achieve strong RevPAR increases in the coming years making them ideal candidates for investment.

Despite other reports detailing the impact of Brexit, to date, the impact on European tourism remains unseen and Christie & Co predict the general positive outlook for tourism in Europe will translate into increased demand for accommodation. European travellers remain the key source for European destinations with domestic and other European travellers accounting for almost 90% of demand. The established feeder markets including the US, Canada, Japan and Australia continue to generate visitation growth for the European market. India and China are expected to experience healthy GDP growth over the next five years and both have populations over four times the US and affluence continues to rise. Thus, creating tremendous visitation potential for the old continent.

Christie & Co have identified two opportunities for increasing the value of visitation in the European market; firstly, Spain and Greece lag behind Western and Northern Europe in terms of value of visitation per international arrival. Christie & Co sees a real opportunity to boost the value of visitation by improving the quality of the hotel stock. Secondly, there are good branding opportunities across the European market as the hotel stock in the majority of European markets remains currently heavily unbranded and in need of investment.

Airport capacity remains a key challenge as accessibility is one of the key drivers for tourism. Christie & Co have analysed eleven major airports in this report and the findings reveal that seasonality concerns can be mitigated through providing additional flights during the shoulder season, making seasonal destinations more attractive outside of their peak times. If airport capacity is addressed promptly it will create wider development opportunities for hotels and further infrastructure.

Anna Eck, from the hotels consultancy team at Christie & Co comments, “The findings of the report show quite clearly that whilst Europe as a destination remains extremely popular, there is huge opportunity for international brands to grow in the region. Markets such as Iceland, Poland, Demark, Portugal and Sweden provide options for hotel chains whilst Ireland, Spain, Portugal Poland and Sweden would be ideal for opportunistic investors willing to take more risk. These markets are all expected to achieve strong RevPAR increases in the coming years as well as demand growth in excess of supply.”

Carine Bonnejean, Head of Consultancy – Hotels at Christie & Co comments, “We have worked closely with our European colleagues to develop this report and as a pan-European team we are able to offer strategic advice to maximise the potential of our clients’ business and investments. The report finds that certain countries are ideal for different types of investor and we are able to identify which cities in those countries are worth prioritising. Whatever the situation, we help to formulate a strategy to generate the best outcome.”

Original story: Press Release

Edited by: Carmel Drake