AccorHotels to purchase Movenpick Hotels for $567 million

collected by :Frank Ithan

PARIS (Reuters) - France's AccorHotels (ACCP.PA) has agreed to purchase Movenpick Hotels & Resorts for 560 mn Swiss francs (411.4 mn pounds) as CEO Sebastien Bazin pushes his expansion drive into developing markets. FILE PHOTO: The logo of French hotel operator AccorHotels is seen on highest of the company's headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File PhotoPrevious acquisitions under Bazin, who took over in 2013, involve Toronto-based Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, owner of London's Savoy Hotel, The Plaza in NY & the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. FILE PHOTO: Sebastien Bazin, chairman & CEO of French hotel operator AccorHotels, at the company's 2017 annual results presentation in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, February 21, 2018. Movenpick was founded in 1973 in Switzerland & operates further than 80 hotels by a powerful presence in Europe & the Middle East.


AccorHotels agrees to purchase Movenpick Hotels for $567 million

PARIS (Reuters) - AccorHotels has agreed to purchase elect Movenpick Hotels & Resorts for 560 mn Swiss francs ($567 million), in a bargain that Accor said would boost its earnings & marks the latest example of the French group's ambitious takeover strategy. The logo of French hotel operator AccorHotels is seen on highest of the building company's headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File PhotoFounded in 1973 in Switzerland, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts operates in 27 countries by 84 hotels, & has a powerful presence in Europe & the Middle East. The Movenpick Hotels takeover follows other deals in Former years that have seen AccorHotels buying Mantra Group & FRHI, the owner of London's Savoy & Fresh York's Plaza Hotels. Bazin, who took over in August 2013, has been cutting costs & expanding in China & the luxury hotels market, & has too made AccorHotels invest in Fresh areas of businesses like concierge services.

AccorHotels agrees to buy Movenpick Hotels for $567 million

AccorHotels to acquire Movenpick Hotels and Resorts

as declared in AccorHotels SA (AC.FR) said Monday which it has signed an licence to acquire Movenpick Hotels & Resorts from Movenpick Holding & Kingdom Holding for 560 mn Swiss francs ($566.5 million) in cash. The French hotel group said the acquisition going to have an accretive influence on AccorHotels's earnings from the premier year. The transaction ought be completed during the 2nd half, subject to regulatory approvals, AccorHotels said.






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