CHICAGO-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Chesapeake Lodging Trust (NYSE: CHSP), a lodging real estate investment trust (REIT), and Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced that Chesapeake Lodging Trust has acquired the 498-room Hyatt Regency Boston for a purchase price of $112 million, or approximately $225,000 per key, and will invest additional capital in renovations in the hotel, which is located in Boston, Mass. The companies have entered into a long-term management agreement and Hyatt will continue to operate the hotel under the Hyatt Regency flag.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Hard times send hotel industry into 'survival mode'
Neil Cornelssen says he misses the free cookies in the evening at one hotel and the daily newspaper outside his door at others.
He's also noticing that bath towels in a growing number of hotel rooms are shabby and need to be replaced.
Cornelssen, a sales manager in Marlton, N.J., is one of many frequent travelers who say they see the tangible effect that the recession has had on the nation's hotel industry. Among them: run-down rooms with fewer bathroom amenities, closed club lounges, fewer concierge staffers, slow room service, reduced hours at restaurants and bars, and infrequent airport shuttles.
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He's also noticing that bath towels in a growing number of hotel rooms are shabby and need to be replaced.
Cornelssen, a sales manager in Marlton, N.J., is one of many frequent travelers who say they see the tangible effect that the recession has had on the nation's hotel industry. Among them: run-down rooms with fewer bathroom amenities, closed club lounges, fewer concierge staffers, slow room service, reduced hours at restaurants and bars, and infrequent airport shuttles.
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Extended Stay accepts offer from Starwood Capital
GREENWICH, Conn. — Extended Stay Hotels Inc. has decided to take an investment offer worth up to $905 million from a group led by Starwood Capital Group in order to exit bankruptcy, abandoning an earlier proposal from Centerbridge Partners and Paulson & Co.
The hotel chain said Thursday that the proposal from Starwood, TPG Capital and Five Mile Capital Partners would value it at about $3.9 billion after the deal closes. It also said the deal would strengthen its balance sheet, lower its debt to $2.8 billion from $7.4 billion and provide cash reserves that would be poured into its properties and operations.
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The hotel chain said Thursday that the proposal from Starwood, TPG Capital and Five Mile Capital Partners would value it at about $3.9 billion after the deal closes. It also said the deal would strengthen its balance sheet, lower its debt to $2.8 billion from $7.4 billion and provide cash reserves that would be poured into its properties and operations.
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