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GuestTek Announces Collaboration With IT Hospitality for Middle East and Africa Region
GuestTek | September 15, 2020
Calgary, Alberta – September 15, 2020 - GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing innovative and interactive technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce the collaboration with IT Hospitality for the Middle East and Africa region. With over 20 years’ experience operating within the hospitality industry, they have an unsurpassed wealth of knowledge of the region and coupled with GuestTek, will be a formidable partnership. Every business should play to their strengths and strive for continual improvement to benefit not only their customers but across their organization. Cli...
Ivonne Prugnaud Joins GuestTek as Managing Director EMEA
GuestTek | October 1, 2019
Assumes Role October 1, 2019 Calgary, Alberta – October 1, 2019 – GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., the global leader in providing innovative and interactive technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce and welcome Ms. Ivonne Prugnaud as Managing Director, EMEA. Ivonne has gained over 20 years of senior management experience in IPTV and the hospitality industry - most recently as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Anevia. She is widely recognized as a passionate leader in the luxury hospitality space and has a proven track record in empowering geographically dispersed sales teams, managi...
Wyndham Hotel Group Strengthens Leadership Team in EMEA with Two New Regional Vice Presidents Appointments
Wyndham Hotel Group | November 23, 2016
LONDON, UK (23 November 2016) –Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest hotel company with nearly 8,000 hotels across a portfolio of 16 iconic brands, today announced two new appointments in the Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA) leadership team. Patrick Divall has been appointed to the role of Regional Vice President, Western Europe, and Ignace Bauwens to the role of Regional Vice President, Middle East and Africa. Divall joins the company from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, where he was most recently the Regional Director of Finance, Western Europe, and brings more than 30 years' experience in the hospitality industr...
Europe’s Economic Recovery and Construction Pipeline May Face New Challenges
Lodging Econometrics | October 14, 2015
European economies have been slow to recover from the Great Recession but began to gain momentum in early 2014. Today, optimism about the economy is more tempered as the economic shockwaves from China's downturn and those of its major trade partners may threaten Europe's fledgling recovery. Overall, the investment climate has changed markedly as much of Europe is now in a reactionary mode, on the watch for further economic and political headwinds. Since early 2014 the hotel construction pipeline has experienced five consecutive quarters of modest YOY improvements and has grown to 890 Projects/143,744 Rooms (Chart 1), the highest...
EMEA Hotel Investment Volume to Grow by 20+% to $16 Billion in 2014 Forecasts Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle | January 30, 2014
January 30, 2014 - 2013 was a resurgent year for the hotel investment market in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with transaction volumes up 17% to $13.2 billion and 2014 set to grow by more than 20% according to the latest figures released by Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotel & Hospitality Group (JLL H&H) in their Hotel Investment Outlook report. "With increasing confidence for EMEA-wide recovery and growth, we forecast hotel investment volume in the region to grow by more than 20% to approximately $16 billion in 2014. Although some markets are at different stages of the recovery curve, underlying sentiment is much more positive...
Global Hotel Investment Sentiment Survey Shows Positive Trading Expectations for EMEA Hotels
Jones Lang LaSalle | December 18, 2013
Focused on Core German Cities, London & Paris December 18, 2013 - Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group (JLL H&H) has released the results of their Global Hotel Investment Sentiment Survey and its good news for hotels in the EMEA region with trading expectations remaining positive both for the short term (six months) and medium term (two years) with investors feeling more confident than they did earlier this year. Of the 31 cities tracked, 21 are expected to show growth in performance over the next six months, rising to 28 when looking to the medium term. Investor sentiment is highest for cities in Germany (Munich, F...
EMEA Hotel Transaction Volumes Up 50% in First 9 Months of 2013 According to Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle | November 5, 2013
EMEA, 05 Nov 2013 – Hotel investment volumes across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) reached €8.2 billion September YTD 2013, a 53% growth compared to the same time last year says Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels & Hospitality Group. Single asset deals secured a 54% share of transaction volumes overall, up 13% compared to last year. The rest came from a number of notable portfolio deals driving transaction volumes up by more than 160%. The most notable single asset transactions during Q3 included the sale of the Grand Plaza Serviced Apartments in London which was sold to the Federal Land Development Authority of Malaysia for a r...
EMEA Hotel Transaction Volumes Rise by 38% in the First 6 Months of 2013 Reports Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle | July 3, 2013
UK the most active transaction market with investment volumes equalling 41% of total EMEA volumes UK and France lead strong pickup in hotel transaction activity, particularly in Q1 2013. July 3, 2013 - Hotel investment volumes in H1 2013 in Europe, Middle East and Africa increased by 38% to €5.5 billion, when compared to H1 2012. This growth was primarily in Q1 2013 (+45%) and to some extent in Q2 2013 (+22%). The first half of 2013 re-emphasized the importance of Middle Eastern capital which almost tripled from €745 million in H1 2012 to €2.1 billion in H1 2013 (+282%). Key players were once again sovereign wealth funds from Qat...
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