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Outlook Brightens for European Hotel Industry - Deloitte UK Reports

Bank Of America Investment After a tumultuous year, the hotel industry has reached the bottom of the cycle and market conditions are set to improve, according to experts speaking at the 15th Annual European Hotel Investment Conference held by Deloitte today in London. The recovery in hotel performance is expected to lead to increased investment activity within the sector, led by the private equity community and financial institutions.

Deloitte Reports In August of this year, The London Development Agency (LDA) announced plans to invest 3. class hospitality service staff in London. With attention focused on the employment aspects of the industry, we review some of the major changes that have occurred within the capital. Drawing on the results of the annual HotelBenchmark Profitability Survey by Deloitte, we have analysed the profitability performance of over 60 hotels in London over a four year period, to establish how spending on payroll has changed since the industry peak of 2000.

Investment Opportunity The optimistic sentiment comes after a pre-conference poll of 240 hotel industry executives by Deloitte and TNS Hospitality and Leisure revealed that 53% of respondents expected London hotel revenues to return to the record highs of 2000 within three years, with developers and operators the most optimistic. Over 92% of respondents believed transatlantic travel would recover within the same time, with a significant majority of those surveyed believing the recovery would come following the return of consumer confidence.

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Banc Of America Investment Marvin Rust, hospitality managing partner at Deloitte and conference chair, commented: "The hotel industry has suffered a series of major shocks, with war and SARS this year compounding the difficulties faced in 2001. However, the hotel industry has demonstrated before an ability to bounce back after difficult trading conditions. With consumer confidence showing signs of returning and hotel performance already starting to improve in the US and UK, the industry is on track to recover within a three-year timeframe, providing it suffers no further jolts.

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Banking Investment "The predicted upturn in hotel performance is encouraging investment activity. Indeed more London based assets will probably change hands in 2003 than in almost any other year, with trade buyers joining the financial institutions and private equity players in the action."

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Investment Solution Strategic Nick van Marken, the partner responsible for hospitality advisory services at Deloitte, noted that despite economic volatility and challenging market conditions, investment in the European hotel sector is set for record levels in 2003: "There is clear evidence of a recovery being priced into recent transactions, with no evidence of discounting. Several recent single asset sales have set new records and there has been strong competition for portfolios, notably in the budget/economy sector. Buyers are diverse and include private equity, high net worth individuals, and institutions. Southern Europe and the UK have been a particular focus."

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Investment Banking Services Other key survey findings:

Bank Investment 57% of respondents believe that hotel operators will increasingly split management from property ownership.
78% of respondents believe that there will be more public to private transactions than flotations.
58% of respondents think that a stronger Euro will encourage more Europeans to travel outside the Euro area.
46% of respondents believe that the high-spending/rate insensitive business traveller will return.

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