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...That has made Silver Lake one of the most active private equity investors in recent months, alongside other US groups such as KKR and Bain Capital....
...One hedge fund investor wondered, then, if the advice of bankers was intrinsically tainted. “Private equity firms cut a wide swath,” the investor said....
...On Friday, the group also announced that it had completed the purchase of the 480-room Novotel Hotel in New York’s Times Square, in partnership with the Chartres Lodging Group....
...Rod Petrik, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co Rod Petrik is an equity research analyst covering real estate and lodging....
...On Hawaii’s big island, Westbrook Partners LLC, Farallon Capital Management LLC and Lodging Capital Partners LLC bought the 540-room Fairmont Orchid Hawaii in 2005 for $250 million....
...Draper Richards and KPG Ventures are investors in Nile Guide, which is still a few stops and features short of a full itinerary....
...Colony is also part-owner of Fairmont Hotels, the Canadian luxury lodging group, alongside Kingdom Holdings, the investment vehicle of Prince Al-waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia....
...Colony is also part-owner of Fairmont Hotels, the Canadian luxury lodging group, alongside Kingdom Holdings, the investment vehicle of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia....
...Fairmont shares have risen 28 per cent since November, when activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake and encouraged management to pursue a sale....
...The feverish buying and selling of hotels in the past 18 months reflects investor optimism about property rather than stocks, bullish outlook for the lodging industry and historically low interest rates....
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