Blackstone Group to buy Hilton for $26 billion
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone  Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.   for about $26 billion cash.
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The Blackstone Group announced that it would buy Hilton Hotels for $26 billion, or $47.50 a share, a 40 percent premium over its closing price on Monday.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Hyatt Corp. said it will buy the 143-unit AmeriSuites hotel chain from The Blackstone Group for an undisclosed sum and will consolidate all of the Pritzker family&#39;s hospitality holdings into one company called Global Hyatt.
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The Blackstone Group LP  is  planning a $9 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities  offering backed by Hilton Hotels next quarter, according to a  Credit Suisse research note.
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Friday it agreed to sell the Scandic Hotel chain to European private equity group EQT for about $1.1 billion as it seeks to reduce debt.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (AHT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a real-estate investment trust, on Monday said it agreed to buy 21 hotels, comprising 4,094 rooms, for $250 million, including assumed debt.
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A unit of private equity giant Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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Blackstone Group plans to sell some New York office buildings it is acquiring from Equity Office Properties Trust  to Macklowe Properties for about $7 billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday.
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Hyatt broadened its high-end hotel brand Thursday by purchasing the 143-hotel AmeriSuites chain for $600 million. The acquisition from private equity investor Blackstone Group increases Hyatt&#39;s existing 90,000
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.
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The Blackstone Group's agreement earlier this week to acquire Hilton Hotels for $26 billion sent hotel stocks soaring yesterday as investors scrambled to buy shares of other big lodging firms, particularly Starwood and Marriott International, speculating they too could be takeover targets.
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US private equity firm Blackstone has had its Â£564m offer for listed UK nursing homes group NHP accepted. The successful completion of the deal would mark a big step forward in its ambition to build one of the UK&#39;s large homes providers.
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT.
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Thursday that it would pay Blackstone Group LP  $560 million if it receives a better offer and terminates a takeover agreement with the private equity company.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on  Tuesday they had approved plans by Blackstone Group LP   to buy Alliance Data Systems Corp.  for $6.76 billion.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.