Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn
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US private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (Â£13bn) in an all-cash deal.
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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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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  is expected to name Host Hotels & Resorts Inc  chief executive Christopher Nassetta as president and CEO of its recently acquired Hilton Hotels Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Blackstone Group LP raised its cash offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $39 billion with assumed debt to thwart rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust a day before shareholders vote on what would be the largest-ever leveraged buyout.
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Blackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
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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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Dopo la vendita della catena Hilton a fondo Blackstone
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Blackstone Group agreed to buy Prime Hospitality Corp., which owns Wellesley Inn and AmeriSuites hotels, for $790 million, including the assumption of debt.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., a real-estate investment trust specializing in hotels, on Monday said it agreed to buy a 21-hotel portfolio controlled by affiliates of the Fisher Brothers, the Gordon Getty Trust, and George Soros for $85.3 million plus
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Blackstone Group  has agreed to  buy 20 percent of chemical maker China National BlueStar  (Group) Corp for up to $600 million, the private equity groups  said on Monday, marking its first major investment in the  fast-growing market.
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Business & money: American private equity company Blackstone swoops on the Hilton Hotels empire.
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  has signed  deals with three real-estate groups to develop more than 55  properties in Russia, Britain and parts of Central America, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Blackstone Group's  agreed deal to buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  this week showed that buyout firms will happily layer big premiums on the right target and can still feel confident about debt financing.
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Cendant Corp  on Friday said it  has agreed to sell its travel services division to an affiliate  of the Blackstone Group for about &#36;4.3 billion in cash.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE:AHT) said Monday it has agreed to buy a 21-property, 4,094-room hotel portfolio for $250 million, including assumed debt.
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Equity Office Properties Trust  shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to approve Blackstone Group's bid of $23 billion plus the assumption of debt.
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The 322-room Tremont Boston was sold to Highland Hospitality Corp., a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that purchased the hotel along with three others for $227 million from Wyndham International Inc.