DealBook: $1 Billion Stake Bought in Global Hyatt
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Global Hyatt, the hotel company controlled by the Pritzker family of Chicago, said Wednesday that it would sell a minority stake to a group of investors, including Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, for $1 billion. The deal, which is the latest step in the familyâs restructuring of its holdings, seemed to damp speculation that Hyatt is headed [...].
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BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded US mutual-fund company, agreed to buy the investment unit of Quellos Group LLC for as much as $1.7 billion, more than doubling its hedge-fund assets.
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Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it bought $1.3 million in common shares back from Merrill Lynch and its board approved the buyback of an additional $3 billion in shares.
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British advertising agency company WPP Group PLC has clinched a deal to buy Grey Global Group of New York in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.
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WPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said Monday it was buying U.S.-based Grey Global Group in a &#36;1.52 billion cash and stock deal.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 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.
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Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, a London-based buyout firm, agreed to buy UK vacation and insurance company Saga Ltd. for 1.35 billion pounds ($2.
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Highland Hospitality Corp. a lodging real estate investment trust, said Friday that it bought four hotels from Wyndham International Inc. for $227 million, plus closing adjustments.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Fairmont Hotels &amp; Resorts Inc. and two global partners have formed a joint venture to invest in European luxury hotels - and the Monte Carlo Grand hotel in Monaco is their first acquisition.
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H. Wayne Huizenga sold Boca Resorts Inc., whose properties include Boca Raton Hotel &amp; Club, Hyatt Pier 66 and the Radisson Bahia Mar, to a New York-based private investment group Wednesday for $1.
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InterContinental Hotels Group is selling 13 hotels in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to Hospitality Properties Trust for Â£230 million.
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US buyout fund Carlyle Group will pay $400m ($206m) for a 25% stake in insurance company China Pacific Life,  in the country's biggest  private equity deal yet.
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Hyatt Corp., the Chicago-based hotelier owned by the infighting Pritzker family, agreed to buy the AmeriSuites chain of 143 hotels to tap rising demand from corporate travelers for upscale self-service rooms.
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Hyatt Corp. on Thursday said it agreed  to buy AmeriSuites, an upscale limited-service hotel chain that  it hopes will complement its full-service portfolio.
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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.