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Brookfield buys Stuttgart aparthotel as part of mixed-use deal

Reading Time: < 1 minute The complex and aparthotel have been purchased by a real estate fund managed by Brookfield, from vendor Balandis Real Estate AG. Attracting two million visitors per year, SI Centrum was originally built in 1960, with significant extensions in 1994 and 1997. It comprises two musical theatres (capacity 3,645) let to

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Event review: Hot.E serviced apartment round table

Reading Time: 3 minutes The group was made up of around 20 people, including investors, hoteliers, lawyers, consultants, operators, brokers, recruitment companies and media. Most were from the UK but there were also people present from the US, Finland, Germany, Russia and the Netherlands. Several of the attendees were from a hotel background and

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Boutique hotel trendsetter Ian Schrager on serviced apartments and airbnb

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ian Schrager is the man widely acclaimed to be the original creator of the boutique hotel. The ex-nightclub owner and co-founder of the groundbreaking Morgans Hotel, one of the iconic hotels that helped propel the boutique hotel movement back in 1984, he’s highly respected for his foresight and continual innovation