Features

Event review: Hotel Alternatives conference 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes Billed as a conference for “investors, operators and advisers with an interest in the new accommodation types that rival hotels”, the event featured representatives from sectors including hostels, short-term rentals, and hybrid hotels. It was notable that the serviced apartment sector took up a greater proportion of the programme this

Industry News

Uncertain future for Union Hanover portfolio after failed MBO

Reading Time: 2 minutes Guernsey-based lender Real Estate Debt Securities Limited (REDS) has announced that it has taken control of the Union Hanover Group. The transfer of ownership occurred after a proposed management buy-out (MBO) by the management team of Union Hanover Securities, the group’s UK service agent, fell through. A successful MBO would have