Chinese Hotel Investors

Gaw Capital a Hong Kong-based real estate private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Bell City, a mixed-use Australian development.

Bell City, located near Melbourne Airport, consists of two hotels totaling 844 guestrooms under the Mantra and BreakFree brands, a conference complex, commercial tenancies and serviced offices. (Established in 2005, Gaw Capital Partners is a private equity fund management company that focuses on global real estate markets. The firm manages value-add/opportunistic funds in Vietnam and the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund and a UK creative office vehicle. SinaBeat reported their investment of 50% stake in a Spanish hotel chain before here.)

To see a listing and email addresses of investors from China similar to Gaw Capital, check the Chinese Investors Directory.

HK CTS Metropark Hotels, A Chinese hotel firm operating 50 hotels in China, Hong Kong and Macau, has acquired Kew Green Hotels, a UK hotel chain operating 50 hotels across the UK, for $620 million.

HK CTS Hotels is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Travel Service HK Group Corporation. It operates 50 hotels in Hong Kong, Macau and major destinations throughout the mainland China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, and other cities. Founded in 2001, Kew Green Hotels operates over 50 hotels in UK cities including London, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham and Portsmouth. It has franchise agreements with Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, Courtyard by Marriott and Ramada.

To see a list of investors from China similar to HK CTS Metropark, check the Chinese Investors Directory.

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SinoFortone Group, a Joint Venture between two Chinese investment firms, and the London Trading and Development Group, has announced investments of up to $328 million in the UK tourism sector.

SinoFortone, which is a Joint Venture between Chinese firms Sinolinks Group and Fortone Group, has already bought Lakeview Country Club for £12.5 million. Other projects are planned near London, Edinburgh and in the Lake District.

Sino Links Group is listed in the Chinese Private Equity and Venture Capital Directory with the code CAU67

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A Chinese investment firm, Pub Li City, has acquired Melbourne's Prince of Wales hotel for a reported $45 million.

The company is registered to Chinese-born national Jiyuan Louis Li, with two other shareholders, Jie Li and Wenxiu Zhao - Australia's The Age is reporting. The Chinese investor was also behind the purchase of the heritage-listed Maria George building in Melbourne last year. (The property includes a boutique hotel with 39 suites and a permit for a 32-storey apartment development)

To see listing and email addresses of investors from China similar to Pub Li City, check the Chinese Investors Directory.

Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital acquired 245 Ask Italian and Zizzi restaurants in UK for $392 million.

The European private equity firm Cinven is the seller. Hony Capital had already acquired PizzaExpress from Cinven in July 2014 for approximately GBP 900 million. In the UK, Zizzi and ASK operate 136 and 109 restaurants respectively. (Hony Capital, with Liu Chuanzhi as Chairman and John Zhao as CEO, is founded in 2003 and has $7 billion asset under management).

Hony Capital is listed in the Chinese Investors Directory with the code OR35

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Chinese investors of Sunshine Insurance Group acquired Sydney Hyde Park Sheraton from Starwood Hotels for $400 million.

The hotel features 557 rooms and Starwood will continue to operate the hotel as a Sheraton under a long-term management contract. Sunshine Insurance Group is established in 2007 and has provided insurance coverage to more than 130 million customers.

To see listing and email addresses of investors from China similar to Sunshine Insurance Group, check the Chinese Investors Directory

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Chinese investors of Anbang Insurance Group has acquired Hilton's Waldorf Astoria New York for $1.95 billion.

This is the largest-ever sale of a US hotel and also the largest US real estate purchase by a Chinese investment firm. The 47-story 1,413 room Waldorf Astoria was the tallest and largest hotel in the world when it opened at its current location in 1931. Anbang Insurance Group is based in Beijing with more than $114 billion in assets.

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The Chinese investment firm Reignwood Investments has acquired UK's Wentworth Golf Club for $218 million.

Wentworth is the home of the PGA European Tour, the venue of the BMW PGA Championship and hosted the first Ryder Cup. China's Reignwood Group has diversified investments in China and around the world. It has branch offices in Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada, and United States.

To see a list of investors from China similar to Reignwood Group, check the recently updated 2014 edition of Chinese Investors Directory

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