GIC, international investors agree to buy 55% of AccorInvest
Sovereign wealth fund GIC and a group of international investors are buying a 55 per cent stake in AccorHotels' property business arm, AccorInvest.
AccorInvest has almost 30,000 employees and operations in 27 countries. Its portfolio of 891 hotels, most of them in Europe, includes luxury brands Raffles and Novotel and the budget Ibis brand.
GIC said in a statement yesterday that the investment will enable it to "gain exposure to AccorInvest's large and well-diversified portfolio, with resilient cash flows and attractive opportunities for value creation".
The sale of AccorInvest will result in a cash contribution of €4.4 billion (S$7.1 billion) for French-based AccorHotels.
The company announced in July 2016 that it intended to spin off and dispose of its real estate operations united under AccorInvest.
The other investors alongside GIC include Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund, Credit Agricole Assurances, Colony NorthStar and Amundi.
GIC said the acquisition is subject to certain regulatory approvals and is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of this year.
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