Thu, 5 Oct 2017 |
Transat Sells 35% Interest in Ocean Hotels;
Plans to Develop New Hotel Chain
|
Transat A.T. Inc. has concluded the sale of its
35% interest in Ocean Hotels to H10 Hotels, ahead of the target
date of 2 November 2017.
The sale concluded for an amount of
US$150.5 million (C$187.5 million), paid in cash.
Transat says that it remains fully committed to becoming a
full-fledged hotel operator and is selling its minority interest
in Ocean Hotels in order to accelerate the development of its own
hotel chain in the south of Canada.
This interest sold had a book value of C$100.7
million as at 31 July 2017. The sale price is still subject to
some adjustments.
"Our partnership with H10 Hotels has been a
great venture for Transat, and I want to thank them for all these
wonderful years when we have worked together at building Ocean,"
said Jean-Marc Eustache, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Transat. "With this transaction, we are now ready to start
building our Transat hotel business."
Headlines: |
|
See latest
HD Video
Interviews,
Podcasts
and other
news regarding:
Transat,
Canada,
Hotels.
|
Subscribe to our
Travel Industry News RSS
Feed . To do
that in Outlook, right-click the RSS Feeds
folder, select Add a New RSS Feed, enter the URL of our
RSS Feed which is: https://www.travelnewsasia.com/travelnews.xml
and click Add. The feed can also be used to add the headlines to your
website or channel via a
customisable applet. Have questions? Please read our
Travel News
FAQ. Thank you. |
|
|
|
|
|