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easyHotel PLC
21 January 2016
21 January 2016
easyHotel plc
("easyHotel" or the "Company"")
Trading update &
Conditional acquisition of a property in Birmingham
easyHotel, the owner, developer, operator and franchisor of
"super budget" branded hotels, announces at its Annual General
Meeting to be held today a trading update to date.
Trading is in line with the Board's expectation in both its
owned and franchised hotels.
The Group has continued to make good progress in building both
its owned and franchise development pipeline.
Owned hotel development pipeline
-- Planning permission was granted for a 77-room owned hotel at
47 Castle Street in Liverpool and for a 116-room hotel at Bradley
House in Manchester. Both freehold properties are now owned and the
hotels are expected to open in 2016/2017 financial year.
-- The acquisition of land in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat,
Barcelona has been agreed, subject to planning consent, for a new
build 200-room easyHotel. The hotel is expected to open in
2018.
-- A freehold building in Ipswich was conditionally acquired to
convert into a 94-room easyHotel, which is expected to open in
2017.
Franchised hotel development pipeline
-- A Master Development Partnership has been signed with MAN
Investments LLC for the development of easyHotels in the UAE and
Oman, with an initial target of 600 rooms by 2017. Following these
openings, MAN Investments is targeting at least 1,600 rooms by the
end of 2020.
-- easyHotel's Benelux franchisee secured financing for the
development of a 107-room easyHotel in Brussels, Belgium, which is
expected to open by early 2017.
Conditional acquisition of a property in Birmingham
Today, easyHotel announces it has conditionally acquired the 125
year leasehold of 81-91 John Bright Street in Birmingham, which it
intends to convert into an easyHotel. The purchase of the property
is subject to easyHotel obtaining planning consent for a hotel.
The property is situated in the heart of the city centre, 120
metres from the new entrance to Birmingham New Street Station and
500 metres from the Bullring shopping centre and is surrounded by
an array of popular shops, bars, restaurants and other local
attractions. The Group plans to convert the building into an
84-room easyHotel, which is expected to open in 2017. Total cost of
the purchase and conversion of the building will be approximately
GBP4.5 million.
Commenting on today's announcement, Guy Parsons, Chief Executive
Officer said:
"We are delighted to be investing in the UK's second largest
city. Along with its six universities and internationally reputed
arts scene, Birmingham is also the UK's fourth largest tourist
destination, with 34 million visitors in 2014. We see significant
opportunity for easyHotel to service business customers and leisure
visitors to Birmingham's lively events programmes and look forward
to building our brand presence in the city.
"In line with the strategy, the current financial year to date
has seen an acceleration in both the owned and franchised hotel
development pipelines as the Company continues to establish itself
as the leading branded super budget chain."
Enquiries:
easyHotel plc www.easyhotel.com
Guy Parsons, Chief Executive
Officer
Marc Vieilledent, Chief http://ir.easyhotel.com
Financial Officer
Investec (Nominated
Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 7597 4000
Chris Treneman
David Anderson
Hudson Sandler (Financial
PR) +44 (0) 20 7796 4133
Wendy Baker
Emily Dillon
Notes to Editors:
easyHotel is the owner, developer, operator and franchisor of
branded hotels. Its strategy is to target the "super budget"
segment of the hotel industry by marketing "clean, comfortable and
safe" hotel rooms to its
customers. Website: www.easyHotel.com
Operating hotels
easyHotel's owned hotels currently comprise 390 rooms, and it
has a further 18 franchised hotels with 1,490 rooms.
Owned hotels:
Old Street (London), Glasgow, Croydon.
Franchise locations:
Bulgaria (Sofia), Czech Republic (Prague), Germany (Berlin,
Frankfurt), Hungary (Budapest), The Netherlands (Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, The Hague), Switzerland (Basel, Zurich), UAE (Dubai), UK
(Edinburgh, London).
Hotel development pipeline
The Group's development pipeline of owned and franchised hotels
currently consists of:
Owned hotels:
Barcelona (Spain), Birmingham (UK), Ipswich (UK), Liverpool
(UK), Manchester (UK)
Franchise hotels:
Brussels (Belgium), Middle East (UAE & Oman)
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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