Random thoughts on Hyatt acquisitions
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Random thoughts on Hyatt acquisitions
I was thinking today about Hyatt acquiring or merging with other hotel chains, and i started thinking about Radisson. At first I didn't really think it would make much sense, but then I started thinking that it would basically give Hyatt a bunch of presence in entire swaths of the world that they have none, and most of the Radisson Blu properties could be turned into regency's or even the odd andaz or maybe even one or two Grands. Now I haven't analyzed cost or market cap or size etc etc. Just a random thought off the top of my head. Not getting Starwood it was a real shame, as I think the two would have merged beautifully.
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Radisson is owned by the Chinese. Even if it were put up for sale, the amount of management time needed to fix that mess would be enormous, only get a bunch of dumpy Radissons and low market Country and Park Inns.
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I’d prefer an acquisition. Organic growth is too slow. Accor would work nicely.
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Country Inn? Ibis? Novotel? No thanks...
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At the moment it looks more like Hyatt will eventually be swallowed by another chain considering their global footprint. I wouldn't bet on it that Hyatt will ever take another company over at this point. Especially when you consider what's left on the market.
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So in summary, I think there are many reasons this could be a decent tie up. My bet would be on a reverse acquisition of Radisson buying Hyatt due to the Chinese money however. Radisson has said they intent to grow and this might be what they are thinking.
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Hyatt would already own Starwood IF:
- The Pritzker family had been willing to give up control - they weren't
- They could raise the required money as debt - they couldn't
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Hyatt would already own Starwood IF:
- The Pritzker family had been willing to give up control - they weren't
- They could raise the required money as debt - they couldn't
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I am surprised Loews and Omni haven't been bought and they would fall in the small category of good chains...not luxury. Even though not luxury both of these make sense for IHG IMHO since their higher-end coverage is lacking in the US with their IC brand. For Hyatt both chains seem to compete with them in the US markets where they have hotels so not sure it would be a good fit.
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Hyatt has said they want to focus on upscale travelers so not sure Radisson would be a good fit. My dream is for Hyatt to acquire Aman Resorts and keep the Aman brand. From every perspective - geography, size, clientele, etc. - I think it's the perfect fit.
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Yeah the only reason I thought about Radisson was because many of the Radisson Blu properties would be fine as Regencys and it would give Hyatt some mid to upper mid level presence in places like Iceland, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Scotland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, etc etc etc. Most of the Radisson Blu properties are plenty nice, and would be perfectly reasonable Regencys or even as I said, some would be fine as Andaz/Centric or even a few Grands. Many of the Country Inn type properties would be fine as HH/HP as well. For me the only main negative to Radisson is that it has very few high end properties, so the number of Grand type properties would be small as mentioned, and Parks...well, I do believe there are actually a couple as well.
IHG would be fine, but for me, the issue is that frankly, IHG has very little of even mid level value. I do not care about 5000 HIs, and there are only about 200 IC properties. Frankly, the CPs would just serve as HP/HH to me in most cases anyway, so IHG is mainly 95% HH/HP and 5% Regency/Grand type. I actually think Radisson offers more value for the brand and its expansion.
Omni would be fine for US expansion, but honestly, Hyatt's problem is not generally a lack of US properties. They need more international presence, and Omni does not provide that. The same goes for Loews.
Obviously, with the Chinese ownership that bought Radisson, I do not expect them to sell it. Clearly they are continuing to buy up others...I mean, they bought 25% of Hilton I believe a few months after buying Radisson. Of course, they have also been rapidly selling and divesting themselves of several things, including part of that Hilton stake I believe, so who knows. On a side note...man, I guess you can just buy up anything with no limits if you are a Chinese conglomerate these days.
IHG would be fine, but for me, the issue is that frankly, IHG has very little of even mid level value. I do not care about 5000 HIs, and there are only about 200 IC properties. Frankly, the CPs would just serve as HP/HH to me in most cases anyway, so IHG is mainly 95% HH/HP and 5% Regency/Grand type. I actually think Radisson offers more value for the brand and its expansion.
Omni would be fine for US expansion, but honestly, Hyatt's problem is not generally a lack of US properties. They need more international presence, and Omni does not provide that. The same goes for Loews.
Obviously, with the Chinese ownership that bought Radisson, I do not expect them to sell it. Clearly they are continuing to buy up others...I mean, they bought 25% of Hilton I believe a few months after buying Radisson. Of course, they have also been rapidly selling and divesting themselves of several things, including part of that Hilton stake I believe, so who knows. On a side note...man, I guess you can just buy up anything with no limits if you are a Chinese conglomerate these days.
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My dream is to win the Mega Millions jackpot too but I don't think that is going to happen just like I wouldn't think this would happen.