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Radisson Blu Toulouse Airport – Image Credit Radisson Hotel Group
A summary of European hotel transactions provided by HVS
Gest Resort acquires Hotel Risorgimento in Italy from Giovanni Casto
Italian hotel investment company Gest Resort has acquired the five-star, 47-room Hotel Risorgimento in Lecce, Italy for €18 million (€383,000 per room) from Italian entrepreneur Giovanni Casto. The property is situated in central Lecce, a city in the Salento peninsula of the Apulia (Puglia) region in the south-east of Italy. The hotel is currently closed for an extensive renovation that will reduce the room count to 45, and it is scheduled to reopen in April 2026 under Minor Hotels’ Tivoli Hotels & Resorts brand as the Tivoli Palazzo Risorgimento Lecce.
Financière Hadhoum acquires Radisson Blu Toulouse Airport in France
French hotel investment company Holding Financière Hadhoum has acquired the four-star, 201-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Toulouse Airport in France. Situated a short walk from the airport, the hotel is the largest in the airport precinct. It includes a restaurant, 10 meeting rooms and a spa with whirlpool, sauna and hammam. It opened in 2008 and underwent an extensive renovation in 2018. This acquisition increases Hadhoum’s portfolio to 12 hotels.
Ensana Hotels acquires Hotel Fürstenhof in Bad Griesbach, Germany
Czech owner-operator Ensana Hotels has acquired the 145-room Hotel Fürstenhof in Bad Griesbach, Germany. The property is located in Bavaria near the Austrian border, about a two-hour drive east of Munich, and includes seven restaurants, two bars and a 4,400 sqm wellness area. Ensana plans to renovate the rooms and wellness facilities in early 2026 and reopen the hotel in the second quarter of the year. This is the group’s first hotel in Germany and it plans to further expand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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