Trends, scenarios, segments, geography, macroeconomic drivers and the transformation of the hotel industry
Restructuring a distressed hotel business requires far more than renegotiating its financial obligations. Sustainable value creation depends on a coordinated tr…
Providing additional financing to a financially distressed hotel business does not necessarily constitute an irrational increase in credit risk. Under the right…
Non-performing loans, unlikely-to-pay exposures, financial restructuring and operational transformation: how to turn a distressed hospitality credit exposure in…
Southern Italy is emerging as an increasingly attractive destination for hospitality investment and new resort developments. Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia, Campania …
Government-backed financing can make a hotel investment bankable without necessarily making it economically attractive. Access to credit, debt sustainability a…
Public grants can reduce the financing required for a hotel investment, but they do not guarantee profitability, bankability or long-term value creation. The re…
The future of Italy's hotel industry will depend not only on its ability to attract fresh investment but also on transforming fragmented hospitality businesses …
The most important decision facing a hotel owner is not what the property is worth today, but which strategy can generate the greatest economic value over the c…
Hotel Clodi in Ascoli Piceno is at the centre of a proposed conversion into a 50-bed student residence. But the most interesting aspect lies elsewhere: accordin…
The historic four-star beachfront hotel in San Benedetto del Tronto had already been identified in 2026 as an asset potentially heading for sale. Now, according…
Italy's cooperative banks could play an important role in financing independent regional hotels. However, sustainable hotel lending requires more than property …
Technology does not automatically increase the value of a hotel. Real value is created when data, automation, revenue management, marketing and management contr…
Italian hospitality industry. A hotel with strong underlying real estate value can rapidly become financially vulnerable when succession, CAPEX requirements, le…
How to assess whether a provincial hotel can be successfully repositioned: market demand, CAPEX, EBITDA, IRR, ROIC, DSCR, turnaround strategy and post-refurbish…
Regional and cooperative banks can play a critical role in the hospitality industry. But supporting local economies does not mean refinancing inefficient busine…
Hotel innovation investments generate value when they increase revenue and EBITDA, reduce operating costs and risk, improve cash flow and strengthen asset value…
How fintech, open banking, PMS, revenue management and management-control data can improve hotel creditworthiness, forward DSCR analysis and access to financing…
Thirty-five rooms, one of the best-known leisure destinations on the Adriatic Riviera, approximately 250 metres from the beach and a new base price of €1.84 mil…
Hotel San Marco S.r.l., a company registered at Via Lido 57 in Alghero, is subject to judicial liquidation proceedings opened in September 2026. At the same add…
Paying more than €1 million per key may be entirely rational for exceptionally scarce hospitality assets. But the valuation must be supported by EBITDA, cash fl…
The immediate closure of a hospitality property in the Miramare area, announced by the Municipality of Rimini on 2 October 2026, provides a useful case study fo…
Institutional investors do not simply assess the hotel itself. They assess whether the transaction can convert capital into risk-adjusted returns. From entry va…
How to assess a hotel acquisition: synergies, EBITDA, multiple arbitrage, CAPEX, buy-and-build, integration and hotel consolidation strategies.
“An agritourism property becomes attractive to professional investors when it combines normalised EBITDA, independent management, planned CAPEX, predictable cas…