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Hyatt Accommodations will purchase Playa Accommodations & Resorts for about $2.6 billion together with debt, web of money, the corporate mentioned on Monday, looking for to spice up its presence in Mexico and the Caribbean.
The acquisition follows rising curiosity in upscale and luxurious choices exterior the U.S. as extra Individuals benefit from a stronger greenback.
Playa runs 24 high-end, all-inclusive resorts throughout Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
Hyatt, which owns a 9.4% stake in Playa, expects the deal to shut later this yr. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Hyatt has provided $13.50 per Playa share held, representing a 40.5% premium to its final shut on December 20, earlier than the businesses introduced deal talks. Playa’s shares had been up 2% in premarket buying and selling on Monday.
Hyatt, which owns a 9.4% stake in Playa, expects the deal to shut later this yr.
It mentioned it could determine third-party patrons for Playa’s owned properties and expects to realize not less than $2 billion from the sale of property by 2027.
That is a part of Hyatt’s asset-light enterprise mannequin, the place the operator prefers to not personal bodily properties however to handle or franchise them.
