Tristan Capital to Buy EasyHotel in Bet on Budget Travel


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The sale of EasyHotel underscores how hard it was for the brand's founder to replicate his success with airlines in the hotel world. It also reveals one real estate investor's faith in budget hotel investments in Europe.

Real estate investment management company Tristan Capital Partners has agreed to acquire budget hotel chain EasyHotel, originally one of the 'easy' family of brands created by EasyGroup and founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Tristan is taking over EasyHotel's outstanding share capital for €196.13 million (about $222 million). When added to its prior stake, the transaction values the brand at around €242 million ($274 million) in equity value.

The companies didn't disclose the brand's enterprise value. Last August, S