GuestInvest Sets Sights on U.S. Real Estate Investors; UK Entrepreneur, Johnny Sandelson, Leads Europe's Burgeoning Condo Hotel Market.HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- GuestInvest, the UK's first condo hotel company, is expanding its portfolio of London-based properties to meet growing demand from U.S. investors for European real estate. GuestInvest CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder Johnny Sandelson today announces the launch of Nest, a luxury 170-room hotel in Paddington, central London The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no such conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London". . Investors buy their own fully maintained room at Nest, stay there for free and receive a percentage of the room's income, which is let out by the hotel on their behalf throughout the year. Nest is conveniently located close to major transport links, within easy reach of Heathrow Airport, and minutes walk from Notting Hill and Hyde Park Hyde Park, park, London, England Hyde Park, 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry VIII. . Rooms are now on sale off-plan to U.S. investors, with the hotel opening in early 2007. Johnny Sandelson said: "The GuestInvest model gives buyers an opportunity to invest in what is undoubtedly one of the UK's fastest growing property investment initiatives. We are really excited to be offering U.S. investors this opportunity to buy rooms in our latest property, Nest." With London hotel occupancy Noun 1. hotel occupancy - occupancy rate for hotels occupancy rate - the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time rates at a high, Nest will offer savvy US investors strong financial returns as well as a convenient base to access the rest of Europe. Rooms at Nest have been designed by exciting new UK architects Cowie Dalgleish Montgomery who, in a unique collaboration with leading British super yacht builders Pendennis, will apply boat builder ingenuity to the hotel's design. Rooms will be tailored specifically to the business traveller Business Traveller is a CNN International monthly television program hosted by Richard Quest.
Rooms at GuestInvest's debut condo hotel, Guesthouse guest·house n. 1. A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests. 2. A bed-and-breakfast. West in Notting Hill, which opened in April 2004, sold out within weeks. The US condo hotel market reaches saturation as UK and Europe takes off Condo hotels are gaining popularity in the UK and across Europe, with GuestInvest leading this burgeoning market. The growing interest is evident as recent analysis from leading real estate service and money management firm, Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is a major real estate and money management services firm headquartered in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois and the only company in its industry making it into Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S. , reveals that $475 billion was invested in commercial real estate globally in 2005. This figure is predicted to rise further in 2006 as investors scour scour, scours 1. the chemical and physical cleaning of fleece wool. 2. diarrhea. dietetic scour see dietary diarrhea. peat scour see secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the globe in search of a yield. With a career spanning 15 years specialising in innovative luxury real estate projects, Sandelson has ambitious plans to expand GuestInvest's portfolio beyond the UK. He plans to create a global network of condo hotels - potential markets include the US, Asia and Europe - allowing room owners and hoteliers to benefit from an international room exchange programme. With the US market becoming saturated, particularly South Florida, GuestInvest is an attractive alternative for US investors. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Smith Travel Research, as of March 2006, condo hotel rooms make up 98,142 rooms or 19.5 per cent of the hotel rooms currently under development in the US. About GuestInvest GuestInvest is a scheme designed to promote the sale of hotel rooms to investors, launched in April 2004. Under the GuestInvest concept, investors can buy their own room in a hotel, stay there for free and receive a return on their investment by allowing the hotel to let the room out for the remainder of the year. For more information on GuestInvest and Nest, please visit www.guestinvest.com or call +44 (0) 20 7747 6880. |
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