It has been a busy start of the year for First Sponsor, having acquired two hotels in Europe.
Most recently, the property group announced that it plans to buy controlling shares (94.9%) of the Westin Bellevue Dresden hotel for €49.5 million. The remaining shares are held by European hotel operator, Event Hotels that was the group’s joint venture partner for the Bilderberg portfolio in Netherlands acquired in August 2017. Completion of the acquisition is expected to take place within the first half of 2019.
First Sponsor and its partner, Event Hotels, expect to spend more than 10 million euros in the "near future" to refurbish the property. Completion of the acquisition is set to take place during 1H 2019.
Located in Dresden, the 340-room Westin Bellevue Dresden hotel is a freehold property that is located between the old and new towns of Dresden, Germany. Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

