Hyatt Hotels acquires Apple Leisure for $2,7B in cash
Hyatt Hotels acquires Apple Leisure for $2,7B in cash

Hyatt Hotels acquires Apple Leisure for $2,7B in cash

By the end of 2020 Apple Leisure Group (ALG), has also taken over the management of three hotel units in Greece in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic.
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RE+D magazine
16.08.2021

ALG’s hotel portfolio consists of over 33,000 rooms operating in 10 countries.

The transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

ALG’s resort brand management platform AMResorts provides management services to the largest portfolio of luxury all-inclusive resorts in the Americas under the AMR TM Collection brand portfolio, including well-known brands Secrets Resorts & Spa , Dreams ® Resorts & Spas, Breathless ® Resorts & Spas and Zoëtry ® Wellness & Spa Resorts as well as the fast-growing Alua Hotels & Resorts brand, which is expanding in European leisure destinations. 

The acquisition also includes ALG’s membership offering, Unlimited Vacation Club, travel distribution business ALG Vacations, as well as destination management services and travel technology assets. Following the completion of the transaction, ALG’s business will continue to be led by current ALG CEO Alejandro Reynal and the current ALG leadership team.

Mr. Reynal will become a member of Hyatt’s executive leadership team and report to Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian .

ALG’s hotel portfolio consists of over 33,000 rooms operating in 10 countries. The portfolio has grown from nine resorts in 2007 to approximately 100 properties by the end of 2021 and has a pipeline of 24 executed deals with a large number of additional hotels in the development process.

ALG’s Unlimited Vacation Club is an exclusive travel club whose participants enjoy preferred rates and other benefits at AMR Collection properties. With over 110,000 members, Unlimited Vacation Club membership has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 18% over the last five years.