Covivio and AccorInvest finalise consolidation deal ownership of the premises and businesses of their hotels for a total exchange value of almost €800M

A hotel swap creating value

By mid-2024, Covivio, through its subsidiary Covivio Hotels[1], owned 54 hotels leased to the AccorInvest Group under long-term variable-rent leases based on revenues. The AccorInvest group owned and operated the goodwill of these hotels, signing long-term management contracts with the Accor group.

Covivio Hotels was also indirectly the owner and asset manager of another 60 hotels leased to AccorInvest and held through 2 joint ventures created between 2010 and 2014: one held 80% by Crédit Agricole Assurances and 20% by Covivio Hotels, and the other held by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Société Générale Assurances and Covivio Hotels.

The finalized transaction involves the acquisition by Covivio Hotels (and its partners in the 2 joint ventures) of 43 operating companies[2] – thus enabling the regrouping of these hotels, which will be owned by Covivio Hotels – in exchange for the transfer to AccorInvest of the properties of 16 other hotels, which will then be owned by AccorInvest.

In total, the consolidation of Covivio Hotels and the joint ventures will result in a value of €393m[3] for the hotel properties sold by Covivio Hotels and its partners, equivalent to that of the operating companies owned and operated by the companies whose shares will be acquired.

Covivio continues to strengthen its hotel activity, confirming its ability to extract value from its portfolio

In the hotel sector, Covivio has moved in recent years from a property investor approach to that of an asset manager and hotel operator. The Group now supports nearly twenty brands in Europe, with an increasingly diversified model (leased assets or assets in property and operated).

The deal with AccorInvest will enable Covivio to strengthen its hotel presence in areas with strong tourist appeal and significant potential for value creation through repositioning and management optimisation.

Of the 43 hotels involved, 14 will be managed directly by Covivio’s hotel management platform, WiZiU. In order to accelerate the planned repositioning plan, Covivio will also rely on 2 other players, Atypio and Sohoma, which will operate 12 and 10 establishments respectively, via management contracts. Five hotels will continue to be operated by Accor.

With the exception of 2 hotels located in Germany, for which a new lease agreement will be signed with B&B Hotels, all the establishments will remain under the Accor brand via short- and long-term contracts. For the short-term contracts, Covivio will draw on its expertise and in-depth knowledge of the various hotel groups to choose the most suitable brand in the light of the planned repositioning programmes. 

Covivio plans to launch around ten renovation programmes from 2025, including the Ibis Montmartre, the Mercure hotels in Boulogne, Nice and Lyon, and the Novotel Sèvres, capitalising on the recent repositioning of the Novotel in Bruges.

The entire repositioning plan and related works represent an investment of €100 M[4].

The Covivio Group was advised in this transaction by Natixis Partner, Etude Cheuvreux, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Loyens & Loeff (Belgium), J+S (Germany) and PWC.

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[1] 52.2% owned and controlled by Covivio. The figures in this press release are presented in Covivio Hotels’ share.

[2] Through the acquisition of shares in companies that own and operate businesses

[3] Rights included, at 100%.

[4] €100 M Covivio Hotels share / €52 M Covivio share