List of the 150 Largest Hotel Investors Germany [2023 Update]

Product Overview

Includes institutional investors, investment managers, project developers, real estate companies, REITs and pension funds that actively acquire hospitality properties and hotels in Germany.

Excellent depth of detail: purchase profile (asset classes and regional focus), link to purchase profile and assets under management if available, contact details, management board, etc.

This list is based on our comprehensive list of the 600 largest real estate investors in Germany.

High-quality lists thanks to manual data maintenance by an experienced research team in Munich. Boutique research instead of unchecked crawler data.

List of 3 hotel investors in Germany

In the following we present three hotel investors from our list. So you can get a better impression of the companies included.

1. AccorInvest Group SA (Luxembourg)

In 2017, SA AccorInvest was spun off from the real estate division of the Accor Group. In just 3 years, the Luxembourg-based hotel investor has made a name for itself throughout the industry and now owns over 900 hotels in 31 countries and has an annual turnover of €4 billion. The hotel investor has over 90% of its hotels in Europe, most of them in France, Germany and England.

Update 2023: The recovery of the tourism sector - after the global COVID crisis - is also clearly noticeable at AccorInvest. Last year, almost 300 hotels with a volume of approximately 43,000 rooms were even opened.

2. 12.18. Investment Management GmbH (Düsseldorf)

12.18. Investment Management GmbH includes 12.18. asset management on the one hand and 12.18. hotel management on the other. The GmbH was founded in 2006 and received its current name in 2016 - the investor’s headquarters are in Düsseldorf. During this time the company has invested a total of €485 million and now owns over 7 million m² of floor space. The investment focus is on German, European and international holiday regions, preferably 4 or 5 star hotels/resorts in exposed locations.

Update 2022: With a transaction in Austria, 12.18. has once again underscored its rank as a top hotel investor in the German-speaking region. The five-star hotel Hochgurgl in the Ötztal valley was acquired.

3. Deka Real Estate Investment GmbH (Frankfurt)

At Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH, ~600 experts work together and thus bundle sound knowledge. The investment focus of the Frankfurt-based GmbH is on office, retail, logistics and hotel properties. With over €43 billion in total assets, almost 1.5 million private and 400+ institutional investors and over 10 million m² of rental space, Deka Immobilien Investments is one of the largest globally active property investors in Germany.