Shares in hoteliers Accor, IHG rise after reported merger interest
(雅高、洲際合併案傳出 雙方股價應聲漲)
August 20, 2020 / 3:19 PM / Reuters /
Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Benoit Van Overstraeten, Tanishaa Nadkar and Sarah White; Editing by David Goodman and Mark Potter
PARIS (Reuters) – Shares in France’s Accor (ACCP.PA) rallied on Thursday after Le Figaro newspaper reported it had examined a potential merger with British rival InterContinental Hotels (IHG) (IHG.L) that would create the world’s biggest hotel group.
路透社 / 巴黎報導 ─ 法國《費加洛報》報導雅高集團(股票代號ACCP.PA)審視一項與競爭者英國洲際集團(股票代號IHG.L)的可能合併案,此舉將造就全球最大的酒店集團,而雅高股價於今日週四(8/20)止跌回升。
The hospitality sector has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis as travel dwindles, forcing many hotel owners to temporarily halt bookings and shore up their finances.
旅館產業因新冠肺炎疫情危機減少了人們旅行活動而慘遭重創,迫使許多旅館業者暫時停止客房預訂以挽救其財務狀況。
Le Figaro said no formal approach had been made by Accor, which is behind brands such as Ibis and Movenpick, to IHG, which owns Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza. Based on current prices, a combined firm could have a market value of about $17 billion.
費加洛報表示,旗下包含宜必思、莫凡彼等酒店品牌的雅高集團尚未對擁有假日酒店及皇冠假日酒店等品牌的洲際集團做出任何正式舉措。若以目前的股價推估,這合併後的公司市值應該可達170億美金(約新台幣5015億)。
Without citing sources, it added Accor’s management board was in favour of a deal, but Accor chairman and CEO Sebastien Bazin, who had set up an internal taskforce on the matter, was more cautious about moving ahead.
根據消息人士表示,雅高集團的董事會對於此交易持正面態度,不過雅高集團總裁暨執行長塞巴斯坦 · 巴辛 (CEO Sebastien Bazin)除了對此事成立了專責小組,並持謹慎態度進行。
An Accor spokeswoman said the company did not comment on market rumours. IHG declined to comment.
雅高集團發言人表示「本公司對於市場傳言不予置評」。而洲際集團則拒絕發表意見。
Accor shares were up 1.9%. The company, which faces higher interest payments after it was downgraded to junk status by ratings agency S&P Global earlier this week, has been punished by investors this year, with its shares down over 43% so far.
雅高集團股價上漲1.9%。該公司在本週稍早時被國際信評機構「標準普爾公司(S&P Global)」從「 BBB+」降至「BB-」的垃圾等級後,面臨著更高的利息支付。今年以來,雅高集團股票一直慘遭投資者拋售,其股價迄今已下跌超過43%。
Shares in IHG, down around 23% this year, were up 0.35% at 0825 GMT after surging as much as 3.1% in early trading, outperforming a falling FTSE-100 index.
今年下跌約23%的洲際集團股價,在英國格林威治標準時間08:25上漲了0.35%,在今日早盤甚至一度飆升3.1%,表現比FTSE-100指數(富時100指數,又稱倫敦金融時報100指數)好。
A marriage between the two firms would propel them far ahead of U.S. rival Marriott by number of hotel rooms, with over 1.6 million between the two.
這兩酒店集團的聯姻將推動它們在酒店客房總數方面遙遙領先於競爭對手美國萬豪集團,因兩集團之和超過160萬間客房*。
*筆者按:依據HOTELS Magazine 2019年酒店集團排名,萬豪集團總客房數為1348532間 ,酒店總數為7163間;洲際集團總客房數為883563間,酒店總數為5903間;雅高集團總客房數739537間,酒店總數為5036間。因此,若雅高與洲際二大集團真的合併的話,不論是客房總數或是酒店總數均為全球之冠、雙料冠軍。(酒店總數亦大於溫德姆集團的 9280間,錦江國際的 10020間。)
It could also make geographical sense, with Accor and its brands more skewed towards Europe, while IHG has larger operations in the United States and is also growing fast in Greater China.
這謠傳的合併案也可能具有地區版圖的意義,因為雅高集團品牌以歐洲市場為主導,而洲際集團在美國的市場版圖也很大,至於在大中華區也是快速增長。
Both firms have announced job cuts and cost savings plans in recent weeks as they try to cope with the fallout from the pandemic.
這兩個集團都在最近幾週宣布了裁員和撙節計劃,因為他們正努力應付新冠肺炎大流行所造成的業績負面衝擊。

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