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CVC prepares bid for Blackstone's £2.5bn Center Parcs
By Tom Anstey 09 Mar 2015
Center Parcs Woburn has had a 99 per cent occupancy rate since opening earlier this year Credit: Center Parcs
CVC Capital Partners – one of Europe’s biggest private equity firms – is preparing to bid for the Blackstone-owned Center Parcs, thought to be worth around £2.5bn (US$3.8bn, €3.5bn).

The bid follows an £2bn (US$3bn, €2.8bn) attempt from BC Partners to buy Center Parcs in December. Blackstone rebuffed the bid, saying the offer undervalued the UK-based leisure operator.

Blackstone first purchased Center Parcs in 2006 and is currently exploring a listing on the London Stock Exchange. Blackstone reported 99 per cent occupancy for its newest site in Woburn Forest, Bedfordshire, since opening and is in talks with tourism authorities in Ireland over the construction of a resort there.

According to its annual review, Center Parcs reported earnings of £314.6m (€437.7m, US$475.2m) in the year ending April 2014. Blackstone recently launched the sale of its shares in Merlin Entertainments, with the sale worth £667.6m (US$1bn, €917.6bn).


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CVC prepares bid for Blackstone's £2.5bn Center Parcs
POSTED 09 Mar 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
Center Parcs Woburn has had a 99 per cent occupancy rate since opening earlier this year Credit: Center Parcs
CVC Capital Partners – one of Europe’s biggest private equity firms – is preparing to bid for the Blackstone-owned Center Parcs, thought to be worth around £2.5bn (US$3.8bn, €3.5bn).

The bid follows an £2bn (US$3bn, €2.8bn) attempt from BC Partners to buy Center Parcs in December. Blackstone rebuffed the bid, saying the offer undervalued the UK-based leisure operator.

Blackstone first purchased Center Parcs in 2006 and is currently exploring a listing on the London Stock Exchange. Blackstone reported 99 per cent occupancy for its newest site in Woburn Forest, Bedfordshire, since opening and is in talks with tourism authorities in Ireland over the construction of a resort there.

According to its annual review, Center Parcs reported earnings of £314.6m (€437.7m, US$475.2m) in the year ending April 2014. Blackstone recently launched the sale of its shares in Merlin Entertainments, with the sale worth £667.6m (US$1bn, €917.6bn).
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