Blackstone Group news

Global attractions giant, Merlin Entertainments, has been sold to the family behind toy firm Lego in partnership with two other investors in a deal at ... More

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas hotel has signed a deal with Reviv, a global provider of intravenous (IV) nutrient therapies and booster shots, to open an ... More

Disney CEO Bob Iger will be part of President-elect Donald Trump’s strategic and policy forum, with the first meeting to take place in February. The ... More

The Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York is being sold to a Chinese company for nearly US$2bn (€1.6bn, £1.2bn), but Hilton will continue to manage ... More

As Center Parcs today opens its new £250m Woburn Forest holiday resort, CEO Martin Dalby has called for the UK government to take the development ... More

After two years’ construction and 10 years’ conception, the UK’s fifth Center Parcs resort will open at Woburn Forest on Friday 6 June. The Blackstone ... More

Center Parcs has announced that work on the 75-bedroom ‘Hotel’ at Woburn Forest is now complete as the The Blackstone Group-owned resort operator targets a ... More

Merlin Entertainments has revealed London is its preferred location for a planned initial public offering (IPO), following more than £1bn turnover in 2012. At a ... More

Merlin Entertainments is reportedly set to announce profits of £350m when it presents its annual results on Wednesday, paving the way for a £3.5bn market ... More

Private equity firm Blackstone Group, owner of Hilton Worldwide, has bought the Mint chain of hotels for a reported US$950m (£600m). Founded in 1995 as ... More

Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners has acquired a 28 per cent share in UK-based visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments. The stake was sold by Merlin's largest ... More

Theme park operator Busch Entertainment has changed its name to SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. The move follows Blackstone Capital's US$2.7bn (£1.62bn, 1.8bn euro) purchase of ... More

UK-based Merlin Entertainments has entered into a sale and leaseback deal with Prestbury, the investment vehicle of entrepreneur Nick Leslau, worth £622m. The deal involves ... More

The Blackstone Group is selling Extended Stay Hotels to the Lightstone Group for US$8bn (£4bn, 5.9bn euro). The transaction is expected to close in around ... More

Spanish tapas bar operator La Tasca has accepted a revised £99.7m takeover bid by the Tragus Group. Private-equity leisure operator Tragus, owned by the Blackstone ... More

Spanish tapas bar operator La Tasca has accepted a £96m takeover bid by the Tragus Group. Private-equity leisure operator Tragus, owned by the Blackstone Group, ... More

Restaurant chain operator Tragus has acquired Ma Potter’s chain of restaurants for around £14m. The purchase will include all 16 sites in Ma Potter’s group, ... More

Tragus, the restaurant group which owns Café Rouge and Bella Italia, has been acquired from Legal and General Ventures by US private equity firm the ... More

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is planning to open a chain of country pubs in the UK. He is reportedly looking to acquire a number of ... More

Gordon Ramsay is set to open his first New York restaurant in September 2006 at the Rihga Royal Hotel. The hotel – owned by the ... More