Investment in the UK hotels market in 2018 was 87% above the long term average for overseas investment into the sector (£1.8 billion). The report from Savills will come as no surprise to economists who have long tracked the inverse correlation between overseas investment in UK real estate and the value of the £sterling.
The biggest growth came from the Middle East. One oddity is the origin of the European FDI investments: France (£859 million), Spain (£171 million) and Sweden (£157 million). Europe's largest economy - Germany - is left trailing some way behind at £42 million, possibly due to regulatory restrictions on funds ability to invest in managed (rather than leased) assets.
When looking at the origin of investment between 2017 and 2018, the largest increase came from the Middle East which increased its activity from £23.5 million to £1.3 billion
https://www.savills.co.uk/insight-and-opinion/savills-news/278987/Overseas%20investment%20accounts%20for%20over%20half%20of%20investment%20into%20UK%20hotels%20in%202018
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