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Fairmont Hotels to Be Acquired for $3.3B

Monday, January 30, 2006 8:36:32 PM

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc., which originated in the historic Canadian Pacific Railway luxury hotel chain and counts the Chateau Laurier, Royal York and Banff Springs among its properties, said Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 its board is supporting an offer of $3.3 billion US in cash, (about $3.8 billion Cdn) from Kingdom Hotels International and Colony Capital. The Fairmont Royal York is seen in Toronto on Monday. (AP Photo/Canadian Photo, Aaron Harris)TORONTO (AP) - A group of investors including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has agreed to buy luxury hotel chain Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. for about $3.3 billion in cash, trumping an earlier bid by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, the company said Monday.

Including assumed debt, Fairmont said the value of the deal is about $3.9 billion.

Under the deal, a Canadian company owned by Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Hotels International and Los Angeles-based real-estate investment fund Colony Capital will acquire all of Fairmont's outstanding shares for $45 each in cash.


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