French court approves Colony Capital purchase of hotel group

Reuters  |  MARSEILLE, France 

MARSEILLE, (Reuters) - A commercial court approved U.S. group and France's to take over French group in receivership since 2017.

runs about 50 mostly four and five-star hotels in owned by some 5,500 private investors through 135 companies, which must also approve the sale.

The court chose the offer from Colony as a financial investor and to operate the hotels over other offers.

Maranatha, which employs 1,300 people, ran into financial difficulties when it tried to buy its assets following a series of sales after terror attacks in in 2015 and 2016.

(Reporting by Marc Leras, writing by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Ingrid Melander)

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First Published: Wed, October 17 2018. 22:45 IST