The Westin Resort Guam Sold to South Korean Investors

The sale of the Westin Resort is the first major resort sale to a Korean investor on Guam

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. May 26, 2016

SINGAPORE, AS. May 26, 2016 - JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group has advised on the sale of the Westin Resort Guam on behalf of the seller, LeoPalace Guam Corporation.

In late April 2016, the 432-room resort was sold to Pioneer Holdings Corporation and Haevichi Hospitality Guam for US $125 million. Pioneer Holdings Corporation is a real estate private equity fund managed by Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management. Haevichi Hospitality Guam is controlled by Seoul-based Haevichi Hotels & Resorts, a unit of Hyundai Motor Group.

Occupying a premier beachfront site along Guam's famed Tumon Bay, the prominent resort is conveniently located a short walk from a myriad shopping and dining venues along Pale San Vitores Road. Following the completion of the transaction, the resort will continue to be managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., one of the world's leading hotel and leisure companies.

Corey Hamabata, Vice President, Asia Pacific, JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group says, "The sale of the Westin Resort Guam represents one of the most significant property transactions to occur on Guam over the past decade as well as Guam's first major resort sale to a Korean investor.”

He continues: "This sale highlights the improving and diversifying visitor fundamentals of the Guam tourism market. Over the past five years, visitation from Korea to Guam has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 26 percent. While Japan remains Guam's largest source market, Korea now represents 30 percent of total visitor arrivals to the island. The growing dynamism of the Guam market is creating unique opportunities for foreign investment from which the destination stands to benefit over the longer term.”

Tomohiko Sawayanagi, Managing Director, Japan, JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group says, “The Westin Resort Guam transaction represents the most recent case in a growing trend of hospitality transactions involving international buyers which is being driven, in part, by improving travel trends throughout the region.”

JLL also recently advised on the sale of the Tomamu Resort in Hokkaido, Japan to Shanghai-based Yuyuan Tourist Mart Co. Ltd. and the US $31 million sale of the Zitahli Resort & Spa in the Maldives to Singapore-based Roxy Pacific Holdings Limited.

Mr. Sawayanagi concludes: “In total over the past three years, JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group has facilitated over 35 cross border hotel transactions within Asia Pacific, amounting to over US $4 billion in transaction volume.”

Notes to Editors:

JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group has completed more transactions than any other hotels and hospitality real estate advisor over the last five years, totalling more than $68 billion worldwide.

Between negotiating the world's most extraordinary, enticing, and profitable property deals, the group's 350-strong global team also closed more than 4,400 advisory, valuation and asset management assignments.

Investors worldwide turn to JLL to shape their strategies, tailor their portfolios and maximize the value of their assets. We are recognized as the global leader in real estate services across hospitality properties of all shapes and sizes. Our expert advice is backed by industry-leading research.

We apply our broad spectrum of hotel valuation, brokerage, asset management and consultancy services through every phase of the hotel lifecycle. We have helped more hotel investors, owners and operators achieve high returns on their assets than any other real estate advisor in the world.

Whether you are looking for a hotel or you're ready to sell, we'll use our capital markets expertise, hospitality industry knowledge and global relationships to put the right parties together and execute a bespoke deal that exceeds your objectives.

To find out more, talk to JLL.

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JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a professional services and investment management firm offering specialized real estate services to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying and investing in real estate. A Fortune 500 company with annual fee revenue of $5.2 billion and gross revenue of $6.0 billion, JLL has more than 280 corporate offices, operates in more than 80 countries and has a global workforce of more than 60,000. On behalf of its clients, the firm provides management and real estate outsourcing services for a property portfolio of 4.0 billion square feet, or 372 million square meters, and completed $138 billion in sales, acquisitions and finance transactions in 2015. Its investment management business, LaSalle Investment Management, has $58.3 billion of real estate assets under management. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit www.jll.com. JLL has over 50 years of experience in Asia Pacific, with over 33,000 employees operating in 92 offices in 16 countries across the region. The firm won 15 awards at the International Property Awards Asia Pacific in 2016 and was named number one real estate advisor in Asia at the 2015 Euromoney Real Estate Awards. www.ap.jll.com. 200 East Randolph Drive Chicago Illinois 60601 | 30 Warwick Street London W1B 5NH | 9 Raffles Place #39-00 Republic Plaza Singapore 048619

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