This Little Piggy Went to Market

1 April 2022

An affiliate of U.S. private equity fund KSL Capital Partners has acquired the parent company of United Kingdom boutique hotel chain The Pig Hotels. Piers Schmidt comments for Hotel News Now.

On news of KSL’s acquisition of The Pig Hotels, Luxury Partners Founder, Piers Schmidt, was invited by Hotel News Now to contribute his opinion to Terence Baker’s piece, ‘KSL Capital Affiliate Acquires The Pig Hotels, a UK Boutique Hotel Collection’.

Piers Schmidt comments on the thinking behind the deal and what it may mean for one of the UK’s favourite independent hospitality operators.

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