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Leveraged Buyouts In The Hospitality Industry: Five Years Later, Elisa S. Moncarz
Leveraged Buyouts In The Hospitality Industry: Five Years Later, Elisa S. Moncarz
Hospitality Review
When the author wrote her first article for the FIU Hospitality Review on leveraged buyouts' some five years ago, this business strategy was beginning to enjoy increasing popularity. Since that time leveraged buyouts grew to unprecedented levels both in number and size of transactions. However, following the failure of the UAL proposal and the collapse of the junk bond market in 1989, there has been a marked slowdown in buyout activity this article examines major developments affecting leveraged buyouts over the past five years and addresses their future implications for the hospitality industry.