Israeli businessman and investor Amir Dayan (אמיר דיין) was born in 1974 in Israel’s financial capital Tel Aviv. He grew up poor in the country and became a successful global real estate mogul with real-estate worth billions of euros. Dayan is a household name in the real estate and hotel business across Europe with investments mainly in the UK, Germany and Netherlands, and shares in many real estate private and public stocks and funds.
While most people believe money is required to generate wealth, Dayan’s success is attributed to a strong work ethic, a unique approach to property acquisition and development, and strong relationships with the market players that have yielded billions in equity and profits for himself and investors.
In addition, Dayan’s family (משפחה של אמיר דיין ומשה דיין) trusts is the major shareholder in the public real estate company Vivion Holding S.a.r.l. Vivion Holding is headquartered in Luxembourg with a portfolio in U.K. hotels and office buildings in Germany. It has more than 50 hotels in Europe, branded as Hilton, Holiday-Inn and Crowne Plaza.
Vivion acquired the 204-room St. Martins Lane and 150-room Sanderson hotels last February at a significantly reduced price from the Qatari Sheikh’s family, due largely in part to Dayan’s close relationship with former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani.
In 2019, Dayan’s family (משפחתו של אמיר דיין) bought the historic Oscar Maugsch Palace in Bucharest’s University Square which formerly served as the headquarters of the Romanian lender BCR. The value of the transaction was between €28 million and €30 million, some 40 percent above the initial evaluation of €20 million.
Despite the difficult economic situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vivion Real Estate, has recorded a significant increase in both new rentals and extensions of existing contracts in 2020 compared with 2019.
An increase of 13% in terms of new rentals and extensions is a very good result in view of the challenging market environment. Vivion has also stated that its goal is to achieve similar results in 2021.
With the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination in Europe and many parts of the world, tourism is expected to recover this summer which will in turn boost the hotel and property investments of Amir Dayan, yielding strong income for the properties.
