中國公司以近20億美元收購華爾道夫酒店

A Chinese insurance company is buying one New York's most glamorous hotels – the Waldorf Astoria inmidtown Manhattan.

中國一家保險公司正出資收購紐約市最奢華的酒店——位於曼哈頓市中心區的華爾道夫酒店。

Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd is purchasingthe Waldorf for $1.95bn from a subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide Holdings ng will pay Hilton a $100m deposit, and is expected to pay off the hotel's$525m mortgage as part of the deal. Hilton will continue to manage the hotelfor the next 100 years.

安邦保險公司正出資19.5億美元收購希爾頓全球控股有限公司旗下的華爾道夫酒店。 安邦保險公司將支付給希爾頓公司1億美元的保證金，作爲交易的一部分，安邦保險公司還將承擔酒店5.25億美元的抵押貸款。未來一百年，希爾頓仍將是這家酒店的管理者。

“We are very excited to be enteringinto this long-term relationship with Anbang, which will ensure thatthe Waldorf Astoria New York represents the brand's world-class standards forgenerations to come,” said Christopher J Nassetta, Hilton Worldwide CEO.

希爾頓全球酒店集團首席執行官ChristopherJ Nassetta 說，“我們很高興與安邦保險公司建立長期合作關係，這將保證紐約華爾道夫酒店長久地代表該品牌的世界級水準”

Hilton purchased the Waldorf in 1949. In December,Hilton raised $2.35bn in the largest ever initial public offering by a hotelcompany. The majority of Hilton is now owned by Blackstone Group LP, a privateequity firm. Hilton plans to use cash from the Waldorf's sale to buy morehotels across the US,according to a report by Bloomberg.

希爾頓於1949年收購了華爾道夫酒店。去年12月份，希爾頓公司籌集到23.5億美元資金，是酒店行業有史以來最大規模的首次公開募股。希爾頓公司的大部分股份現在由私人股本公司黑石集團持有。據彭博社的一篇報道，希爾頓公司計劃用出售華爾道夫酒店獲得的資金收購美國更多的酒店。

Closing is scheduled for New Year's Eve,though it could take until 31 March 2015 to finalize the sale.

收盤日期預定在元旦前夕，雖然該公司需要到2015年3月31日才能完成出售。

Andang is a Beijing-based life, health andproperty insurance company with 20 million customers and 30,000 employees,according to a Hilton press release. The company has $113bn in assets.

據希爾頓公司發佈的新聞，安邦保險公司是一家位於北京的生命健康財產保險公司，該公司擁有2000萬客戶和3萬名員工。該公司擁有1130億美元資產。

More than 4,200 properties in 93 countriesare under the Hilton company's control. Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts isa subsidiary of Hilton that owns the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. The subsidiary owns another 27 hotelsaround the world.

希爾頓公司在93個國家擁有4200多處房產。華爾道夫酒店及度假村是希爾頓公司集團旗下的酒店，該公司控制着紐約市的華爾道夫酒店，而華爾道夫酒店在世界各地還擁有27家酒店。