Subject: SBE to Acquire Morgans Hotel Group
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 13:16:31 -0400

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SBE to Acquire Morgans Hotel Group ( http://www.meetingstoday.com/NewsEvents/IndustryNews/IndustryNewsDetails/tabid/138/RegionID/0/ArticleID/28332/Default.aspx?topic=667,644 )

SBE revealed it has entered an agreement to acquire the Morgans
Hotel Group collection of brands--plus 13 domestic and
international hotel management contracts--in an $82 million
all-cash transaction.

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