Property type
- Hotels, guesthouses and aparthotels
- Apartment buildings and boarding houses
- Operating hospitality businesses and compact portfolios
Succession for hospitality businesses
Your hotel. A new chapter.
If you would like to hand over your business or find a suitable succession solution, we assess a personal and structured takeover – confidentially and tailored to your individual situation.
Discuss succession without obligation
In brief
Your succession with kenner.
A potential hotel or guesthouse succession starts with a confidential initial assessment of the location, business, property and preferred timeframe. We then review permitted use, demand, layout and key commercial facts. Only if there is a potential fit do we discuss a lease, case-by-case acquisition or individually structured handover.
Your property should have a future.
Hotel and guesthouse succession involves more than real estate. It concerns an operating business, long-standing relationships and often a life's work. We therefore assess the property, the operation and a possible handover together.
Personal contact
You speak directly with the people who assess the property and support a possible takeover.
Flexible models
Depending on the situation, we assess a lease, acquisition or individually agreed handover.
Structured transition
Timing, ongoing operations and the role of the existing operators and, depending on the model, owners are agreed for each case.
The businesses we assess.
We focus on manageable properties that can be operated personally while being organised professionally.
Size
- Approximately 3 to 50 rooms or units
- Usually around 200 to 2,000 m² gross floor area
- Other sizes considered where layout and concept make sense
Handover
- Long-term lease
- Acquisition of the property or business assessed case by case
- Individually planned transition following assessment
Focused on Central Germany and Berlin.
We are particularly interested in locations with year-round demand from tourism, companies, universities, hospitals, public institutions or major projects.
- Thuringia
- Erfurt, Weimar and Jena
- Saxony
- Leipzig, Chemnitz and Dresden
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg
- Berlin
- City and well-connected surroundings
The regions listed are not exhaustive. Well-connected surrounding areas and other business locations may also be considered where demand, accessibility and property economics are convincing.
How the handover works.
Talk confidentially
Tell us the location, size of the business and your preferred timeframe in an initial, non-binding conversation.
Assess together
We review the property, demand, figures, permitted use and possible models. Sensitive documents follow only after agreement.
Plan the transition
If there is a potential fit, we define the structure, responsibilities and a realistic handover process.
Initial assessment
What we need to know first.
A manageable set of key facts is enough for the first confidential conversation. We discuss sensitive operating documents only if there is a potential fit and mutual interest.
- Location
- Address, or at least the town and micro-location
- Property and use
- Property type, current use and permitted hospitality use where known
- Size
- Number of rooms or units and approximate gross floor area
- Documents
- Available floor plans or a short description of the layout
- Timeframe
- Preferred date and possible length of a transition period
- Preferred model
- Whether lease, sale or several possible models should be assessed
Operations and management
Experience from daily operations.
We operate and manage eight units in Erfurt and Leipzig: seven in our own operations and one under management. From arrivals to cleaning, we know the work involved in running accommodation. We bring this experience to the assessment of your property.
As of September 2026. Includes own operations and third-party management.
View our apartments in Leipzig- 8
- units in Erfurt and Leipzig
- 49
- sleeping places across the portfolio
- 775 m²
- total floor area, rounded
Frequently asked questions
What owners want to know first.
Which hotels and guesthouses are suitable for succession?
We primarily assess hotels, guesthouses, aparthotels, boarding houses and apartment buildings with approximately 3 to 50 units. A viable location, efficient layout and realistic economic outlook are decisive.
Do I have to sell my property?
No. Depending on the situation, a long-term lease, acquisition of the property or business, or an agreed handover may be considered. The right model is determined only after a joint assessment.
Can the business continue during the handover?
A transition while the property remains open can be assessed. Whether and how this is practical depends on bookings, the team, technical systems and the agreed timeframe.
Do you assess smaller towns and surrounding areas?
Yes. Population alone is not decisive. Smaller towns and well-connected surrounding areas can be suitable where several stable demand drivers and a viable micro-location are present.
What information do you need initially?
The location, property type, number of units, approximate floor area, current use and preferred timeframe are enough to begin. Floor plans, operating figures and further documents can then be discussed specifically.
Let’s discuss your succession.
The location, number of units, approximate floor area and preferred timeframe are enough for an initial, non-binding conversation.
Contact Steffen Knaust directly:
[email protected]
