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KKR Provides €300m Financing for Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 Acquisition of easyHotel Platform
LONDON, December 08, 2025--KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR-managed funds and accounts provided c. €300 million whole loan financing to EPISO 6, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, to support its recent acquisition of easyHotel, a leading pan-European budget hotel operator. The financing will also support growth initiatives for the easyHotel platform, including further advancing the platform’s expansion and investment throughout Europe, new development proj
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