The feasibility study on S Hotel development project of Hotel REITs located in Songdo (Island), Incheon consists of policy analysis, demand analysis, and financial analysis. First was related to a policy analysis, and this study carried out social env...
The feasibility study on S Hotel development project of Hotel REITs located in Songdo (Island), Incheon consists of policy analysis, demand analysis, and financial analysis. First was related to a policy analysis, and this study carried out social environmental analysis and policy analysis. Regarding to the social environmental analysis, it analyzed effects of social and economic situations such as sluggish real estate transactions and its indices etc. on the real estate market, and did a role of raising fundamental matters of REITs investment in Songdo area, Incheon. The policy analysis checked institutional improvement directions of REITs regulation by changes of national policy on emerged problems owing to social environments while backing up the social environmental analysis. Second is connected with the demand feasibility analysis, and the study comprehensively researched all changing factors that affected to the market and demands by doing analyzing local market trends, demand changes of tourists at home and abroad etc. for investing the case hotel. Location analysis and market one have been processed as main tasks, and the former consists of natural environmental analysis and accessibility analysis such as Songdo’s population and location etc. in Incheon Free Economic Zone, and the latter is about potential competitors that will enter the tourist hotel market surrounding Seoul, Gyeonggi Province including Incheon afterwards together with present situations of same class hotels in Incheon area. The purpose of analyzing demands laid in providing evidences of financial profits through predicting demands, supplies, and proper demand forecasting of deluxe hotels in Songdo area, and the study utilized it as an important evidencing data for enabling investor’s decision-making on hotel investments through REITs. Thirdly, the financial analysis aims at looking into operating profits of Hotel REITS, No. 1 hotel of Songdo S Co., Ltd by predicting profits and expenses of the hotel, and investigated even the dividend policy finally. In relation with the policy feasibility analysis of Songdo S’s No. 1 hotel, it started from diagnosing favorable change possibilities such like trading in soft landing of the real estate market and lawful, institutional environments helped growth of the real- estate investment company owing to investment slumps. Indebting to recent attraction of Green Climate Fund (GCF), the associated effects from developments of convention exhibition industry will work as an important factor of hotel businesses. The Songdo area where No.1 of Songdo S Co., Ltd makes investment is occupying the leading position among 6 economic free zones in our country. Active investments from home and abroad are being made visually, and population influx to Songdo district is being followed continuously. It is close to Incheon International Airport, and locational charms are unrivaled to other places as a back city of Seoul and metropolitan area too. Though the market situation at the completing time of developmental projects is not easy owing to appearances of competitive hotels, sales profits of nearby sample hotels have been increased actually because room sales are enlarged owing to increases of tourists at home and abroad and clients of MICE companies, and thus operating revenues are rising continuously. The important criteria of the financial feasibility analysis are operating performances of nearby sample hotels. Hotel facilities and statistical errors occurred from differences of operating strategies will be added at the end. The investment amount of No. 1 of Songdo S is delivered from internal and external funds, and its ratio is 50:50. Sales of Songdo S Hotel is composed of room revenue and food & beverage one, and this study calculated room sales by adjusting 2014 opening and reflecting increase rates based on room occupancy and its unit price. Regarding to the operating expenses, the study reflected material cost, labor cost, and other expenses of nearby hotels, and applied the straight-line method of 40 year building as depreciation, and also carried out depreciation on interest cost that was an object of capitalization in financial expenses occurred from construction processes. The estimated operating profit margins for 5 years of Songdo S Hotel are 20.8% in the 1st year, 21.0% in the 2nd year, 21.7% in the 3rd year, 22.3% in the 4th year, and 22.9% in the 5th year accordingly. Final net income of Songdo S No. 1 will be 14.69 billion won in the 1st business year, and 19.33 billion won in the 2nd year. The dividend yield to which 90% dividend are executed from the dividend limit adding the depreciation is 7.0% and 8.2% respectively, and it is displaying good results that exceed average yield of REITs 6 years in Korea consignment management.