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Blackstone to buy five hotels in Greek islands

Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe, a unit of US private equity firm Blackstone Group, agreed to buy five hotels in Greece from Louis Group in a deal valued at 178.6 million euros (197 million dollars), the firm said on Friday. 

Greece has seen an upsurge in tourism in recent years. A record number of about 33 million visited year.