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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001298946-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRH"
cik: "0001298946"
company_name: "DiamondRock Hospitality Co"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T11:44:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:37:59.642895+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DiamondRock acquires The Bellmoor Inn & Spa in Rehoboth Beach for $31.0M

## Summary
- Acquired fee simple interest in 79-room luxury resort The Bellmoor Inn & Spa in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for $31.0M, or about $392,000 per key, funded with cash on hand.
- Price equals 10.4x trailing-twelve-month Hotel EBITDA (period ended August 2026) and an 8.6% cap rate on Hotel NOI.
- Company projects stabilized Hotel NOI yield of roughly 9.5% after asset management initiatives and planned off-season capital improvements.
- Acquisition closed October 1, 2026 and was announced October 8, 2026; not expected to materially affect Q4 2026 earnings.
- CEO Jeffrey J. Donnelly cites Southern Delaware leisure demand from the Northeast Corridor and barriers to new lodging supply; portfolio now 35 hotels and 9,479 rooms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001298946-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRH
- cik: 0001298946
- company_name: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T11:44:15+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000043/0001298946-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000043/drh-20261001.htm

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