Dorsett Hospitality International Launches Dao by Dorsett Brand, With First Opening in West London

Main Photo: The original Palladium Theatre/Cinema Shepherds Bush – envisaged as the Dao by Dorsett Date: April 2022 Name: Dao by Dorsett West London – to reopen 1st October 2022 Location: Shepherds Bush, West London, England, UK Number of Keys: 74 serviced apartments Owner: Dorsett Hospitality International – the building was The Shepherds Bush Cinematograph…

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Dynamic City Expands it’s California Bay Area Presence Opens the Element by Westin San Jose Milpitas

Main Photo: The new Element by Westin Milpitas San Jose Date: April 2022 Name: Element by Westin Milpitas San Jose Location: San Jose, California, USA Number of Keys: 194 suites Seller: TBA Buyer: Dynamic City Capital (DCC), a Utah-based real-estate investment firm Dynamic City Capital (DCC), a Utah-based real-estate investment firm focused on premium-branded hotel…

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London’s Mayfair New Boutique Hotel, The Twenty Two Eyes 2022 Opening

Main Photo: The exterior of the new Twenty Two – imagined Date: April 2022 Name: The Twenty Two Location: 22 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 31 rooms and suites Seller: TBA..in the 1970s the building comprised nine apartments….originally developed in 1727 as two terraced houses! The current building was built in…

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Six Senses To Operate Svart Hotel in Norway

Main Photo: The proposed Svart Hotel in Norway, a truly sustainable hotel development Date: April 2022 Name: Six Senses Svart Location: At the foot of a glacier, Holandsfjorden Fjord, Norway  Number of Keys: 94 Owner: Svart Manager: Six Senses Hotels & Resorts, an IHG brand Standing ‘weightlessly’ at the foot of a striking glacier –…

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1930’s Icaro Hotel, Italian Dolomites Gets a Total Facelift

Main Photo: The timber look for this 1930’s mountain lodge, now Date: April 2022 Name: Hotel Icaro – reopened 2021 Location: Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol, Italy Number of Keys: Now 21 Owner: The Sattler family Architects: MoDus Architects Originally built in 1936, it was one of the earliest mountain lodges on Alpe di Siusi…

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AKA to Open Latest Hotel in New York in September 2022

Main Photo: The Hotel AKA NoMad New York – imagined Date: April 2022 Name: Hotel AKA NoMad – Opening September 2022 Location: Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA Number of Keys: Seller: Was the Roger New York Hotel, which was sold for $19m in July 2021 (not to be confused with the Roger Smith Hotel!) Buyer:…

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Sonder Grows in London, Rest of UK and Ireland

Main Photo: The Henry – was the Henry VIIIth Date: April 2022 Name: Sonder Holdings Locations: Global…4 new hotels in this post in London – Bayswater and Bloomsbury, England, UK Number of Keys: 315 Owners: Private families and companies Manager: Sonder Sonder Holdings Inc, a leading next-generation hospitality company that is redefining the guest experience…

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Conrad Los Angeles Set for June 2022 Opening

Main Photo: The new Conrad within the Frank Gehry-designed mixed-use development The Grand LA Date: April 2022 Name: Conrad Los Angeles Location: Within The Grand LA, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA Number of Keys: 305 Seller: TBA Buyer: The Grand Avenue project is being developed by Related Companies Hilton has begun taking reservations for its Conrad…

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Victoria, Australia to Host 2026 Commonwealth Games

Date: April 2022 Locations: Victoria 2026 will be staged in March 2026 across multiple cities and regional hubs including Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland, in what will be a first ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games What Did They Say:  The 2026 Commonwealth Games will be hosted in the state of Victoria, Australia. Who They: The…

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Signa and Central Group To Develop Hyatt Thompson Hotel in Vienna to Open 2024

Main Photo: The suite at the new Hyatt Thompson hotel – imagined; Photo credit: Mariahilfer _Straße 10-18 Immobilien GmbH Date: April 2022 Name: Thompson Vienna Location: Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna, Austria Number of Keys: 148 Seller: TBA: The development will also include an adjacent KaDeWe luxury department store Buyer: JV between Austria’s Signa and Thailand’s Central…

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Leonardo to Open New Jenga-Style Hotel In Manchester Spring 2022

Main Photo: The interesting design on the new Leionard Hotel Manchester Date: April 2022 Name: Leonardo Hotel Manchester Piccadilly Location: Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 275 Seller: TBA Buyer: Leonardo Hotels, who this week announced their rebrand of sister company Jurys Inn Leonardo Hotels, Europe’s largest and fastest growing hotel chain,…

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Jurys Inn Chain to Rebrand as Leonardo Hotels In UK & Ireland

Main Photo: The Leonardo Royal Hotel at Tower Bridge, formerly a Grange Hotel Date: April 2022 Name: 35 Jurys Inn properties to be rebranded Leonardo Hotels Locations: UK & Ireland Number of Keys: TBA Owner: Jurys Inn was merged with Leonardo Hotels in 2017 when Israeli-based Fattal Hotel Group and Swedish investment company Pandox acquired…

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Bulgari Hotel Paris Opens December 2021

Main Photo: The new Bulgari Hotel Paris Date: December 2021 Name: Hotel Bulgari Paris Location: Avenue George V, 8th Arondisement, Paris, France Number of Keys: 76 rooms and suites Seller: TBA – Before the building’s six-year Italian facelift, it was an unattractive 1970s office block Buyer: LVMH Group, who acquired Bulgari with it’s hotels in…

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Eiendomsspar Acquire Oslo’s Hotel Christiana Teater, Leaving Nordic Hotels To Manage

Main Photo: The venerable hotel and theatre building in Stortingsgaten Date: April 2022 Name: Hotel Christiania Teater Location: Stortingsgaten, Oslo, Norway Number of Keys: 102 rooms and suites Seller: Petter Stordalen’s Strawberry Hospitality Group, who also owns the management company, Nordic Hotels & Resorts Buyer: Eiendomsspar, a JV between Pandox and the Sundt family The…

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Ennismore and ActivumSG Sign Deal For First SLS Hotel in Europe

Main Photo: The new SLS Hotel – imagined Date: April 2022 Name: SLS Barcelona – opening 2024 Location: 22@ district, Sant Marti, seafront Barcelona Number of Keys: 490 Seller: The site was a vacant piece of land Buyer: ActivumSG Capital Management Ennismore and ActivumSG Capital Management have signed a long-term management agreement to bring Ennismore’s…

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Radisson Hotel Group Debuts in Ghana With the Opening of Number One Oxford Street Hotel & Suites, a Member of Radisson Individuals

Main Photo: The residential suite at the new Radisson hotel Date: April 2022 Name: Number One Oxford Street Hotel & Suites Location: Osu nieghbourhood, Accra, Ghana Number of Keys: 108 residential suites Seller: TBA…was a hotel before the Radisson deal Buyer: Belfast City Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kwarleyz Group Radisson Hotel Group has announced…

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Ong Beng Seng Sells London Hilton Olympia For £130m

Main Photo: The Hilton London Olympia Date: April 2022 Name: Hilton London Olympia Location: Kensington High Street, Close to Olympia, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 405 Seller: Hotel Properties Ltd, which is 55.4 percent owned by Ong, in a joint venture between the SGX-listed firm and a private vehicle controlled by Ong Beng Seng,…

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