Resident Hotels Family Acquires Majority Stake in Sleeperz in The UK

Main Photo: The Sleeperz Cardiff Date: May 2022 Name: Sleeperz – with locations as below; Edinburgh is branded Cityroomz Locations: Cardiff, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Dundee – Wales, England and Scotland, UK Number of Keys: TBA Seller: Costain’s and Connection Capital’s stakes in the business, alongside the shares held by Sleeperz management. Resident has also invested…

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UK Commercial Property REIT Acquires Leeds Hotel and Long-Stay Development Opportunity For £62.7m To Be Operated Under Lease By Interstate Hotels & Resorts as a Duel-Branded Hyatt Place & Hyatt House

Main Photo: The proposed new development Date: May 2022 Name: Hyatt Place and Hyatt House – to open 2024 Location: Soverign Square, Central Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK Number of Keys: Split between the two brands: 305 Seller: Leeds City Council owns the site; The development was acquired from Marrico (Sovereign Square) Ltd, a joint venture…

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Ireland’s Press Up Group to Open The Dean Birmingham in the Former Central Methodist Hall, Birmingham

Main Photo: The new Dean Hotel – imagined Date: May 2022 Name: Currently the Central Methodist Hall – to be rebranded The Dean Birmingham Location: Corporation Street, Birmingham, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Seller: The property was in Administration – originally built by local architects in 1904…run by the Methodist Church until 1991…put on…

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Hilton to Make Plymouth Debut With Hilton Garden Inn brand

Main Photo: The new Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth – imagined Date: May 2022 Name: Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth – Opening 2024 Location: Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Seller: TBA Buyer: Propiteer Hotels Hilton has announced plans to open six hotels under it’s focused service brands in Germany, Italy, the UK and…

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Cycas Announce Three Deals Across Europe – Copenhagen, London and Le Havre

Main Photo: The ibis Styles Copenhagen Orestad Date: May 2022 Names: ibis Styles Copenhagen Ørestad (opening December 2022), The 55 by Le Mirage (opening July 2022) and  Moxy Le Havre (opening end 2024) Locations: Orestad neighbourhood Copenhagen, Denmark; Bayswater, London, England, UK and Le Havre, France Number of Keys: 186, 55 and 86 Sellers: TBA Buyers:…

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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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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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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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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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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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Sir Richard Sutton Company/Family Launch New Hotel Brand in the UK

Main Photo: The Castle Hotel Windsor, which dates back to 1528 when it opened as The Mermaid Inn Date: April 2022 Name: Sutton Hotel Collection – Castle Hotel Windsor, Queens Hotel Cheltenham and Francis Hotel Bath Locations: Windsor, Cheltenham and Bath, England, UK Number of Keys: 290 Owner: Sir Richard Sutton Ltd Manager: The hotels…

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KSL Capital Partners Acquires The Pig Hotels

Main Photo: The Pig on the Beach in Dorset Date: March 2022 Name: The Pig Hotels Locations: Mainly South West England, UK Number of Keys: Eight hotels – Currently around 200 rooms Seller: Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire owner of 50% of The Pig Hotels, whose day job is running Ineos petrochemicals group Buyer: KSL have acquired…

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4C Hotel Group Open Westin London City Late 2021

Main Photo: The Westin London City Date: March 2022 Name: The Westin London City Location: North Side of The Thames, between St Pauls and Mansion House, City of London, England, UK Number of Keys: 222, including 10 suites…plus 9 apartments Owner: 4C Hotel Group, designed by Dexter Moren Manager: RBH Management 4C Hotel Group had…

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Soho House To Open In Manchester…and Balham!

Main Photo: The archetype Soho House rooftop pool and bar Date: February 2022 Name: Soho House Manchester…and Soho House Balham Locations: Manchester: The old Granada Studios building, Quay Street; Balham: Bedford Hill, South London Number of Keys: Manchester: 140 Seller: TBA Buyer: Soho House, whose parent company, Membership Collective Group held an IPO in New…

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