Growing Hospitality Group – AG Hotels Acquires 8th UK Hotel

Main Photo: The Best Western Stuart Hotel just acquired by AG Hotels Date: January 2022 Name: AG Hotels – Best Western The Stuart Hotel Locations: Across the UK – the latest acquisition is Derby, England, UK Number of Keys: 100 Seller: Private family Buyer: AG Hotels, headed up by Girish Grover, CEO Best-Western branded The…

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Accor’s Hyde Brand to Open First London Property

Main Photo: The current property at 15 Old Bailey Date: January 2022 Name: Hyde Paradox London City – opening 2023…the original building was opened as the Spiers & Pond Hotel in 1874! Location: 15 Old Bailey, City of London, England, UK Number of Keys: 110 Owner: The JV hospitality real estate fund created by Edmond de…

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Virgin Hotels Set to Open it’s First Two UK Sites, in Scotland

Main Photo: The new Virgin Glasgow Date: January 2022 Name: Virgin Hotels Glasgow and Virgin Hotels Edinburgh – both opening Spring 2022 Location: Glasgow – overlooking the River Clyde; Edinburgh – India Buildings, Victoria Street – Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 240 and 222 Owner: Glasgow: Silk Property Group, with assets managed by Siggis Capital;…

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Boutique Hotel Group Experimental Targets US After €350m investment

Main Photo: Il Palazzo Experimental, Venice Date: December 2021 Name: Experimental Group Locations: USA, UK Number of Keys: N/A Seller: Experimental Group Buyer: Brookfield Commercial real estate group Brookfield has made a $350 million investment in European hospitality firm Experimental Group. That deal is expected to enable Experimental to open as many as 15 new…

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Reuben Family Plan £180m Fund for London’s Admiralty Arch

Main Photo: Admiralty Arch, London…courtesy Hilton Waldorf Astoria Date: December 2021 Name: Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch Location: The Mall, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 100+ Owner/Seller: Prime Investors Capital (PIC) Lender/Buyer: Reuben Family The billionaire Reuben family is closing in on a £180m deal to further fund the transformation of Admiralty Arch into…

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Boundary London Acquired by James McCulloch’s Harcourt Inns

Main Photo: The Boundary hotel in London’s trendy Shoreditch Date: December 2021 Name: The Boundary London Hotel Location: Shoreditch, East London, England, UK Number of Keys: 17 Seller: Opened by London’s Restaurant Guru, Sir Terence Conran, in 2009. His Preston & Conran business went into administration in 2018 Buyer: Harcourt Inns, headed up by James…

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Aloft Liverpool Hotel Sold to Fragrance Group Off £12m Guide Price

Main Photo: The Aloft Liverpool Date: December 2021 Name: The Aloft Liverpool Location: North John Street, Liverpool City Centre, England, UK Number of Keys: 116 Seller: North John Street LLP…The property was built around the year 1900 as the head office of the Royal Insurance Company and was converted into a 116-bedroom hotel under the…

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Exclusive Frontiers Launched – Sustainable Luxury Solutions for Hotels, Resorts, Land Owners….By Exclusive Tents and Wall Street Luxury JV Partnership

Main Photo: The interior of an Exclusive Tents venue in Venice, Italy Date: November 2021 Name: Exclusive Frontiers – a JV partnership between Exclusive Tents and Wall Street Luxury Location: Global – initially Europe & North America Number of Keys: Infinite! Wall Street Luxury, parent company to The Hotel Property Team announced today, a strategic…

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Hampton by Hilton – High Wycombe Secures £13m Refinancing Deal

Main Photo: Hampton by Hilton Date: November 2021 Name: Hampton by Hilton – High Wycombe Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Finance: Leumi UK Owner: Handy Cross Dev Co The London-based subsidiary of Israeli bank Leumi has agreed a £13.2m, five-year facility with Handy Cross Dev Co to refinance the 150-bed…

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CitySuites II Manchester to Open in January 2022

Main Photo: CitySuites II studio apartment Date: November 2021 Name: CitySuites II – opening January 2022 Location: Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 142 Seller: TBA Buyer: Select Property Group CitySuites, part of Select Property Group, will unveil its second aparthotel in Manchester Town Centre in January 2022. Select also run Vita Developments, big in…

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The Latest Trend in Hotels….Add Experiential Accommodation In the Grounds

Main Photo: The Shepherd Huts at Another Place in the UK’s Lake District Date: November 2021 Name: Many…Outside Rooms Location: Across the Globe…this report Ullswater, Lake District, England, UK – opening summer 2022 Number of Keys: Adding from Five to Twenty-Five additional rooms to an existing hotel Owner: Will Ashworth, CEO The Lake/Another Place Between…

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Zetland Capital Partners Acquires Macdonald Manchester and Holyrood Hotels

Main Photo: Macdonald Manchester Hotel Date: November 2021 Names: Macdonald Manchester Hotel and Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Location: Manchester, England and Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 338 – Manchester; 156 – Edinburgh 494 in total Seller: Macdonald Hotels & Resorts. Buyer: Zetland Capital Partners LLP London based private equity firm Zetland Capital Partners LLP is…

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Mollie’s Motel & Diner to Grow to 100 sites in the Next 10 Years

Main Photo: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Date: November 2021 Name: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Locations: UK-wide Number of Keys: 750 – 1,000 over the next 10 years; Manchester 123 Keys Seller: TBA Buyer: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Mollie’s Motel & Diner aims to grow to 100 sites in the next 10 years. Originally conceived by…

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London Town Group Appoints Cycas To Manage Three London Hotels

Main Photo: Mercure London Hyde Park Date: November 2021 Name: Mercure London Hyde Park, Mercure London Paddington, Hotel Indigo London Paddington Location: London, UK Number of Keys: 72, 86 & 64 – 222 in total Owner: London Town Group Manager: Cycas Hospitality Cycas Hospitality is to operate three upscale boutique hotels as part of a…

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KKR Snaps Up Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel for AUD$315 million

Main Photo: The impressive looking Sofitel Wentworth Date: October 2021 Name: Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel Location: Sydney’s Financial District, NSW, Australia Number of Keys: 436 Seller: Frasers Hospitality Trust Buyer: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts – KKR Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has snapped up the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth hotel, the favoured haunt for the…

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December Launch for “World’s First” Net Zero Carbon Hotel

Main Photo: The new bedroom at the room2 Chiswick, London Date: October 2021 Name: room2 Chiswick Location: Chiswick, West London, England, UK Number of Keys: 86 Owner: Lamington Group, owned by the Godwin brothers, Robert and Stuart Seller: The site is a former Chiswick office building acquired in late 2018 room2 is set to open…

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