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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…
Read MoreAccor’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…
Read MoreVirgin 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;…
Read MoreHenderson Park Acquires Amaris Hotel Platform to Create Klarent Hospitality
Main Photo: Dublin Custom House, which was converted to a Hilton Garden Inn, as one of the hotels in this deal Date: December 2021 Name: Klarent Hospitality – the new brand formed from the deal Locations: Europe, including France, Greece, Ireland, Spain and the UK Number of Keys: 9,300 – Henderson Park Seller: LRC Group…
Read MoreBoutique 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…
Read MoreReuben 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…
Read MoreBoundary 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…
Read MoreAloft 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…
Read MoreExclusive 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…
Read MoreHampton 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…
Read MoreThe Angus Golf Resort & Hotel, Dundee Revises Plans to Make 175 Rooms, Rooftop Sky Bar, Spa, Golf & 170 Unit Residential
Main Photo: The new Angus Golf Resort – imagined Date: November 2021 Name: The Angus Golf Resort, Hotel & Spa – to open 2024 Location: The Shank of Omachie, above the Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Broughty Ferry, with views out to the Tay estuary and St Andrews, Scotland Number of Keys: Planning has…
Read MoreCitySuites 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreZetland 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…
Read MoreMollie’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…
Read MoreLondon 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…
Read MoreThe Signet Collection Announces Second Hotel Site – The Retreat Elcot Park
Main Photo: The Elcot Park, currently a Mercure Hotel Date: November 2021 Name: The Retreat Elcot Park – to Reopen Spring 2022 Location: Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK Number of Keys: Was 73 will reopen as 55 Seller: S Hotels & Resorts – Singha Estate, who have some 30 hotels in the UK and are looking…
Read MoreKE Hotels Opens New Moxy Manchester City In Spinningfields Area In November 2021
Main Photo: The new Moxy Manchester Date: October 2021 Name: Moxy Manchester City Location: Spinningfields, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 146 Seller: Since it’s construction in the 18th century, the building has been home to a variety of local businesses including a soda water factory, a manufacturing chemist, a hat works and, most notably,…
Read MoreKKR 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…
Read MoreDecember 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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