Radisson Collection Unveils New Hotel in Wuxi, China

Main Photo: Radisson Collection Hotel, Wuxi Date: October 2021 Name: Radisson Collection Hotel, Wuxi Location: Xishan District, Wuxi, China Number of Keys: 318 Seller: TBA Buyer: Radisson Hotel Group The Radisson Collection, Radisson Hotel Group’s anthology of iconic lifestyle hotels, has continued to expand its portfolio in China with the launch of Radisson Collection Hotel,…

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Loren Hotel Launches Climate Change Initiative in Bermuda

Main Photo: The Loren Hotel, Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Date: October 2021 Name: The Loren Hotel – The Loren Roots Initiative Location: Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Number of Keys: 45 suites Owner: Stephen King, a former investment banker and hedge fund principal opened The Loren at Pink Beach as the first new-build Hotel on Bermuda in 45 years…

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Qbic Hotels London & Manchester Sold and Rebranded

Main Photo: The Qbic Manchester, to be rebranded Yotel Date: October 2021 Name: Qbic London City – to become The Corner, London City; Qbic Manchester – to become a Yotel Location: Aldgate, East London and Spinningfields, Manchester – both England, UK Number of Keys: 183 and 261 Seller: Cerberus Capital Management bought the Qbic London…

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Maya Capital and AnaCap Acquire Southwark, London Office and Hotel Scheme for £125m

Main Photo: The current Friars House Date: October 2021 Name: Friars House – Hotel TBA Location: Southwark/Blackfriars, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 106,000 sqf office, ground-floor retail and 64,000 sqf 8 storey hotel with workspace Seller: Endurance Land…TBC Buyer: Maya Capital and AnaCap Financial Partners  The two parties, Maya Capital and AnaCap have completed…

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Hyatt Centric Brand Debuts in UK with Cambridge Opening

Main Photo: The Dual Branded Hyatt Centric Cambridge and Turing Locke Date: October 2021 Name: Hyatt Centric Cambridge – Dual-branded with Turing Locke Eddinton Cambridge, opened earlier 2021 Location: Eddington, a new development, outskirts of Cambridge, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 hotel rooms and 180 apartments at Turing Locke Seller: The new sustainable location…

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Goldman Sachs Poised For £140m Purchase of The Belfry Golf Resort

Main Photo: The Belfry, home to the Ryder Cup in years gone by Date: October 2021 Name: The Belfry Location: Sutton Coldfield, Close to Birmingham, England, UK Number of Keys: 324 Seller: KSL Capital Partners…The De Vere Group, which owned and operated The Belfry before it sold it to the Quinn Group in 2005 for…

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Henderson Park Acquire 12-Strong UK Hilton Portfolio From Amaris Hospitality/LRC

Main Photo: Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Date: October 2021 Name: Under three Hilton brands – Hilton Hotels & Resorts; Hilton Garden Inn; and DoubleTree by Hilton Locations: London – Chelsea & Islington, Bristol North, Coventry, Dartford Bridge, Edinburgh – Central and Airport, Newbury, Southampton, Strathclyde – all UK and Dublin, Ireland Number of Keys: 2,424 Seller:…

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Kasada to Acquire 414-key Safari Hotels & Conference Centre, the Largest Hospitality Complex in Namibia

Main Photo: The Safari Court Hotel, to become a Moevenpick Date: October 2021 Name: The Safari Hotels & Conference Centre Location: Windhoek, Namibia Number of Keys: 414 Seller: Windhoek Safari Hotels, established in 1966. The hotel complex has been pivotal in Windhoek’s evolution as a MICE destination and was associated with notable events leading up…

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Casa Cook Samos to Open 2022 in Greek Islands

Main Photo: The new Casa Cook Samos – imagined Date: October 2021 Name: Casa Cook Samos – opening May 2022 Location: Samos, North Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece Number of Keys: 128 Owner: Velos Tourism Casa Cook has announced that its latest boutique hotel will open on the Greek island of Samos in May 2022, in…

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Ritz Plans £300m Basement Spa to Compete With the World’s Elite Hotels

Main Photo: The Ritz Restaurant Terrace Date: October 2021 Name: The Ritz Location: Piccadilly, London, England UK Number of Keys: 53 new rooms, to take it to 191 Owner: Qatari Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri The Ritz is to become the latest luxury London hotel to dig out an “iceberg” basement to provide more five-star pampering for their guests. The Piccadilly landmark,…

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Castleforge Acquires Edinburgh Crowne Plaza Hotel

Main Photo: The Crowne Plaza Edinburgh Date: October 2021 Name: Crowne Plaza Hotel – Royal Terrace, an IHG Hotel Location: Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 97 Seller: A “High Net Worth” Investor, who acquired the hotel from Alix Partners, receivers for Fontenhall Scotland Ltd, who went Into administration in 2016 Buyer: Castleforge…

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Union Investment Acquires Wilde Aparthotel Development in London For £51.8m

Main Photo: The Public Area at the New Wilde Aparthotel Date: September 2021 Name: Wilde Aparthotel by Staycity – Aldgate Tower Bridge Location: Whitechapel, London, England, UK – Opening November 2021 Number of Keys: 156 Seller: Regal London Buyer: Union Investment German institutional investor Union Investment has announced the acquisition of the 156-room Wilde Aparthotel…

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