Accor Confirm Eight New Openings in Europe in 2023 Under Raffles, Movenpick, Pullman, MGallery, Swissotel & Fairmont Brands
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Raffles London at OWO – opening Spring 2023 (all other photos imagined) Date: November 2022 Names: Raffles London at The OWO, Mövenpick Wrocław, Poland, Pullman Okol Resort Golf & Spa, Bulgaria, Sanssouci Karpacz – MGallery, Poland, Swissôtel Kolasin, Montenegro, Mövenpick Balaland Resort Lake Balaton, Hungary, Swissôtel Tbilisi, Georgia and Fairmont Golden Prague,…
Ruby Hotels to Open First Scottish Hotel In Edinburgh
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The bedroom style envisaged for the new Ruby Edinburgh Date: November 2022 Name: The Ruby Edinburgh – planned to open 2025 Location: Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 300 Seller: TBA…the site was ground floor retail (Zara) with offices above Buyer: Ruby Group has partnered with Edinburgh-based real estate investment management…
Scala Capital Ltd Acquires Long Leasehold Asset – Hilton T5 Heathrow…Aimbridge EMEA To Manage
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The bar and restaurant area at the Hilton T5 – Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen Date: November 2022 Name: Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5 Location: Heathrow Airport – T5, England, UK Number of Keys: 350 Seller: Shiva Hotels Buyer: Scala Capital Partners on behalf of unnamed investors Shiva Hotels have sold the Hilton London Heathrow…
L+R Hotels Announce £25m Luxury Development in UK’s Devon Opening Summer 2023
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The original Highbullen Hotel Date: November 2022 Name: The Mole Resort – opening mid-2023 Location: Chittlehamholt, River Mole, North of Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK Number of Keys: 58 lodges and 36 hotel rooms, with plans to add a further 15/16 Seller: The site was formerly the Highbullen Hotel and acquired by the Chapman…
Wembley, London Gets an ARK, a New Co-Living/Aparthotel Concept Now Open
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Wembley ARK Date: October 2022 Name: Wembley ARK Location: Wembley, very close to the site of Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK Number of Keys: TBA Seller: The site was an industrial building Kelaty House…Most recently it was planned to be a Citadenes aparthotel…which Crosstree acquired in September 2021 from Lum Chang Holdings…
Whitbread Targets 125,000 UK and Ireland Bedrooms
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: hub by Premier Inn London Marylebone Road, due to open late 2023 Date: October 2022 Name: Whitbread Premier Inn and hub by Premier Inn Locations: Massive in UK (800 hotels), Ireland (2 so far) & Germany (40 open and 30 in the pipeline) growing and just starting out in UAE (11 hotels), Qatar…
100 Year-Old Welsh Hotel, St Kilda Llandudno, Acquired By Inn Collection
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The St Kilda Hotel, dates back to 1854 Date: October 2022 Name: St Kilda Hotel Location: Llandudno, Wales Number of Keys: 60 Seller: Under family ownership for the past 21 years – Margaret and Ken Jones Buyer: The Inn Collection Group, managed by MD Sean Donkin The St Kilda Hotel in Llandudno, Wales,…
294 Room Hub by Premier Inn Tops Out in Marylebone, Central London
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The new Hub by Premier Inn – imagined Date: October 2022 Name: Marylebone Hub by Premier Inn, to open late 2023 Location: Adjacent to the Marylebone Magistrates Court on Old Marylebone Road, Central London, England, UK Number of Keys: 294 Seller: Aviva, who sold the site, a former office building, Westcourt House to…
Thistle, That Became GLH, To Become Clermont Hotel Group Following £90m Investment
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Clermont Hotel, Victoria that used to be the Grosvenor Victoria Date: October 2022 Name: Clermont Hotel Group Location: London Number of Keys: GLH – 5,000 to include the Hard Rock London, Guoman and Thistle Owner: Great London Hospitality (GLH) has announced that the group will be rebranding as the Clermont Hotel Group…
Fattal Group – Leonardo Hotels, Acquires the 114-Year Old Dilly Hotel London, Formerly Le Meridien For Around £90m
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Dilly Hotel, formerly The Piccadilly (GrandMet 1970s) and then Le Meridien (Forte 1980s) Date: October 2022 Name: The Dilly Location: Heart of London’s Piccadilly, right by Eros and Piccadilly Circus, England, UK Number of Keys: 280 Seller: Archer Capital Buyer: Fattal Group Fattal Group, owner of Leonardo Hotels UK and Ireland, has…
B&B Hotels Launches UK Expansion Aiming For 100 Hotels By 2035
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The B&B Hotel at Lisbon Airport Date: September 2022 Name: B&B Hotels Locations: B&B Hotels currently has more than 650 hotels across 14 European countries, with the UK being a new location for them Number of Keys: Currently 59,000! UK with 100 hotels should yield another 9,000 or so Sellers: They are looking…
Yorkshire-Based Developers North Star and Countrylarge Acquire Hotel Plot near Manchester’s Piccadilly from Japanese Hotel Group Toyoko For A Room2 Hotel
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The site of the proposed new Room2 hotel – imagined; photo credit: Royal Pilgrim Date: September 2022 Name: Room2 Manchester Location: Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 180 Seller: The site has been destined to become a hotel, going back to Yotel in 2013…and more recently Japanese hotel group Toyoko were granted…
Pandox Acquires DoubleTree By Hilton Bath, UK Hotel for £40m
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The DoubleTree by Hilton Bath Date: September 2022 Name: DoubleTree by Hilton Bath Location: Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England, UK Number of Keys: 176 Seller: Starwood Capital, who acquired the hotel in a seven-strong Hilton deal in 2018, for £135m from Park Hotels Buyer: Pandox Swedish property operator, Pandox, has acquired The DoubleTree by Hilton Bath for £40m….
The Hoxton Shepherds Bush To Open December 2022
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The new Hoxton Shepherds Bush – imagined Date: September 2022 Name: The Hoxton, Shepherd’s Bush Location: The north end of Shepherd’s Bush Green, close to Shepherd’s Bush Market, Bush Hall and music venue Shepherd’s Bush Empire Number of Keys: 237 Seller: TBA…the site was the local Post Office Buyer: Ennismore, a JV company…
Sieger Suarez Architects and Carlos Ott design Miami’s First Supertall Skyscraper To Become Waldorf Astoria Miami To Open 2026
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The building-block Jenga-style Waldorf Astoria Miami Date: September 2022 Name: Waldorf Astoria Miami – due to open 2026 Location: Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, USA Number of Keys: TBA Seller: TBA Buyer: Developer is PMG, who is behind 111 W 57th Street, the skinniest skyscraper in the world recently completed in Manhattan Sieger Suarez Architects…
Edyn Acquires NH Kensington to Further Locke Expansion
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: Huntingdon House, as was before it became the NH Kensington Date: September 2022 Name: TBC – Locke Kensington? – to open June 2023 Location: Top end Cromwell Road where Earls Court becomes Kensington, West London, England, UK Number of Keys: Will be 121 apartments from studio to one and two bedroom Seller: TBA…
Marriott to Reflag 23 UK Regional Properties Under Delta Brand
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Delta by Marriott branding at their Cheshunt hotel Date: August 2022 Name: Delta by Marriott is the brand…between October 2022 and summer 2023 Locations: Currently six UK hotels listed: Brockworth, Cheshunt/Broxbourne, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Telford and Warwick… with 23 more to come…see below for full list, which includes: Manchester Airport, Liverpool City…
Whitbread Acquire Freehold On 5 Strand To Make Hub By Premier Inn…..Thwarting Plans For a Park Hyatt
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The original rendering as a Park Hyatt Date: August 2022 Name: Hub by Premier Inn – to open 2027 Location: No. 5 The Strand, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 200+ Seller: India’s Abil Group bought the site in June 2018 from BlackRock UK Property Fund for around £90m…with initial plans to develop…
Crimson Hotels Acquires The 131-Key Trafalgar St James Hotel, A Hilton Curio Branded Hotel
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Trafalgar St James Date: August 2022 Name: The Trafalgar St James London, Curio Collection by Hilton…rebranded after a full refurb in 2017 Location: Very close to the new, yet-to-open Waldorf Astoria, The Mall/Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 131 Seller: L&R Properties Buyer: Crimson Hotels, a UK based group with…
China’s MDJM Acquires 20-Key Fernie Castle Hotel, Scotland to Initiate their Expansion Strategy to European Market
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: Fernie Castle Date: August 2022 Name: Fernie Castle Hotel Location: Fife, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 20 including suites Seller: Braveheart Hotels, owned by the Blackburn family Buyer: MDJM MDJM Limited, an integrated real estate services company in China, today announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary in United Kingdom, MD Local Global Limited…