Posts by Dev Anand
Mitsis Hotels Expands Further to 6,500 Keys in Greece
Main Photo: The 500 room Blue Domes Resort, Kos with 10 pools, 11 restaurants and 6 bars! Date: December 2021 Name: The Mitsis Group Location: A new five-star on Mykonos and plans for three hotels in Rhodes, Greece Number of Keys: 225 in Mykonos Seller: TBA Buyer: The Mitsis Group, with help from Enterprise Greece…
Read MoreJumeirah Marsa Al Arab Opens in Dubai
Main Photo: The new Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab – imagined Date: December 2021 Name: Jumeriah Marsa Al Arab Location: The property is adjacent to the wave-shaped Jumeirah Beach Hotel and sailboat-inspired Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai Number of Keys: 386 rooms and suites, four penthouses, as well as 83 luxury hotel apartment suites Seller:…
Read MoreDavidson Kempner Wins Race For Luxury Hotel Portfolio in Portugal
Main Photo: The Conrad Algarve, one of the hotels included in the deal Date: December 2021 Name: Nau Hotels – a portfolio of luxury hotels, including the Conrad Algarve, the Cascatas Golf & Resort Spa by Hilton and the NAU group, of La Vie shopping centers, among other real estate assets. Location: Across Portugal Number…
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 MoreTrump to Sell Marquee Washington Hotel for at Least $375 Million….the Deal to Close 2022
Main Photo: The Trump Hotel in Washington DC Date: December 2021 Name: Currently The Trump International Hotel Washington DC…CGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the Old Post Office building, under Hilton’s luxury brand – Waldorf Astoria Location: Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA Number of Keys: 263 rooms and suites Seller: The…
Read MoreMelia Hotels International Voted Most Sustainable Hotel Company in Europe For Third Year Running
Main Photo: The Melia Zanzibar, Tanzania Date: December 2021 Name: Melia Hotels International Location: Global – HQ in Spain Number of Keys: 82,576 in 317 hotels open, plus a pipeline of 12,352 in 50 more hotels Meliá Hotels International has once again been recognised as a leader in sustainability in the hotel industry. Despite the…
Read MoreBjarke Ingels Group Is Building a Sustainable Floating City Off the South Korean Coast
Main Photo: What the Oceanix project might look like Date: December 2021 Name: Busan by UN-Habitat and Oceanix Location: Busan, South-Eastern tip of the Korean peninsula, South Korea Number of Keys: A whole city…no doubt to include one or more hotels Partners: Bjarke Ingels Group with UN-Habitat and Oceanix It’s no secret that rising sea…
Read MoreSonder Signs at Jeff Sutton’s Wharton Properties Planned Midtown Hotel for Under $300M
Main Photo: The current retail store on West 34th Street, planned to become 363 key hotel Date: December 2021 Name: TBA Location: West 34th Street, Midtown New York City, NY, USA Number of Keys: 363 Owner: Wharton Properties, who filed a permit to convert the retail store to a new hotel, in April 2021. Superdry…
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 Moregreet Hotel Berlin – Accor Signs Contract for Second greet Hotel in Germany
Main Photo: The greet hotel, Darmstadt – the first greet hotel in Germany Date: November 2021 Name: greet Hotel Berlin – opening February 2022 Location: Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany Number of Keys: 61 Seller: TBA Buyer: GCH Hotel Group, – better known as Grand City Hotels, a long-term franchise partner of Accor. With more than 120…
Read MoreIndia’s SAMHI/Barque Hotels Rescued By Cerberus Capital to Save Holiday Inn Express Chain
Main Photo: Holiday Inn Express Bengaluru Whitefield Date: November 2021 Name: SAMHI Hotels, the holding company of Barque Hotels Location: India Number of Keys: 1,792 Owner: Goldman Sachs-backed SAMHI Hotels, holding company of Barque Hotels Pvt Ltd Lender: Cerberus Capital Goldman Sachs-backed SAMHI Hotels provided INR 83 crore, around US$11m, of quasi-equity to Barque Hotels Pvt Ltd to keep the operator of Holiday…
Read MoreEden Arc Lodges – Offer Your Clients A Unique Experience
Date: November 2021 Location: Global – Starting with North America & Europe What did they say: We all want more than just a cookie-cutter hotel room, on an anonymous corridor with a myriad of identical rooms, on a floor like all the other floors. Main photo: Eden Arc alternative and experiential lodges can be located pretty…
Read MoreThe Meridian Club Re-Opens as Exquisite Five-Star Pine Cay, Turks & Caicos (June 2021)
Main Photo: Pine Cay; photo credit: Kira Turnbull Date: November 2021 (late report!) Name: Pine Cay Location: A secluded private island on the edge of the world’s third-largest barrier reef, a 20 minute boat ride from Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Number of Keys: 12 beachfront rooms and suites Seller: The hotel, formerly known as The…
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 MoreDiamondRock Hospitality Open The Hythe in Vail, Colorado Under Marriott’s Luxury Collection Brand
Main Photo: The lobby at the new Hythe hotel Date: November 2021 Name: The Hythe, a Luxury Collection Resort, Vail Location: Vail, Colorado, USA Number of Keys: 344, including 22 suites and 16 residences Seller: The hotel was The Vail Marriott Mountain Resort, acquired by DiamondRock for $62m in 2005 from Vail Resorts Inc, who…
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 MorePPHE Buys Historic Four-Star Hotel Londra & Cargill, Rome – Their First in Italy For €34.5m
Main Photo: The Hotel Londra & Cargill Date: November 2021 Name: Hotel Londra & Cargill Location: 400 meters from Via Veneto, a walk away from the Spanish Steps and public transport at Termini Station Number of Keys: 101 Seller: Members of the De Romanis family Buyer: PPHE – Park Plaza Hotels Europe, headed up by…
Read MoreHilton Plots Growth in Europe and UK
Main Photo: The Canopy by Hilton Madrid Castellana Date: November 2021 Name: Hilton Locations: Across Europe Number of Keys: With 217 properties and more than 35,000 rooms in development, Hilton is expected to increase its footprint in Europe and U.K. by nearly 30% by the end of 2023 “Europe is instrumental to Hilton’s global growth…
Read MoreOakwood Premier to Make Kuala Lumpur Debut
Main Photo: The new Oakwood Kuala Lumpur Date: November 2021 Name: Oakwood Premier Kuala Lumpur – opening December 2024 Location: Merdeka 118 Precinct, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Number of Keys: 348 Seller: TBA Buyer: PNB Merdeka Ventures Oakwood has signed a management agreement with PNB Merdeka Ventures, to debut the Oakwood Premier brand at the Merdeka…
Read MoreMarriott International Brings St. Regis and EDITION Brands to Red Sea Project
Main Photo: St Regis Red Sea Resort Date: November 2021 Names: St Regis Red Sea Resort & The Red Sea EDITION – due to open end 2023 Location: The Red Sea Project, West Coast of Saudi Arabia Number of Keys: 90 Villas (St Regis) and 240 rooms and suites (EDITION) Seller: TBA Buyer: Red Sea…
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