Hyatt Plans World’s First FILA-Branded Lifestyle Hotel in Shanghai

Main Photo: FILA HOUSE Shanghai Date: March 2022 Name: FILA HOUSE Shanghai Location: Hongqiao Business District, Shanghai West, China Number of Keys: TBA Seller: TBA Buyer: Hyatt Hotels Corporation and ANTA Group Hyatt Hotels Corporation and ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd. announced plans for the first-of-its-kind FILA-branded hotel in Shanghai – FILA HOUSE Shanghai. The…

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Adagio To Make Irish Debut In Cork

Main Photo: Adagio Cork Date: March 2022 Name: Adagio Cork – to open Summer 2024 Location: South Terrace, Cork, Ireland Number of Keys: 103 Seller: N/A Buyer: JMK Group JMK Group is set open a 103-key Adagio aparthotel in three converted Georgian properties on Cork’s South Terrace. A planning statement says the proposal will provide…

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AEVIS Hotel Division Acquires Hotel L’Oscar In Central London For £60m

Main Photo: Hotel L’Oscar Date: March 2022 Name: Hotel L’Oscar Location: Bloomsbury, Central London, England, UK Number of Keys: 39 Seller: Aggregate Holdings Buyer: AEVIS Victoria AEVIS VICTORIA SA’s (AEVIS) hotel business is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of its first international outlet, the five-star hotel L’Oscar in Southampton Row, in London’s Bloomsbury. Victoria…

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A New Version of the Orient Express Train Is Coming to Italy in 2023

Main Photo: The suite on the new Orient Express La Dolca Vita – imagined Photo Credit: Dimorestudio Date: February 2022 Name: Orient Express La Dolce Vita Location: Six different trains across 14 Italian regions, three international routes, and more than 10,000 miles of railway lines Number of Keys: Each of the six separate trains will…

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Historic 5-Star Luton Hoo Hotel is Sold to The Arora Group

Main Photo: The Luton Hoo Hotel Date: February 2022 (story: December 2021) Name: Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa Location: Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK Number of Keys: 228 Seller: Elite Group Buyer: Arora Hotels Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa is in new hands after it was sold by Elite Hotels to The Arora Group.…

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CDL Trust Acquires Hotel Brooklyn in Manchester For £24.1m

Main Photo: Hotel Brooklyn Date: February 2022 Name: Hotel Brooklyn Location: Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 189 Seller: Roundapple Hotel Partners Buyer: CDL Hospitality Trust, owned by Kwek Leng Beng CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) has announced the acquisition of Hotel Brooklyn located at 57 and 59 Portland Street, Manchester, United Kingdom for £24.1m. The four-star upscale luxury…

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Preferred Hotels Signs 13 New Hotels Last Qtr 2021

Main Photo: The Fox Harb’r Resort, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: February 2022 Name: Various Locations: Global…from Mexico City, to Florida and Miami in USA, Georgia CIS to Paris and Tring in Europe Number of Keys: TBA Owners: All independant Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand representing more than 700 hotels, resorts,…

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Shangri-La Debuts in Saudi Arabia

Main Photo: Shangri-La Jeddah Date: February 2022 Name: Shangri-La Jeddah Location: Burj Assila, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, UAE Number of Keys: 220 Owner: Assila Investments…the hotel forms part of the two-billion Saudi Riyal mixed-use development project Manager: Shangri-La The 220-room Shangri-La Jeddah has opened, marking the brand’s first property in Saudi Arabia. Shangri-La Jeddah offers 220…

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Hyatt’s Thompson Hotels To Enter Spanish Market

Main Photo: The Thompson Madrid Date: February 2022 Name: Thompson Madrid – opening mid-2022 Location: Puerta del Sol/Gran Via Street, Madrid, Spain Number of Keys: 175, including 23 suites Seller: TBA Buyer: Exacorp One SL, owners of the Hyatt Centric in Madrid A Hyatt affiliate has agreed with Exacorp One S.L. to open the first…

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Iberia Reimagined – a Cluster of 10 New Signings by IHG Across Spain and Portugal

Main Photo: The Six Senses Lisbon Date: February 2022 Names: Spain: Holiday Inn Sant Cugat, Holiday Inn Express Madrid Airport, Holiday Inn Bilbao Sestao, Holiday Inn Express Sevilla and Staybridge Suites Malaga; Portugal: Staybridge Suites Porto, Staybridge Suites Carcavelos, Six Senses Lisbon, Holiday Inn Porto and Holiday Inn Express Evora Locations: as above Number of…

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IHG Partners With JJW as Part of 10 New Hotels Announcement for Iberia

Main Photo: The JJW Penina Resort & Gold Resort, Algarve…to become the new IHG brand – Vignette Collection Date: February 2022 Names: Three JJW properties – Grand Hotel Wien (Vienna, Austria), Penina Resort & Golf; Dona Felipa Hotel; voco Algarve – a fourth property as a new hotel…previously the Formosa Park Apartments Locations: Vienna, Austria…

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Wyndham Gains momentum Across Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa

Main Photo: The Wyndham Garden Salalah Mirbat, Oman Date: February 2022 Name: Wyndham Hotels Location: EMEA Number of Keys: 70 new hotels signed in 2021 Sellers: Various Buyers: Various Wyndham Hotels & Resorts continues to expand across Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa with a number of recent hotel launches and a strong line-up of openings…

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Six-Storey Four-Star Lifestyle Hotel The Alan Opens in Manchester, England

Main Photo: The bedroom style at this new hotel Date: February 2022 Name: The Alan Location: Princess Street, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 137 Seller: TBA Buyer: Aspen Hotels, headed up by Amardeep Alan Singh Chima; On the Klarent Hospitality platform, part of the new venture formed by Henderson Park, following their acquistion of…

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Cheval Collection to Launch First MY Locanda Site in Glasgow

Main Photo: The apartment style of Cheval’s new brand Date: February 2022 Name: MY Locanda Glasgow – opening 2024 Location: George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 168 Seller: TBA Buyer: Chris Stewart Group in a JV with Cheval Collection Dubai-owned Cheval Collection, a group of very upmarket serviced apartments with properties across London…

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Crown Resorts Accepts Blackstone US$6.3B Offer for Australia Casino Group

Main Photo: The Crown Promenade Melbourne Date: February 2022 Name: Crown Resorts, comprising four hotels in Melbourne, three in Perth…and Casinos! Location: Perth, Melbourne & Sydney in Australia and Aspinalls in London, UK Number of Keys: 2,395 Seller: Crown Resorts Buyer: The Blackstone Group After nearly a year of Blackstone pursuing Australia’s largest casino operator,…

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