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Accor Confirm Eight New Openings in Europe in 2023 Under Raffles, Movenpick, Pullman, MGallery, Swissotel & Fairmont Brands
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,…
Read MoreRuby Hotels to Open First Scottish Hotel In Edinburgh
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…
Read MoreScala Capital Ltd Acquires Long Leasehold Asset – Hilton T5 Heathrow…Aimbridge EMEA To Manage
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…
Read MoreL+R Hotels Announce £25m Luxury Development in UK’s Devon Opening Summer 2023
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…
Read MoreWembley, London Gets an ARK, a New Co-Living/Aparthotel Concept Now Open
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…
Read MoreWhitbread Targets 125,000 UK and Ireland Bedrooms
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…
Read More100 Year-Old Welsh Hotel, St Kilda Llandudno, Acquired By Inn Collection
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,…
Read More294 Room Hub by Premier Inn Tops Out in Marylebone, Central London
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…
Read MoreThistle, That Became GLH, To Become Clermont Hotel Group Following £90m Investment
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…
Read MoreFattal Group – Leonardo Hotels, Acquires the 114-Year Old Dilly Hotel London, Formerly Le Meridien For Around £90m
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…
Read MoreB&B Hotels Launches UK Expansion Aiming For 100 Hotels By 2035
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…
Read MoreYorkshire-Based Developers North Star and Countrylarge Acquire Hotel Plot near Manchester’s Piccadilly from Japanese Hotel Group Toyoko For A Room2 Hotel
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…
Read MorePandox Acquires DoubleTree By Hilton Bath, UK Hotel for £40m
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.…
Read MoreThe Hoxton Shepherds Bush To Open December 2022
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…
Read MoreSieger Suarez Architects and Carlos Ott design Miami’s First Supertall Skyscraper To Become Waldorf Astoria Miami To Open 2026
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…
Read MoreEdyn Acquires NH Kensington to Further Locke Expansion
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…
Read MoreMarriott to Reflag 23 UK Regional Properties Under Delta Brand
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…
Read MoreWhitbread Acquire Freehold On 5 Strand To Make Hub By Premier Inn…..Thwarting Plans For a Park Hyatt
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…
Read MoreCrimson Hotels Acquires The 131-Key Trafalgar St James Hotel, A Hilton Curio Branded Hotel
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…
Read MoreChina’s MDJM Acquires 20-Key Fernie Castle Hotel, Scotland to Initiate their Expansion Strategy to European Market
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…
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