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Resident Hotels Family Acquires Majority Stake in Sleeperz in The UK
Main Photo: The Sleeperz Cardiff Date: May 2022 Name: Sleeperz – with locations as below; Edinburgh is branded Cityroomz Locations: Cardiff, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Dundee – Wales, England and Scotland, UK Number of Keys: TBA Seller: Costain’s and Connection Capital’s stakes in the business, alongside the shares held by Sleeperz management. Resident has also invested…
Read MoreUK Commercial Property REIT Acquires Leeds Hotel and Long-Stay Development Opportunity For £62.7m To Be Operated Under Lease By Interstate Hotels & Resorts as a Duel-Branded Hyatt Place & Hyatt House
Main Photo: The proposed new development Date: May 2022 Name: Hyatt Place and Hyatt House – to open 2024 Location: Soverign Square, Central Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK Number of Keys: Split between the two brands: 305 Seller: Leeds City Council owns the site; The development was acquired from Marrico (Sovereign Square) Ltd, a joint venture…
Read MoreLXi and Secure Income Agree Merger To Hold 346 Properties – Travelodge & Merlin Entertainments Valued at £3.9bn
Main Photo: The Travelodge Swindon, one of some 150 Travelodge hotels under the new merged REIT Date: May 2022 Names: LXi Reit (LXI) and Secure Income REIT (SIR) Location: Mainly UK Number of Keys: TBA LXi Reit (LXI) and Secure Income Reit (SIR) have agreed to merge in a deal which would create a real…
Read MoreIreland’s Press Up Group to Open The Dean Birmingham in the Former Central Methodist Hall, Birmingham
Main Photo: The new Dean Hotel – imagined Date: May 2022 Name: Currently the Central Methodist Hall – to be rebranded The Dean Birmingham Location: Corporation Street, Birmingham, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Seller: The property was in Administration – originally built by local architects in 1904…run by the Methodist Church until 1991…put on…
Read MoreHilton to Make Plymouth Debut With Hilton Garden Inn brand
Main Photo: The new Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth – imagined Date: May 2022 Name: Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth – Opening 2024 Location: Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 Seller: TBA Buyer: Propiteer Hotels Hilton has announced plans to open six hotels under it’s focused service brands in Germany, Italy, the UK and…
Read MoreZeal Hotels Submits Planning For Sustainable Hotel In Exter, UK…The First Of Many
Main Photo: The proposed new Zeal Hotel in Exeter Date: May 2022 Name: Zeal Hotels Locations: Initially Exeter, England, UK – more to come around the UK Number of Keys: 142 Seller: TBA Buyer: Zeal Hotels Zeal Hotels has submitted plans to East Devon District Council to develop a sustainable hotel at Exeter Science Park under…
Read MoreCycas Announce Three Deals Across Europe – Copenhagen, London and Le Havre
Main Photo: The ibis Styles Copenhagen Orestad Date: May 2022 Names: ibis Styles Copenhagen Ørestad (opening December 2022), The 55 by Le Mirage (opening July 2022) and Moxy Le Havre (opening end 2024) Locations: Orestad neighbourhood Copenhagen, Denmark; Bayswater, London, England, UK and Le Havre, France Number of Keys: 186, 55 and 86 Sellers: TBA Buyers:…
Read MoreDorsett Hospitality International Launches Dao by Dorsett Brand, With First Opening in West London
Main Photo: The original Palladium Theatre/Cinema Shepherds Bush – envisaged as the Dao by Dorsett Date: April 2022 Name: Dao by Dorsett West London – to reopen 1st October 2022 Location: Shepherds Bush, West London, England, UK Number of Keys: 74 serviced apartments Owner: Dorsett Hospitality International – the building was The Shepherds Bush Cinematograph…
Read MoreLondon’s Mayfair New Boutique Hotel, The Twenty Two Eyes 2022 Opening
Main Photo: The exterior of the new Twenty Two – imagined Date: April 2022 Name: The Twenty Two Location: 22 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 31 rooms and suites Seller: TBA..in the 1970s the building comprised nine apartments….originally developed in 1727 as two terraced houses! The current building was built in…
Read MoreSonder Grows in London, Rest of UK and Ireland
Main Photo: The Henry – was the Henry VIIIth Date: April 2022 Name: Sonder Holdings Locations: Global…4 new hotels in this post in London – Bayswater and Bloomsbury, England, UK Number of Keys: 315 Owners: Private families and companies Manager: Sonder Sonder Holdings Inc, a leading next-generation hospitality company that is redefining the guest experience…
Read MoreLeonardo to Open New Jenga-Style Hotel In Manchester Spring 2022
Main Photo: The interesting design on the new Leionard Hotel Manchester Date: April 2022 Name: Leonardo Hotel Manchester Piccadilly Location: Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, England, UK Number of Keys: 275 Seller: TBA Buyer: Leonardo Hotels, who this week announced their rebrand of sister company Jurys Inn Leonardo Hotels, Europe’s largest and fastest growing hotel chain,…
Read MoreJurys Inn Chain to Rebrand as Leonardo Hotels In UK & Ireland
Main Photo: The Leonardo Royal Hotel at Tower Bridge, formerly a Grange Hotel Date: April 2022 Name: 35 Jurys Inn properties to be rebranded Leonardo Hotels Locations: UK & Ireland Number of Keys: TBA Owner: Jurys Inn was merged with Leonardo Hotels in 2017 when Israeli-based Fattal Hotel Group and Swedish investment company Pandox acquired…
Read MoreUBS Funds New East London Hotel and Office Development as Motel One With 30-Year Lease
Main Photo: 39 East Road, the site for the new Motel One hotel and offices Date: April 2022 Name: Motel One Location: 39 East Road, close to Old Street tube, East London, England, UK Number of Keys: 210 Seller: The 11,100 sqm scheme will see the demolition of a five-storey 1980s office block known as Dial-a-Cab…
Read MoreOng Beng Seng Sells London Hilton Olympia For £130m
Main Photo: The Hilton London Olympia Date: April 2022 Name: Hilton London Olympia Location: Kensington High Street, Close to Olympia, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 405 Seller: Hotel Properties Ltd, which is 55.4 percent owned by Ong, in a joint venture between the SGX-listed firm and a private vehicle controlled by Ong Beng Seng,…
Read MoreSir Richard Sutton Company/Family Launch New Hotel Brand in the UK
Main Photo: The Castle Hotel Windsor, which dates back to 1528 when it opened as The Mermaid Inn Date: April 2022 Name: Sutton Hotel Collection – Castle Hotel Windsor, Queens Hotel Cheltenham and Francis Hotel Bath Locations: Windsor, Cheltenham and Bath, England, UK Number of Keys: 290 Owner: Sir Richard Sutton Ltd Manager: The hotels…
Read MoreTristan Capital Takes Majority Stake in Point A Budget Hotels Platform for £420m
Main Photo: The Point A Hotel in Parnell Street, Dublin Date: April 2022 Name: Point A Hotels Locations: 10 hotels across the UK, mainly London, with three in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dublin Number of Keys: 1,520 Seller: Raag Hotels – a JV between the Jivraj family and the Wellcome Trust, who have sold their stake…
Read MoreKSL Capital Partners Acquires The Pig Hotels
Main Photo: The Pig on the Beach in Dorset Date: March 2022 Name: The Pig Hotels Locations: Mainly South West England, UK Number of Keys: Eight hotels – Currently around 200 rooms Seller: Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire owner of 50% of The Pig Hotels, whose day job is running Ineos petrochemicals group Buyer: KSL have acquired…
Read MoreYoung’s Pubs Group Opens Flagship Pub With Rooms Following Major Refurb
Main Photo: The bedrooms at The Spread Eagle “pub with rooms” Wandsworth, London Date: April 2022 Name: The Spread Eagle Location: Wandsworth, on the site of the Young’s brewery Number of Keys: 21 Owner: On the site of the Young’s brewey opened in 1831, where the company’s head office will also be relocated British pub…
Read More4C Hotel Group Open Westin London City Late 2021
Main Photo: The Westin London City Date: March 2022 Name: The Westin London City Location: North Side of The Thames, between St Pauls and Mansion House, City of London, England, UK Number of Keys: 222, including 10 suites…plus 9 apartments Owner: 4C Hotel Group, designed by Dexter Moren Manager: RBH Management 4C Hotel Group had…
Read MoreSoho House To Open In Manchester…and Balham!
Main Photo: The archetype Soho House rooftop pool and bar Date: February 2022 Name: Soho House Manchester…and Soho House Balham Locations: Manchester: The old Granada Studios building, Quay Street; Balham: Bedford Hill, South London Number of Keys: Manchester: 140 Seller: TBA Buyer: Soho House, whose parent company, Membership Collective Group held an IPO in New…
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