Hilton (NYSE: HLT) predicts 2023 will be its strongest year of growth in France, with seven planned hotel openings, the highest single-year increase to its French portfolio. As well as continued expansion in Paris, Hilton is focusing on major resort destinations and provincial towns and cities, working with several local owners in France on a development pipeline that will more than double the hotel group’s presence nationwide.
Cycas Hospitality has announced the inclusion of 3 new branded hotels to the management company’s growing European portfolio of 47 hotels.
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, strengthens its powerhouse status in the UK & Ireland with the addition of nine new hotels. These new additions illustrate IHG’s commitment to delivering sustainable growth in the UK&I, its home market and largest market in Europe.
Lamda Development has broken ground in Athens with piling work now underway at the iconic The Riviera Tower, Greece's tallest building and first ever skyscraper, set to complete by March 2026. The 200-metre Riviera Tower is just one highlight of The Ellinikon, one of the largest, most ambitious urban regeneration projects in the world. A 6.2 million sq.m, sustainable, master-planned smart city on the grounds of Athens' old international airport, the project is setting a new global standard for resilient urban design, smart living and ESG-aligned investment growth opportunities, nearly doubling the amount of green space in the Athens Metropolitan Area and bringing significant economic development.
The Dilly is a 283-room hotel situated at 21 Piccadilly which was constructed in 1908 as one of London’s most luxurious hotels. Known then as The Piccadilly Hotel, it is centrally located in an enviable position between Piccadilly and Regent Street, two of London’s most famous streets, and has been patronised by royalty and celebrity guests ever since.
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, is delighted to announce two new signings – both brand debuts for Hungary - in the beautiful capital city of Budapest.
Located in a prime riverside location, Cycas will operate Motto by Hilton Glasgow, bringing Hilton’s newest urban lifestyle brand to the UK. Set to open in autumn 2024, the hotel follows Cycas’ debut of the Motto by Hilton brand in Rotterdam in late 2022, consolidating the company’s position as the leading operator of the locally inspired brand in Europe.
The UK hotel market has continued in its recovery, delivering a strong trading performance. Domestic leisure demand fuelled the early recovery, but this has been supported by robust demand for business travel as well as flexible working trends generating new sources of demand. This comes despite continued challenging market conditions including accelerating costs causing profit margins to decline, according to the latest UK Hotel Trading Performance Review 2022 by leading global property adviser Knight Frank, in partnership with HotStats.
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, is delighted to announce the recent signing of Convent Square Hotel Lisbon - Vignette Collection, and Crowne Plaza Caparica Lisbon.
The Social Hub (TSH) has reached an agreement for €48.75 million in financing from Santander in Portugal for a 26,600 sqm Porto development alongside Avenue.
Meliá Hotels International continues to grow in one of the key European destinations after the addition of two new hotel projects in Italy. The company is also supporting the international growth of its INNSiDE by Meliá brand, which has accelerated in recent years, with 48 hotels already operating or in the process of opening in major destinations all over the world.
Meliá Hotels International continues to prepare its landing in Albania, the last undiscovered jewel in Europe. The hotel company trusts in the tourist potential of the area and is fully committed to leading the development of the international hotel sector, as it already did in other pioneering destinations in the Mediterranean.
I HG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, is delighted to announce a raft of recent signings and openings in Turkey across its Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands.
easyHotel, the low-carbon affordable hotel chain, today announces it has acquired eight franchised Benelux hotels from real estate private equity fund manager Crossroads Real Estate, for approximately 145 million euros. The deal is fully supported by easyHotel’s majority shareholders, ICAMAP and Ivanhoé Cambridge.
B&B Hotels, a leading European value-for-money hotel chain, has announced plans to extend its operations into the United Kingdom, with the ambition of opening 100 new hotels by 2035. B&B Hotels made the announcement at the UK Annual Hotel Conference 2022, in Manchester.
Radisson Hotel Group announces a record year of growth for Greece with four signings and three openings to date, leading international development activity in the country. 2022 marks an impressive year for the Group as it continues to build on its growing trust from strategic investors and partners. With the signing of two hotels in Athens and two resorts in Mykonos and Skiathos, both of which also opened earlier this year, the Group’s portfolio now stands at seven hotels and resorts with more than 800 rooms in operation and under development.
Real estate investor and developer Lamington Group has announced plans to open three new net zero room2 hometels in York, Glasgow and Manchester in 2024, 2025 and 2026 respectively. The exciting pipeline of sustainable properties, worth £100m investment, reflects the group’s commitment to only build and operate to whole life net zero standards for new properties developed after the launch of the group’s net zero roadmap in September 2021.
limehome, a Munich-based company and Europe's leading hospitality technology provider and operator of fully digitalised design flats, is expected to open 70 units in Düsseldorf's Stresemannstraße in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Radisson Hotel Group plans to further expand its portfolio in Poland. Just this year, the Group opened the Andersia Hotel & Spa Poznań, a member of Radisson Individuals and Radisson RED Gdansk hotel already in the country. And further openings are planned for the coming months. Radisson Hotel Group holds a portfolio of 23 hotels, representing more than 5,200 rooms, in operation and under development, in Poland.
Whitbread PLC (‘Whitbread’ or ‘Group’) is pleased to announce that it has acquired a prime freehold property on the Strand in central London, located just off Trafalgar Square. Subject to planning, 5 Strand will become the latest hub by Premier Inn hotel in the estate and is expected to open sometime during 2027. The purchase and development are being funded from the Group’s existing cash resources and will also include one of the Group’s popular Bar+Block steakhouse restaurants.