According to the Dils Research Team, investment volumes in Q2 2025 reached €2.5 billion, up 56% compared to the same period last year. This confirms the positive sentiment among real estate players for 2025. Looking at the first half of the year, the Italian market attracted €5.2 billion in investments, a significant 50% increase over H1 2024.
Award-winning hospitality business, Splendid Hospitality Group (SHG), one of the region’s largest and most established hospitality companies, which employs over 350 people in the area, announces that it plans to invest tens of millions of pounds in its 4 York hotels. The continued investment underscores the Group’s generational commitment to enhancing the city’s visitor experience, supporting local jobs and strengthening York’s position as a premier destination for tourism and business travel.
Your Apartment, one of the UK’s leading serviced apartment operators, is thrilled to announce the launch of three brand new premium-located properties in the heart of the City of London: Your Apartment – Liverpool Street, Your Apartment – Tower of London, and Your Apartment – St Paul’s.
Supercity Aparthotels, one of the UK’s leading contemporary aparthotel brands, is set to open three new properties in Edinburgh, Leeds and York over the next two months.
The Vignette Collection, Hotel Indigo and Holiday Inn Express brands are accelerating their growth on the Spanish market with four new signings: Vignette Collection Mallorca - Finca Banyols, Vignette Collection Jerez, Hotel Indigo Gandia - Beach and Holiday Inn Express San Sebastian - Errenteria.
Radisson Hotel Group continues to expand its presence in Romania with a series of exciting new developments. Recognizing Romania as a key market for development, these projects will enhance the Group's portfolio and offer unique experiences for both business and leisure travelers.
Marriott International, Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with VERKEHRSBUERO HOSPITALITY to open five properties in Austria across its Tribute Portfolio, AC Hotels, and Four Points Flex by Sheraton brands. The signed projects are expected to further enhance Marriott‘s footprint in the country with the addition of more than 1,100 rooms. All five properties are expected to be converted from existing hotels operated by VERKEHRSBUERO HOSPITALITY under its Austria Trend Hotels brand.
Travelodge, the UK’s first budget hotel brand which operates over 600 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain, has agreed to acquire 11 hotels across the UK, adding to its existing portfolio of 588 UK-based hotels. This forms part of the Company’s focus on targeting rebrand opportunities as part of its UK and Spanish growth plans.
La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the first Italian made luxury train, makes its much-anticipated debut with a bold ambition: to reinvent the very essence of travel in motion.
Global travel technology company OYO’s UK operations reported a 15% increase in revenue in 2024 compared to 2023. The company's Average Daily Rate (ADR) rose by 2%, while the broader market as reported by STR saw a decline of 2.8%. OYO's per room revenue (RevPAR) increased by 4% compared to the market's 4.5% decline.
HVS London has announced the expansion of its Asset Management division today, further strengthening its position as a leader in hospitality consulting and reinforcing its commitment to providing comprehensive asset management and owners’ representative services to its clients.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced Hyatt Place Leeds and Hyatt House Leeds opened their doors earlier this month, signaling Hyatt’s expanding brand footprint and ambitious growth strategy in the UK – Hyatt’s third largest market in EAME by portfolio size, surpassed only by Germany and Spain.
Radisson Hotel Group is delighted to announce the signing of four new conversion properties, and 519 guest rooms, in the picturesque city of Bergen, Norway, as part of their fruitful partnership with Magic Norway AS. Two of the properties will be Radisson Individuals hotels and the other two will be under the Group’s Prize by Radisson brand. All four properties have strategic locations and are set to open in the coming months.
limehome, Europe's leading provider of fully digitalized serviced apartments, is expanding to France. With two strategically important projects in the Paris metropolitan area, the company is consistently pursuing its international growth strategy in 2025. The market entry into France underscores the strong scalability of the limehome model in one of the world's most sought-after tourism destinations. France is the twelfth country in the Munich-based hospitality company's portfolio.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has confirmed plans to open three properties in Athens following franchise agreements with Aluma Greece IKE. Adia Aluma Athens, Curio Collection by Hilton and Anise Aluma Athens, Tapestry Collection by Hilton are both expected to open in 2025, with Skylark Aluma Athens, Tapestry Collection by Hilton set to open in 2026. The signings of these three new hotels across the Curio Collection by Hilton and Tapestry Collection by Hilton brands will further strengthen Hilton’s lifestyle portfolio, adding over 500 new rooms for guests in the Athens.
Henderson Park, the international private equity real estate firm, has acquired a portfolio of five hotels in France alongside asset management company Atream, a leading French tourism firm headquartered in Paris. The purchase was undertaken in two separate transactions comprising the acquisition, from French institutional investors, of the hotel properties historically operated via variable lease contracts and, simultaneously, the transfer of the operations by the hotel operator.
Cycas Hospitality has announced its first signing in Portugal with the introduction of Marriott International’s Autograph Collection resort-style hotel development in Sintra, the country’s renowned UNESCO cultural region near Lisbon.
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, is proud to announce its first Vignette Collection property in France, a major milestone for the brand's European expansion and a testament to its trusted partnerships and commitment to luxury hospitality. Following an agreement with Global Hotels & Resorts (GHR), the property will be set across two separate buildings – the existing Tiara Miramar and Tiara Yaktsa hotels, which will see their unique charm and rich history being retained as well as their distinctive character while being elevated under the Vignette Collection.
Following the acquisition of Hôtel Saint-Louis in Marseille in January 2024 and the Pilgrim in Paris in July 2024, the group is accelerating its growth with the purchase of Hôtel Aria and Hôtel Vendôme, right in the heart of Nice!
Questex’s International Hospitality Investment Forum EMEA (IHIF EMEA), the premier meeting place for hospitality investment in EMEA, today announces leaders from Marriott, Accor, IHG, Hyatt and Radisson will unite to shape the future of the hospitality industry. IHIF EMEA’s 27th edition takes place 31 March - 2 April at the InterContinental and Pullman hotels in Berlin. Register here.