Bohopo expands European footprint with two new hotels

Bohopo, the boutique hotel investment platform, has opened two new properties in Milan and Porto, marking the latest step in the group’s European expansion and reinforcing its strategy to aggregate, reposition and operate small city-centre hotels as a scalable institutional platform. 

The openings of Casa Laveni in Milan and Mila Porto take Bohopo’s operational portfolio to eight hotels. They sit within the group’s wider 11-asset portfolio, which spans five European markets: Athens, Brussels, Milan, Porto and Paris, with three further assets under development. 

Bohopo’s expansion comes at a time when wider European hotel market trends support its aggregation strategy. Brookfield’s 2026 Investment Outlook highlights Europe’s highly fragmented hotel market, where low brand penetration and roughly 80% of assets in private hands are creating opportunities for consolidation-led value creation. Savills’ European Hotel Investment Outlook 2026 reinforces this view, identifying continued investor appetite for value-add strategies and operational excellence as an increasingly important driver of returns. 

The first of the two latest openings, Casa Laveni, is a 30-room luxury boutique hotel in central Milan and represents Bohopo’s first property in this key European market. Located on Via dei Bossi, minutes from the Duomo, Teatro alla Scala and the Brera district, the hotel has been created through the redevelopment of an underperforming heritage building into a design-led boutique property, reflecting Bohopo’s ability to transform distinctive urban assets into high-quality hospitality destinations while preserving their architectural and cultural character. 

Casa Laveni follows a more than three-year search for the right asset, reflecting Bohopo’s strong conviction in Milan’s long-term hospitality fundamentals. Bohopo also continues to assess further opportunities in Milan as it looks to build a deeper presence in one of Europe’s leading centres of design, fashion, business and culture. 

The second, Mila Porto, is a 29-room hotel in Porto’s historic Baixa district and marks Bohopo’s entry into Portugal. The property is the second asset in Bohopo’s Mila brand, following Mila Brussels, and the first of three Bohopo assets in Porto. Bohopo identified Porto as a high-conviction opportunity early, establishing its position in the market in 2022 after recognising attractive fundamentals across real estate pricing, limited quality room supply, rising visitor demand and strengthening RevPAR levels. Porto was also named Europe’s Leading City Destination at the World Travel Awards in 2025. 

Bohopo has two further city-centre assets under development in Porto, with completion expected in 2027. 

These openings are not simply individual hotel launches; they are evidence of Bohopo’s platform strategy in action. Across Europe, the boutique hotel market remains highly fragmented, with many well-located assets lacking the capital, operational infrastructure or brand strategy needed to realise their full potential. Bohopo is building the institutional platform for this segment. By acquiring and repositioning small-format city-centre hotels, and by clustering assets in markets where we have strong conviction, we are creating a diversified portfolio designed to deliver long-term growth, operational resilience and attractive risk-adjusted returns

Patrick Saada, Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Bohopo, and Chairman of the Patrick Saada Family Office

Milan and Porto are both highly compelling markets for Bohopo, but for different reasons. Milan is one of Europe’s leading centres of design, fashion, business and culture, while Porto offers a rare combination of historic character, strengthening visitor demand and attractive real estate fundamentals. The common thread is our ability to identify prime urban assets, reposition them with discipline and operate them through a scalable model. Casa Laveni and Mila Porto show how Bohopo can transform distinctive buildings into high-quality hospitality products while adding meaningful depth to our European portfolio

Minas Terlidis, Co-Founder and CEO, Bohopo