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Carlton Hotel Collection adds Edinburgh hotel to portfolio

The Carlton Hotel Collection announces that  the Market Street hotel recently opened in the center of Edinburgh. At this Unesco World Heritage location, the hotel blends into the famous Edinburgh skyline and you can feel the inspiration of the surroundings. The brand new hotel in the Scottish capital is the 12th addition to Carlton and the fourth hotel of the group in Great Britain. Market Street hotel consists of 98 rooms and suites with an urban boutique style, individual character and individual design.

Now Open: Inhabit Paddington, London

Inhabit Paddington, the first property by the new mindfulness-focused Inhabit Hotel brand, has opened its doors. Set across six Grade-II listed townhouses in West London, the property is billed as "a new urban wellness hotel", and will place health, social connectedness, intellectual expansion and environmental responsibility at the heart of the offer. Located just minutes from Paddington Station and in close proximity with Hyde Park, the project seeks to provide a relaxing base from which guests can explore the bustling capital city.

Sandeep Bhalla has been appointed as General Manager at The Connaught

Distinguished hotelier Sandeep Bhalla has been appointed General Manager of The Connaught, theiconic five star hotel on Mount Street, in the heart of Mayfair, part of Maybourne Hotel Group.Indian-born Sandeep has worked in the luxury hospitality sector for 25 years in London, Dubai andIndia. Before joining The Connaught as Hotel Manager in 2018, he worked at sister hotel The Berkeleyin Knightsbridge, where he joined as Director of Food and Beverage in 2007 and was subsequentlyappointed Hotel Manager in 2012. Before joining Maybourne Hotel Group Sandeep was part of the preopening team of the prestigious Burj Al Arab in Dubai.In his new role as General Manager of The Connaught, Sandeep will oversee the re-opening of twoMichelin star Hélène Darroze at The Connaught in September 2019, as well as spearheading a series ofnew developments at the luxury hotel this autumn 2019

Historic Fifteenth Century Oxford property reopens as voco Oxford Thames

IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announces the rebranding of voco™ Oxford Thames. The hotel was acquired in 2019 as part of IHG's strategic partnership with Covivio to acquire 12 Principal and DeVere properties. The opening brings the total of voco™ hotels in the UK to three in the last year.

AJ Capital Partners Plans to Debut Graduate Cambridge as First International Graduate Hotels Property

Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners announced today that it has acquired the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cambridge City Centre in Cambridge, England. This marks the first Graduate Hotels® property to debut outside of the United States. The hotel will continue to operate as DoubleTree by Hilton until the end of the year. Renovations will begin in early 2020, and the 148-key hotel will debut as Graduate Cambridge, part of the Graduate Hotels collection, in summer 2020.

W London – Leicester Square Unveils Tech-Based Transformation

W London - Leicester Square today announced a super-charged new chapter for the hotel, unveiling a multi-million-pound transformation of all 192 guest rooms and suites. As part of the W brand's mission to fuel its guests' lust for life, the hotel's daring renovation shatters the traditional concept of luxury, through its provocative new look paired with innovative in-room technology to give guests full control of their stay. Furthermore, W London has partnered with fashion visionary and dynamic artist, Jack Irving, to create a one-of-a-kind 'techorative' pillow, along with a range of immersive in-room experiences.