Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: CDL Hospitality Trusts, which owns five-star hotel The Lowry in Manchester, is set to launch a lifestyle build-to-rent (BTR) scheme behind Manchester Piccadilly station this June.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEU: Privately owned hostel chain a&o Hostels has revealed plans to invest €500 million towards expanding in Europe.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The luxury lifestyle Virgin Hotel Glasgow has been brought to market following the property’s closure four months after opening last year.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property consultancy Knight Frank is seeking an operator for an office-to-boutique hotel conversion in Newcastle city centre.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Tech-enabled long and short-stay brand Mint House has appointed Judy Turchin, former chief operating officer at Equinox, as independent director of the group’s executive board.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Hotel consultancy HVS has published its European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) which reveals an uplift of around one per cent in 2023.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Urban wellness hotel Inhabit Queen’s Garden has been certified B Corp, joining its sister site Inhabit Southwick Street.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN speaks to Harith Hamad AlMidfa, business development manager at Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), about its development activity in Sharjah and the challenges around historical preservation and ESG. Filmed at the Gulf & Indian Ocean Hotel Investors’ Summit (GIOHIS) 2024, at the Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIceland: Urban capsule hotel brand CityHub will open its fourth property in Reykjavik this summer, adding to its locations in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Rotterdam.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: In the Spring Budget 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed the government will freeze alcohol duty and cut National Insurance, as well as raise the VAT threshold for small businesses to £90,000.
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