Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Independent hotel One Hundred Shoreditch, part of Lore Group, has selected food and beverage digital platform IRIS to power its lobby bar.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hotelier Mark Fuller and Michelin-star chef Garry Hollihead have reunited after 10 years to launch a Japanese restaurant Wild Heart at Karma Sanctum Soho Hotel in London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Independent hotel operator and developer Uncommon Hospitality is set to open the Longfellow Hotel in Maine this September and has named Matt Plourde as general manager.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel development and management company Lark has added four hotels along the southern coast of North Carolina to its Lark Independent portfolio.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS/UK: University-anchored hotel brand Graduate Hotels has launched a Victory Lap initiative whereby four graduates will travel across the portfolio and capture content.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Independent lifestyle hotel brand The Standard has revealed 14 global openings, which would almost triple the group’s portfolio size over the next five years.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Netherlands: Zien Group, the parent company of Eden Hotels, has opened the Jan Luyken Amsterdam as part of a new independent hotel brand.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The 58-bedroom Riverside Hotel in Kendal has been sold by South Lakes Hotels to Interesting Hotels Group off a guide price of £4.5 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor Eloise Hanson checks in with Rami Zeidan, founder and CEO of Life House, to learn about his greatest achievements, worst mistakes, and what he’s yet to accomplish. They also discuss what challenges independent hotel owners face, what prompted the partnership with metasearch engine KAYAK, as well as future plans to introduce a new brand.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Singaporean investor KOP Group has purchased the 105-room Burns Hotel located in Earls Court, London off a guide price of £35 million.
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