
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Real estate company AVENEW Development and Hilton have agreed to bring the Waldorf Astoria brand to Dubai with a hotel and residence project.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hospitality management, development, and investment company Raines has opened the 59-room Lantern Columbia hotel in South Carolina, part of its Woven portfolio of lifestyle hotels.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Archipelago and its luxury lifestyle hotel brand Huxley have partnered with Italian luxury brand Tonino Lamborghini to develop and operate a global portfolio of hotels and residences.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Ruby Group will develop and operate a hotel in downtown Chicago under a 30-year franchise agreement with IHG Hotels & Resorts.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustria: The Companion Hospitality Group will open The Companion Vienna in March this year, located at the city’s Westbahnhof.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Luxury hotel owner-operator Mandarin Oriental will open its first property in Mallorca in spring 2026, located in Calvià.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Luxury hotel Oaklands Hall in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, has become the latest independent property to join Classic British Hotels.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate owner Criterion Capital has purchased the St Giles London Hotel for a reported £220 million, expanding its West End portfolio.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel management company At Mine Hospitality has assumed management of the 73-key Meridian Hotel in Miami Beach.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Development and management company Lark will open four properties under its Lark Hotels brand in spring this year, located in Massachusetts and New York.
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