Reading Time: 2 minutesSouth Africa: Family-owned safari brand Sabi Sabi Collection will open The Claremont Boutique Hotel in Cape Town this September, its first hotel beyond the group’s reserve lodges.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: Boutique lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels will open its first property in Greece, developed in partnership with Primetown Development in the country’s capital.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbu Dhabi: Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Eagle Hills, a private real estate development company, for a luxury island resort scheduled to open in 2030.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hospitality development and management company Raines will open The Lantern Hotel Columbia in autumn 2025, a 59-key boutique hotel located in Columbia’s Vista neighbourhood.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan: Luxury brand Imperial Hotel will open its fourth property in spring 2026, housed in the Yasaka Kaikan in Kyoto. Originally built in 1936 by
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Grade II-listed Royal Bell in Bromley will reopen this autumn following a multi-year restoration, transformed into a mixed-use hotel, club, and coworking space.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Independent hotel group Bespoke Hotels is set to open a property in Newcastle under the Hotel Gotham brand, set within the city’s former fire and police station on Pilgrim Street.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Hoxton has opened its first Scottish property in Edinburgh, spread across 11 interconnected Georgian terraced townhouses on Grosvenor Street, in the Haymarket area.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Woolley Grange, a Jacobean manor house in Bath, will undergo a property-wide renovation and begin a phased reopening starting early October 2025.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCzech Republic/Portugal: Lifestyle brand Verdi Hotels has marked its first anniversary with the expansion into Prague and Santarém. Panorama by Verdi Hotels, Prague features 441 rooms,
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