
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Mactaggart Family & Partners, owner of The Resident brand, has been granted planning permission by the City of London for a fifth property in the capital, located in Farringdon.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Luxury lifestyle brand Virgin Hotels will open its first site in London on 1 August 2024, housed in the former Mondrian Shoreditch London hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lifestyle hospitality company Ennismore and Reuben Brothers, owner of Mondrian Shoreditch, will relocate the brand to a “bigger location” in central London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Luxury lifestyle resort Edgecamp Pamlico Station as opened on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Hatteras Island.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sustainable hotel collection Beyond Green, part of Preferred Travel Group, has added Swinton Park Hotel in Yorkshire to its portfolio.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Independent hotel group Bespoke Hotels has revealed plans for Hotel Gotham Newcastle, which is scheduled to open in autumn this year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMexico: Luxury hospitality brand Pendry Hotels & Resorts will open a hotel and residences in Mexico City in 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS/Switzerland: Smart lifestyle brand Project HQ Hotels & Residences has revealed the locations of its first two properties – in Detroit, Michigan, and Montreux, Switzerland.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel brand management company SH Hotels & Resorts has revealed plans to transform the Pan Pacific property in Seattle into its 1 Hotel brand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hotel company Leonardo has acquired the five-star Hotel Gotham in Manchester for an undisclosed sum.
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