
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Luxury hotel group Evok Collection will enter the Italian capital with the opening of the Brach Roma hotel in the first quarter of 2027.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Manex Properties, the joint venture between AMANO Group and Excellion Capital, has secured planning permission to transform Waterman House, 41 Kingsway, into a 73-key boutique AMANO hotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Mount Royal Hotel Edinburgh has completed its transition to The Unlimited Collection by The Ascott Limited following a full refurbishment of the historic Princes Street property.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Pyramid Global Hospitality has added The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California, to its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels collection following the property’s recent acquisition by the San Manuel Investment Authority.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced that Fairmont Cheshire will open on 10 July 2026 and reservations are now live for the luxury countryside resort.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The 137-room PUBLIC West Hollywood hotel is due to open on 15 July 2026 as the second property under the luxury brand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope/Africa: Independent hotel collection Preferred Hotels & Resorts has revealed seven openings between May and September throughout Europe and Africa.

Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Owner-operator Minor Hotels has opened the Porta Rossa Hotel Firenze, the first hotel under the Colbert Collection worldwide.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Boutique hotel brand The PIG has sold its Groombridge Place property in Tunbridge Wells to a private buyer.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The King’s Cross Group, which owns the 67-acre site in central London known as the King’s Cross estate, has acquired the leasehold interest of the Kaya Great Northern Hotel for £20 million.