
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Independent family-owned hotel Hempstead House in Sittingbourne, Kent, has received its first four-star accreditation from the AA.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: The four-star Clarence Hotel, formerly owned by members of the rock band U2, has been acquired by Press Up Hospitality Group following a €43 million loan from Leumi UK.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: 11 agency staff have been arrested at Marriott Regents Park in London who were employed illegally as cleaners, porters and maids.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Serviced apartment operator Urban Rest has moved into the boutique hotel sector with the opening of The Sarah in Sydney.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: PIG Hotel group, a restaurant with rooms brand, has confirmed that its ninth property THE PIG-on the farm in Stratford Upon Avon, will open in December 2024.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK & Ireland: Storied Collection, a collection of historic castles and estates across the UK and Ireland, has added three new historic properties to its portfolio and made them open to the public for accommodation for the first time.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lender Blackfinch Property has completed a £5.6 million bridging loan to fund the development of the latest Ruby hotel in Edinburgh.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThailand: Operator Millennium Hotels and Resorts has opened the latest property under its upscale lifestyle brand M Social in Phuket, Thailand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Alternative asset manager Limestone Capital has acquired the Hotel Axel on Calle de Atocha in Madrid from Hotel Investment Partners.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will open the Dolce by Wyndham Versailles – Domaine du Montcel in December this year.