Movers and Shakers
NoMad London promotes Perone to general manager
UK: Christopher Perone has been promoted from food and beverage director at NoMad London hotel to general manager.
Industry
Queensgate completes Generator US refinancing
US: Queensgate Investments has completed the refinancing of two Generator Group lifestyle hotels, in Miami and Washington, for circa $55 million with funds managed by Apollo. The news follows a circa €500 million debt restructuring for Generator Group earlier this year by Queensgate, in which Apollo provided nearly €100 million
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NoMad Hotels to open first international property in London
UK: New York-based hospitality company Sydell Group will open NoMad London on May 25 2021. The Sydell Group, founded by Andrew Zobler, has now opened two properties in London – the other being The Ned. In order to launch NoMad London, the group partnered with Doha based investment firm BTC.
Industry
Queensgate completes Generator debt restructure
EU/US: A circa €500 million debt restructuring for Generator Group, a lifestyle hospitality platform which owns, operates and develops assets across Europe and North America, has been completed by Queensgate Investments. Generator Group consists of 19 hotels with a total of 3,194 rooms in 17 gateway cities across 10 countries.
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NoMad London opening December
UK: The first NoMad hotel in Europe will be located in Covent Garden in the former Bow Street Magistrates Court, and is scheduled to open in December. New York-based hospitality group, Sydell Group, founded by Andrew Zobler who opened The Ned, is behind the new property. The hotel has been
Features
Quick Q&A: Michael Buono, Mulberry Development
Michael Buono, CEO of New York developer and contractor Mulberry talks to BHN about attention to detail and evoking emotion in a buildng’s end user. • Can you give us some background on yourself and your business partner Robert Lavecchia, and tell us when you teamed up to form Mulberry?“I
Industry
Event review: 2017 Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit
BHN looks at the highlights and key learnings from the 2017 Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit. The event annual Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit took place in London earlier this week, with 200 delegates from as far afield as the US, Thailand, Ghana, Brazil and Japan gathering in London. For
Movers and Shakers
Generator and Freehand Hotels appoints COO
Worldwide: Lifestyle hospitality brands Generator and Freehand Hotels have named Ayo Akinsete as the company’s chief operating officer.
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Hotel Per La opens at former NoMad LA
US: HN Capital Partners and Sage Hospitality have launched the lifestyle property Hotel Per La which occupies the former NoMad Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
Industry
London’s Boundary House sold to hoteliers
UK: Boundary House on Jewry Street has been acquired for approximately £31m by Austrian hoteliers, Rudolf and Christian Ploberger from GR Properties UK Limited. Gerard Nolan & Partners sourced the property as a potential mixed-use development comprising a 300-bedroom hotel with serviced offices. The development will appeal to workers in