Louise Gillon, head of hotel finance at Leumi UK, reflects on the lessons hoteliers can learn from Airbnb.
Jeremy Gall, CEO of Breezeway, outlines the similarities between boutique hotels and vacation rentals.
UK: Town Hotels, the hospitality division of Living Brick, has invested £11 million into the new developments, both located in
Worldwide: Surveying over 200 hospitality providers, Operto Guest Technologies has published The State of Tech-Enabled Stays from 2021-2023. The report
Worldwide: Lifestyle hospitality company Ennismore has launched the digital platform All Inclusive Collection, featuring an initial 30 hotels and resorts.
Austria: Hotel and apartment operator Harry’s Home has been appointed to operate the former Wolfgang’s Hotel in Salzburg.
UK: Independent owner-operator RAD Hotel Group has acquired the Seamill Hydro Hotel in Ayrshire, Scotland, for an undisclosed sum.
Italy: Avani Hotels & Resorts, the upscale lifestyle brand of Minor Hotels, has debuted in Venice with the opening of Avani Rio Novo in Dorsoduro.
Germany: Digital hospitality platform NUMA Group has raised $59 million [€55.5 million] in growth equity capital in a Series C funding round.
UAE: Lifestyle hospitality brand Rove Hotels has set a regional expansion goal across the GCC, targeting 10,000 rooms in operation or under development over the next five years.
UK: Owner-operator BGAM Hospitality has launched a new division, BGAM Hotel Management, as the company plans to expand its portfolio of independent and boutique hotels.
UK: Four-star hotel The Greenbank located in Falmouth, Cornwall, has promoted Matt Garland to hotel manager.
Germany: Hotel developer and operator Aspire Hotel GmbH plans to open 20 properties in the DACH region by 2027.
BHN sits down with Alexandra Livesey, managing director of Brama Hotels and COO of Clockwise, to talk about the conversion of Bromley Old Town Hall into a boutique hotel and her outlook on the hotelisation of real estate. Filmed at Brama Hotel, Bromley.
