
Reading Time: 4 minutesLouise Gillon, head of hotel finance at Leumi UK, reflects on the UK and European hotel markets and shares her outlook for 2025.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Plans to convert the Waterside pub in Howth, Dublin, owned by UFC star Conor McGregor, into a boutique hotel has received objections by local residents.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property consultancy Knight Frank is seeking an operator for an office-to-boutique hotel conversion in Newcastle city centre.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIceland: Urban capsule hotel brand CityHub will open its fourth property in Reykjavik this summer, adding to its locations in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Rotterdam.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investor Asif Aziz, owner of Criterion Capital, has purchased Haymarket House in Soho, London, with plans to convert the upper floors into a £400 million hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinland: Short term rental operator Bob W has signed its fifth property in Helsinki, housed in the former Hotel Rivoli Jardin.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Bain Capital Special Situations and Orka Investments Limited have received planning permission to convert the Park Lane Mews Estate in London into a luxury lifestyle boutique hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: 100 Princes Street, the latest five-star property from Red Carnation Hotels, is scheduled to open on 1 November 2023 in Edinburgh.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lifestyle hospitality company Ennismore in partnership with Dubai-based design and development group Landlab will open the first UK Mama Shelter outside of London in Liverpool.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Munich-based hotel group Ruby Hotels has announced it will launch a property in Rome following its Italian debut in Florence next year.