Greece: Luxury hotel and residences Mandarin Oriental, Athens, will be developed within the urban regeneration project The Ellinikon and is set to open in the summer of 2027.
Worldwide: Luxury lifestyle hospitality brand Nikki Beach Global will open two beach resorts in Antigua (the Caribbean) and Baku (west Asia) in 2025.
Thailand: New build hotel YOTEL Bangkok will be located in south Sukhumvit in the city’s cybertech district Cloud 11, and is set to open in 2025.
Saudi Arabia: Luxury hotel management company General Hotel Management (GHM) has been selected by The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) to operate The Chedi Hegra when it opens in Q4 2023.
Romania: Hospitality operator The Ascott Limited has partnered with developer Forty Management to open a hotel in Bucharest under the luxury brand Crest Collection.
Worldwide: Hospitality technology platform Mews has partnered with Saira Hospitality to launch five pop-up hospitality schools and develop an online training solution.
South Korea: Real estate developer Eleven D&C Co., Ltd has appointed Rosewood Hotels & Resorts to manage the ultra-luxury Rosewood Seoul.
US: Real estate investment manager Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners has acquired a plot of land in Austin which will encompass a new-build property part of Graduate Hotels.
UK: London-based owner-operator Clermont Hotel Group has opened The Academy, a learning and development centre to train new and existing employees.
US: Graduate Hotels is set to launch a new-build, five-storey hotel in downtown Auburn, Alabama next year.
Qatar: Hotel operator General Hotel Management (GHM) has named Hani Akkari as the general manager of The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort in Doha.
US: Hotel owner, operator and manager The Indigo Road Hospitality Group has added Bridge Creek Inn, located in Clayton, Georgia, to its portfolio of boutique hotels located throughout the south east and midwest.
APAC: Bed and mattress brand Emma – The Sleep Company has revealed it will open two dedicated sleep hotels in Sydney, Australia and Taipei, Taiwan.
Germany: Kennedy 89 will mark the debut of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt in Frankfurt and will be the second Hyatt-branded hotel in the city.
BHN speaks to Equinox Hotels’ CEO Chris Norton, and Shafi Syed, global head of development and acquisitions, to learn more about how guest needs are influencing brand value, identity, and offerings, the intersection of technology and luxury hospitality, and how Equinox is navigating development challenges. Filmed at the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) at the InterContinental Berlin.
UK: Hotel property adviser Christie & Co has been appointed to sell 18 hotels from the Coast & Country Collection on an individual basis.
EU: Lifestyle hotel brand art’otel, owned by PPHE Hotel Group, has revealed expansion plans in three European cities between autumn 2023 and early 2024.
Greece: Luxury hotel and residences Mandarin Oriental, Athens, will be developed within the urban regeneration project The Ellinikon and is set to open in the summer of 2027.
US: Robert Stevenson, who heads up the guest experience and staff management platform INTELITY, has been presented with the TravelTech Breakthrough Awarded for CEO of the year.
US: Sister brand of Lark Hotels, Bluebird by Lark, is set to open a new property in Stowe, Vermont on 7 June 2023.
