
Reading Time: 16 minutesWorldwide: Drawing from the coverage provided by four sector-leading b2b websites, the editorial team at International Hospitality Media [IHM] highlight 25 influential leaders across travel, hospitality and real estate who they believe have a big 12 months ahead of them.

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 minuteNorth America/EMEA: Hospitality management company Aimbridge has appointed Tiffany Cooper and Niall Kelly to its global leadership development team.

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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has revealed its third London location in South Bank will open in 2028.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The “compact luxury” brand Z Hotels has secured a £15 million loan from OakNorth Bank to refinance an existing loan and construct new rooms at Z Piccadilly.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece: 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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Luxury lifestyle hospitality brand Nikki Beach Global will open two beach resorts in Antigua (the Caribbean) and Baku (west Asia) in 2025.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: 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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSaudi 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.