
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRomania: Hospitality operator The Ascott Limited has partnered with developer Forty Management to open a hotel in Bucharest under the luxury brand Crest Collection.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Hospitality technology platform Mews has partnered with Saira Hospitality to launch five pop-up hospitality schools and develop an online training solution.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Korea: Real estate developer Eleven D&C Co., Ltd has appointed Rosewood Hotels & Resorts to manage the ultra-luxury Rosewood Seoul.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: 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.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: London-based owner-operator Clermont Hotel Group has opened The Academy, a learning and development centre to train new and existing employees.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Graduate Hotels is set to launch a new-build, five-storey hotel in downtown Auburn, Alabama next year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesTaiwan: Luxury hotel group Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and developer Yuan Lih Construction Co., Ltd., will open a 31-storey hotel in the centre of Taipei.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSA: Molly O’Keefe has been promoted to principal at The Gettys Group Companies to drive strategic business initiatives for the design and development firm.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Research from property advisor Knight Frank shows that UK hotel transactions for 2022 sit at around 30 per cent below the five-year average.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor Eloise Hanson chats with Mark Henderson, YOTEL’s VP of technical services, about the group’s use of modular construction within existing and future properties, the opportunities and challenges of building modular projects and why there is increased appetite for them.