
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Part of Iconic Hotels & Resorts, Strand Palace has promoted Jill van Rest to general manager, the property’s first female GM since 1998.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The King’s Cross Group, which owns the 67-acre site in central London known as the King’s Cross estate, has acquired the leasehold interest of the Kaya Great Northern Hotel for £20 million.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cheval Collection has expanded its branded residence portfolio with the launch of Cheval Residences Knightsbridge Gate in London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Owner-operator Queensway Group has secured planning permission for two hotel developments in Central London, comprising almost 350 keys.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment and development company MCR Property Group has deployed £150 million into a central London hospitality portfolio with plans to target £500 million scale.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lifestyle brand Zedwell has expanded in London with two property signings in Bank and Spitalfields.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Privately-owned hospitality business JMK Group has secured a £48 million loan from OakNorth Bank and REL Finance to transform a nine-storey office in the City of London into a 260-key hotel.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Hotel consultancy HVS’s 2025 Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) shows hotel valuation grew 0.2 per cent across the continent.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Owner-operator Criterion Capital will convert Oxenford House in Oxford city centre under its Zedwell hotel brand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The 195-room Mama Shelter London Shoreditch hotel has permanently closed, with coliving operator ARK rebranding the site ahead of an expected July reopening.