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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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Six Senses London has opened within the former Whiteley’s emporium on Bayswater’s Queensway.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The newly established Evolution Investment Fund has acquired two luxury hotel projects in Mayfair, London, with a total capital commitment of approximately £1.1 billion, including development expenditure.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the Hotel Investment + Development Event (HIDE), organised by Hotel Analyst, a discussion focussed on how branded residences combine developer returns with hotel performance.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lifestyle hotel brand The Webster will open its first property near Covent Garden, London this summer followed by a site in Times Square, New York in winter 2026.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: At the end of Q4 2025, Lodging Econometrics’ Europe Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report found 1,717 projects with 252,600 rooms are in the development process.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Part of the JMK Group portfolio, the Kensington Hideaway is a 59-room boutique hotel located along Kensington High Street.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate owner Criterion Capital has purchased the St Giles London Hotel for a reported £220 million, expanding its West End portfolio.
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