UK: SH Hotels & Resorts will open 1 Hotel Mayfair in early summer 2023, located on Berkeley Street overlooking London’s Green Park.
UK: Sustainable luxury hotel 1 Hotel Mayfair, part of SH Hotels & Resorts, has named Francois-Xavier Schoeffer as general manager ahead of its summer launch.
UK: Located on Grosvenor Square, The Twenty Two has opened comprising 31 bedrooms, a mews house, all-day restaurant and private members club.
UK: Marriott has signed an agreement with Cola Holdings to redevelop The Westbury Hotel in Mayfair, London into a 196-room St. Regis property.
UK: More than 8,000 items from The Westbury Mayfair will be up for auction between 7-10 June 2021 in preparation
The Netherlands: Zien Group, the parent company of Eden Hotels, has opened the Jan Luyken Amsterdam as part of a new independent hotel brand.
UK: The 58-bedroom Riverside Hotel in Kendal has been sold by South Lakes Hotels to Interesting Hotels Group off a guide price of £4.5 million.
BHN editor Eloise Hanson checks in with Rami Zeidan, founder and CEO of Life House, to learn about his greatest achievements, worst mistakes, and what he’s yet to accomplish. They also discuss what challenges independent hotel owners face, what prompted the partnership with metasearch engine KAYAK, as well as future plans to introduce a new brand.
UK: Singaporean investor KOP Group has purchased the 105-room Burns Hotel located in Earls Court, London off a guide price of £35 million.
Greece: Hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has added the 171-room Ajul Luxury Hotel & Spa Resort to its Registry Collection, marking the first hotel opening in Europe for the luxury soft brand.
US: Real estate development, brand and design firm LEFT LANE will open the Hotel Bardo Savannah in February 2024, a Leading Hotels of the World property.
US: Hotel owner and manager Sonesta International has debuted two soft brands – Classico A Sonesta Collection, and MOD A Sonesta Collection.
UK: Luxury hospitality company Belmond has promoted its chief operating officer Dan Ruff to CEO, effective 1 July 2023.
US: Hotel development and management company Lark Hotels has opened the Blind Tiger in Burlington, Vermont, ahead of another Blind Tiger launch in Asheville, North Carolina.
Worldwide: Hospitality management company Rosewood Hotel Group has named Kevin Yung as chief financial officer.
