
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Branded x Residential stage was hosted for the first time at this year’s International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) EMEA in Berlin.Â

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investor, developer and asset manager Firethorn has acquired 5 Lloyd’s Avenue in the City of London from a client of Swiss Life Asset Managers UK for an undisclosed sum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hospitality group KE Hotels has acquired The Queen Hotel Cheltenham from Sutton Hotel Collection, marking its fifth owned property in the UK.Â

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment, development and asset management firm RE Capital has sold the Ruby Stella hotel in London to LaSalle Investment Management for £48 million.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Independent luxury hotel collection Kaleidoscope Hotels has acquired the Dukes Hotel in Bath, taking the portfolio to four properties.Â

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor Eloise Hanson comments on whether loan maturities will drive hotel acquisitions.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The luxury lifestyle Virgin Hotel Glasgow has been brought to market following the property’s closure four months after opening last year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investor Asif Aziz, owner of Criterion Capital, has purchased Haymarket House in Soho, London, with plans to convert the upper floors into a £400 million hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Singaporean-based hospitality investor Fragrance Group has acquired the Grand Atlantic Hotel in Weston-super-mare from Coast & Country Hotels for an undisclosed sum.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor Eloise Hanson comments on Accor’s launch of development and operating platform, Accor One Living.