
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hotel and leisure club operator Village Hotels has purchased the former Crowne Plaza site at Caversham Bridge, Reading.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group has acquired a portfolio of 10 properties from Edwardian Hotels for an undisclosed sum.

Reading Time: 5 minutesBoutique Hotel News revisits 10 stories that defined 2023 for the boutique, lifestyle and luxury hotel sectors.

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 minutesUAE: Investment firm Shamal Holding will develop the Baccarat Hotel & Residences in downtown Dubai, set to open in 2026.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor Eloise Hanson comments on the launch of Field & Stream Lodge Co., an operating platform targeting adventure locations.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: YOTEL will open its first hotel in Japan located in Ginza, Tokyo, in 2024.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: SH Hotels & Resorts has announced it will open a Treehouse Hotel in Manchester, the brand’s second UK location which is scheduled to open
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The five-year facility will help finance the opening and stabilisation costs of the Grand Hotel, which was acquired in 2017 by Starwood Capital Group.