Nordic Hotels Announces Oslo Luxury Art Deco Hotel Opening – Sommerro

Main Photo: The old Electricity Co building, to become The Sommerro Date: November 2021 Name: Sommerro – to open September 2022 Location: Frogner, Oslo, Norway Number of Keys: 231 plus 56 residences Seller: The site was the former HQ of Oslo Lysverker Buyer: Nordic Choice Hotels, owned by Petter Stordalen and headed up by Torgeir…

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The Standard Comes to Ireland’s Dublin Arch, From the USA

Main Photo: The site where the new Standard hotel will open Date: November 2021 Name: The Standard Dublin – to open 2025 Location: Dublin, Ireland Number of Keys: 200 Seller: The site, known as Dublin Arch, previously Connolly Quarter, is a mixed-use development to house offices, shops, homes as well as the hotel. Developer: Ballymore…

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The Latest Trend in Hotels….Add Experiential Accommodation In the Grounds

Main Photo: The Shepherd Huts at Another Place in the UK’s Lake District Date: November 2021 Name: Many…Outside Rooms Location: Across the Globe…this report Ullswater, Lake District, England, UK – opening summer 2022 Number of Keys: Adding from Five to Twenty-Five additional rooms to an existing hotel Owner: Will Ashworth, CEO The Lake/Another Place Between…

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Molo Hotel Group Acquires Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba

Main Photo: Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba Date: November 2021 Name: Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba Location: Eagle Beach, Aruba, Caribbean Number of Keys: 72 Seller: The hotel has been family-held since 1970 when hotelier Ike Cohen bought the 72-room oceanfront hotel from its original developers, a pair of KLM pilots who opened…

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Rare Opportunity To Develop 85-Key Hotel in London WC1 Area

Location: Southampton Row, London WC1, England, UK…nearest tube: Holborn Name: Carlisle House – Open to Buyer Guide Price: Offers Invited No. of Keys: Scope to Make 85 Hotel Rooms and Nine Apartments The Opportunity: Current use is as a Grade II listed Edwardian Baroque eight storey building that was used as a Public House (Pub)…

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Zetland Capital Partners Acquires Macdonald Manchester and Holyrood Hotels

Main Photo: Macdonald Manchester Hotel Date: November 2021 Names: Macdonald Manchester Hotel and Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Location: Manchester, England and Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Number of Keys: 338 – Manchester; 156 – Edinburgh 494 in total Seller: Macdonald Hotels & Resorts. Buyer: Zetland Capital Partners LLP London based private equity firm Zetland Capital Partners LLP is…

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Hilton Plots Growth in Europe and UK

Main Photo: The Canopy by Hilton Madrid Castellana Date: November 2021 Name: Hilton Locations: Across Europe Number of Keys: With 217 properties and more than 35,000 rooms in development, Hilton is expected to increase its footprint in Europe and U.K. by nearly 30% by the end of 2023 “Europe is instrumental to Hilton’s global growth…

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Oakwood Premier to Make Kuala Lumpur Debut

Main Photo: The new Oakwood Kuala Lumpur Date: November 2021 Name: Oakwood Premier Kuala Lumpur – opening December 2024 Location: Merdeka 118 Precinct, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Number of Keys: 348 Seller: TBA Buyer: PNB Merdeka Ventures Oakwood has signed a management agreement with PNB Merdeka Ventures, to debut the Oakwood Premier brand at the Merdeka…

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Mollie’s Motel & Diner to Grow to 100 sites in the Next 10 Years

Main Photo: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Date: November 2021 Name: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Locations: UK-wide Number of Keys: 750 – 1,000 over the next 10 years; Manchester 123 Keys Seller: TBA Buyer: Mollie’s Motel & Diner Mollie’s Motel & Diner aims to grow to 100 sites in the next 10 years. Originally conceived by…

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citizenM Raises $1bn For Expansion

Main Photo: citizenM New York Times Square Date: November 2021 Name: citizenM Location: Global – Europe, USA and Asia Number of Keys: 20 hotels – 4,760 open with a further 16 planned to take them to 8,545 keys Seller: N/A Buyer: GIC, APG Asset Management and KRC Capital CitizenM has raised US$ 1 billion in…

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London Town Group Appoints Cycas To Manage Three London Hotels

Main Photo: Mercure London Hyde Park Date: November 2021 Name: Mercure London Hyde Park, Mercure London Paddington, Hotel Indigo London Paddington Location: London, UK Number of Keys: 72, 86 & 64 – 222 in total Owner: London Town Group Manager: Cycas Hospitality Cycas Hospitality is to operate three upscale boutique hotels as part of a…

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Former Boarding School, 69,000 sqf Accommodation, Set in 84 Acres, Hertfordshire – North of London For Sale – Grade II Listed Manor House

Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK – 8 miles from Luton (airport) Name: Princess Helena College – a former boarding school Guide Price: TBA…Guiding around £8m No. of Keys: Could make 60+ rooms The Opportunity: Princess Helena College, founded by Miss Sophia Williams in 1820, moved to Temple Dinsley in 1935 from London, where it was…

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Four-Star Country House 43-Key Hotel, With Planning to Add 70 Rooms and Extended Spa, an Hour From London – Surrey Hills Exceptional Price

Location: Surrey, an hour from London by train…South of Guildford Name: TBA Guide Price: £6.25m Price per Key: £145,350 No. of Keys: 43 currently with planning consent to add 70 or 82 more! The Opportunity: This hotel has been well-known for some fifty years, with a mostly good reputation (slightly up and down!) and in…

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Intrepid Travel Expands Into Hotels With Launch of Drifter

Main Photo: The new Drifter Christchurch, NZ Date: November 2021 Name: Drifter – an Intrepid Hotel Locations: Initially Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in 2022 with plans to secure an East Coast Australia property in 2022 Number of Keys: Christchurch – 95; Others will be between 60-150 Seller: The site was built in 1919 as the…

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Louvre Hotels Launches Capsule Hostel Brand HoSho

Main Photo: The new HoSho Brand by Louvre Hotels Date: November 2021 Name: Hotel HoSho Paris Sud Porte d’Italie Location: South Paris, France Number of Keys: 39 rooms – 246 beds! Seller: The building was an office block Buyer: A franchise partner with Louvre Hotels, owned by Chinese Jin Jiang Louvre Hotels Group has launched…

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