The Latest Development In Automation in Hotels….Vacuuming! Meet Abbee

Date: October 2021 Location: UK and no doubt further afield What did they say: Why Automate Vacuuming in Hotels? Main photo: The Abbee automated vacumn cleaner Related Posts Solar, Thermal… Spain’s Historic Hotels, Paradores, go Green Making Sustainability Stylish How do Hoteliers Replace the One-Time Use Plastic Bottle for Water?

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Loren Hotel Launches Climate Change Initiative in Bermuda

Main Photo: The Loren Hotel, Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Date: October 2021 Name: The Loren Hotel – The Loren Roots Initiative Location: Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Number of Keys: 45 suites Owner: Stephen King, a former investment banker and hedge fund principal opened The Loren at Pink Beach as the first new-build Hotel on Bermuda in 45 years…

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Qbic Hotels London & Manchester Sold and Rebranded

Main Photo: The Qbic Manchester, to be rebranded Yotel Date: October 2021 Name: Qbic London City – to become The Corner, London City; Qbic Manchester – to become a Yotel Location: Aldgate, East London and Spinningfields, Manchester – both England, UK Number of Keys: 183 and 261 Seller: Cerberus Capital Management bought the Qbic London…

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Maya Capital and AnaCap Acquire Southwark, London Office and Hotel Scheme for £125m

Main Photo: The current Friars House Date: October 2021 Name: Friars House – Hotel TBA Location: Southwark/Blackfriars, London, England, UK Number of Keys: 106,000 sqf office, ground-floor retail and 64,000 sqf 8 storey hotel with workspace Seller: Endurance Land…TBC Buyer: Maya Capital and AnaCap Financial Partners  The two parties, Maya Capital and AnaCap have completed…

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Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison Buys Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe for US$345m

Main Photo: The magnificent setting of the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Date: October 2021 Name: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino Location: Lake Tahoe’s North Shore, Nevada, USA Number of Keys: 422, including 24 cottages Seller: The property is in Incline Village Buyer: Larry Ellison, who also owns the Cal Neva resort on…

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Hyatt Centric Brand Debuts in UK with Cambridge Opening

Main Photo: The Dual Branded Hyatt Centric Cambridge and Turing Locke Date: October 2021 Name: Hyatt Centric Cambridge – Dual-branded with Turing Locke Eddinton Cambridge, opened earlier 2021 Location: Eddington, a new development, outskirts of Cambridge, England, UK Number of Keys: 150 hotel rooms and 180 apartments at Turing Locke Seller: The new sustainable location…

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Hyatt and EuroAtlantic Announce Plans for Hyatt Place Düsseldorf Mercedesstrasse at Tadao Ando Campus & Tower, Germany

Main Photo: The new Hyatt Place Dusseldorf – imagined Date: October 2021 Name: Hyatt Place Düsseldorf Mercedesstrasse at Tadao Ando Campus & Tower – opening 2024 Location: The Tadao Ando Campus & Tower, Dusseldorf, Germany  Number of Keys: 300 Seller: TBA Buyer: EuroAtlantic Group Hyatt announced today that they have entered into a franchise agreement…

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Goldman Sachs Poised For £140m Purchase of The Belfry Golf Resort

Main Photo: The Belfry, home to the Ryder Cup in years gone by Date: October 2021 Name: The Belfry Location: Sutton Coldfield, Close to Birmingham, England, UK Number of Keys: 324 Seller: KSL Capital Partners…The De Vere Group, which owned and operated The Belfry before it sold it to the Quinn Group in 2005 for…

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Henderson Park Acquire 12-Strong UK Hilton Portfolio From Amaris Hospitality/LRC

Main Photo: Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Date: October 2021 Name: Under three Hilton brands – Hilton Hotels & Resorts; Hilton Garden Inn; and DoubleTree by Hilton Locations: London – Chelsea & Islington, Bristol North, Coventry, Dartford Bridge, Edinburgh – Central and Airport, Newbury, Southampton, Strathclyde – all UK and Dublin, Ireland Number of Keys: 2,424 Seller:…

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IHG Opens New Holiday Inn At Paris CDG Airport With HPVA Hotels

Main Photo: The new Holiday Inn Paris – CDG Date: October 2021 Name: The Holiday Inn Paris – CDG Airport Location: 10 minutes shuttle ride from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport Number of Keys: 250 Seller: TBA Buyer: HPVA Hotels Group, operating since 2013, with 20 hotels owned, developed and under management, with four…

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Benchmark Global Hospitality and Pyramid Hotel Group Merge

Main Photo: The Costa d’Este Beach Resort Florida – a Benchmark Gemstone Property Date: October 2021 Name: Benchmark Pyramid Location: USA HQ – Global Number of Keys: 210 hotels – annual operating revenue under management of more than $3 billion The Two Parties: The two hotel and resort management companies are joining forces to create…

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Casa Cook Samos to Open 2022 in Greek Islands

Main Photo: The new Casa Cook Samos – imagined Date: October 2021 Name: Casa Cook Samos – opening May 2022 Location: Samos, North Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece Number of Keys: 128 Owner: Velos Tourism Casa Cook has announced that its latest boutique hotel will open on the Greek island of Samos in May 2022, in…

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