Europe

Grace Santorini reopened for the summer season in May 2016 with a fresh new design following a complete renovation to enhance the iconic luxury…

A Seaside Tsar should be appointed to help Britain’s forgotten seaside towns fight back from decades of decay according to new research which paints…

Blumen Haus Lech will soon offer the ultimate Alpine retreat in the Austrian mountains, when this extraordinary nine suite hotel launches on 1 December…

For 50 years, EquipHotel has helped French and international hospitality and catering professionals to decipher trends, identify innovations, promote networking – with one goal:…

Economy designer brand Ibis Styles is thinking big with the opening of not just one but two new hotels in Budapest. This is a…

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has announced it will debut the iconic W Hotels brand in Scotland with W Edinburgh. Opening in 2021 and…

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) is the leading source of global hospitality expertise and counsel, represented by some two hundred of the…

From this summer onwards the five-star hotel, IBEROSTAR, in Playa de Palma will be home to the first GROHE Experience Suite in Mallorca. The…

BW Premier Collection has announced that Ten Hill Place, in central Edinburgh, will become the tenth member of Best Western Great Britain’s soft branded…

The hotly anticipated, exclusive first properties at Portonovi, Montenegro – the Adriatic’s newest luxury lifestyle destination – have been released for purchase this week…

A historic London hotel is set for a £10 million renovation to be headed up by Wolff Architects. Kensington Rooms Hotel, the 41,000sq-ft luxury…

London’s newest luxury boutique hotel Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch opened its doors on 1 May 2016, allowing guests to discover its eclectic criminal past. The…

Tune Hotels’ Liverpool Street property is nearing completion of a 34-room extension of its current 183 room hotel. The newly designed rooms will be…

On Tuesday 12 July, Dorsett Hospitality International and Willmott Dixon celebrated a milestone event at the ‘topping out’ of the Dorsett City Hotel. Guests…

Permission has been granted to the St James’ Hotel Group to begin construction work on the new 117-room Hotel Indigo Bath. Operating under a…

Amastan Paris has opened and marks the first flagship of the new urban hotel brand, Amastan. The hotel is situated in the heart of…

The 5-star Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in the historical and artistic heart of Madrid has opened its doors. Gran Meliá Palacio de…

Developer Allied London has confirmed Nadler Hotels will operate a 110-bedroom hotel in the heart of Manchester, which will form part of the £1.3…

Pestana Hotel Group is delighted to announce the opening of the first Pestana CR7hotel on 1 July in Funchal, Madeira Island. The highly anticipated…

Hilton Worldwide has opened a DoubleTree hotel in Sighisoara – the sixth property in its Romanian portfolio. DoubleTree by Hilton Sighisoara – Cavaler joins…

With fresh and elegant new interiors designed by The Gallery HBA, the public areas at London’s Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel have reopened…

This July sees the grand opening of the new citizenM hotel in the heart of one of London’s most historical sites. Right opposite the…

As part of the extensive refurbishment of the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, Dernier & Hamlyn has manufactured bespoke lighting for the main bar,…

An historic former school building next to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is to be converted into a boutique hotel and restaurant as part of the…

Luxury resort Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa in Marbella, has announced the launch of three deluxe new villas for summer 2016. Complementing the…

Canopy by Hilton, the new lifestyle brand, along with Icelandair Hotels have announced the opening of the world’s first Canopy hotel in the city…

Stockholm is one of the fastest growing cities in northern Europe, embracing its bank of up-and-coming fashion, design, and musical talent. It wasn’t going…

Situated in the Old Town part of Gdańsk, the Almond Hotel perfectly brings together the functions of a hotel, restaurant, and a spa &…

Cornish property Penolva is the latest new addition to the ever-popular St Mawes Retreats portfolio, a sublime collection of exclusive holiday sea view houses…

One of York’s top hotels – the Grand Hotel and Spa – has started to undergo an extensive £15 million development project, which will…

The Lodge Hotel in Putney has long been a fantastic place to stay in South West London, close as it is to the delights…

SACO – The Serviced Apartment Company – has marked the 10th anniversary of its well-established aparthotel in Bath with the addition of four new…

Muckrach Country House Hotel in the Scottish Highlands just north of Aviemore is an 11 bedroom Victorian Shooting Lodge set in 10 acres, surrounded…

Wyndham Hotel Group has announced that accessible luxury is coming to Athens when the Wyndham Grand Athens, the first Wyndham Hotel Group hotel in…

The new bar and lounge is now open at Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa in Hinckley, Leicestershire. This well-established hotel has just opened the…

Worldhotels, a premier group of independent hotels, is proud to announce a new member – the Courthouse Hotel London. Formerly the Great Marlborough Street…

The Lake District’s most successful self-catering cottage company, Heart of the Lakes, is delighted to be representing one of Ambleside’s most unique holiday properties….

One Warwick Park, the elegant 39-room hotel, in Tunbridge Wells’ historic Pantiles district, was finally unveiled last week at a glittering launch party. Owner-operators…

AccorHotels has expanded the MGallery by Sofitel brand with the opening of Hotel Paris Bastille Boutet in the French capital’s 11th district near Le…

Autograph Hotels, Marriott International’s distinctive portfolio of independent hotels, is proud to welcome four one-of-a-kind properties to its global portfolio, in the Florida Keys,…

Radisson Blu has opened their first upper upscale international hotel in Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. Overlooking the famed Mount Ararat, within walking distance of…

93 rooms at the five-star Steigenberger Golf & Spa Resort Camp de Mar on Mallorca, operated by RIMC, now boast a resplendent new look…

The neighbourhood-lifestyle brand pentahotels is introducing a new innovative and exciting category of rooms – the PentaPlayerPad. The stylish penta-experience already begins upon arrival….

The iconic and classically-styled Ritz Paris Hotel has reopened following a four-year renovation, which was blighted by a major fire earlier this year. The…

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced plans for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria. Hyatt Regency Sofia will mark the first Hyatt-branded hotel in…

Luxury Hotels Group is delighted to announce the latest addition to its growing portfolio – in the heart of Bilbao, Hotel Carlton is a…

Bulgari Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement to bring the luxury brand to Moscow, with development to be carried out by Moscow-based Storm…

Located right next door to the Amsterdam ArenA and the Ziggo Dome, Jaz Amsterdam has celebrated its official hotel opening and has succeeded in…

Park Hyatt Mallorca, located on the relatively undiscovered north-eastern coast, has opened to become the first Park Hyatt resort in Europe and the first…

Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, nicknamed Josephine by Napoleon Bonaparte and known as JoBo to her closest friends, possessed all the characteristics, including the…

Located within the Hotel Barsey by Warwick in Brussels, The Avenue by Barsey restaurant recently unveiled a dramatic new look created by Paris-based interior…

Hilton Worldwide’s Hampton by Hilton brand, the global mid-priced hotel that serves value-conscious and quality-driven travelers around the world, today announced the opening of…

Il Sereno presents a new era of luxury hotel for the iconic destination of Lake Como with an ethos of understated elegance. Designed by…

Consisting of eleven Townhouse rooms and grand Suites of different sizes, the luxury Palazzo Scanderbeg is located in the heart of Rome, with a…

The beautifully restored 19th century Chateau de La Redorte in the heart of France’s Languedoc region will open its doors to guests later this…

Mercer Hotel Sevilla, opening in the summer of 2016, is the new luxury landmark hotel set in the heart of the historic centre of…

Situated on the banks of the Rhine, just moments away from Bonn’s famous Museum Mile, the Marriott Bonn World Conference Hotel is scheduled to…

Marriott Hotels, the signature brand of Marriott International, has opened its first hotel in Macedonia, the Skopje Marriott Hotel. Situated on Macedonia Square, in…

This June the luxury resort of Daios Cove, Crete, is opening ‘The Mansion’ – a new exclusive villa which comes complete with exquisite design,…

Renaissance Hotels has opened its sixth hotel in the emerging neighbourhood of La Republique, Paris. Conveniently located near Le Marais and Canal Saint Martin,…

Louvre Hotels Group has strengthened its position in the Middle East and North Africa by announcing the opening of 40 economy hotels over the…

Ikos Olivia, a contemporary and stylishly designed hotel on Greece’s Halkidiki coast, is set to open four new, two-bedroom beach-front bungalow suites this year….

Frankfurt Messe Premier Inn officially opened to the public last week, marking Whitbread’s first  hotel of the brand in Germany. Adopting European-style open-plan lounge,…

The first foundations have been laid for One&Only Portonovi – an integral part of the new luxury lifestyle development being built in Montenegro. In…

The first, award-winning major revamp since the the Hilton Budapest originally opened in 1977 has been revealed; maintaining its strong appeal to conference and…

Andrew’s Lane Theatre is set to become a ‘micro hotel’ after investors revealed plans to build a seven-storey development containing 115 pod rooms of…

Hilton has begun proceedings to enter the Serbian market after signing an agreement with local developers to open a Hilton-branded hotel in the capital…

Rezidor announced this week the opening of the world’s very first Radisson RED hotel in Brussels, Belgium. Radisson RED is a new hotel philosophy…

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has revealed its first hotel in Hungary this week. The Ritz-Carlton, Budapest, is housed within a protected historic building, located…

April will see representatives of the world’s fashion and design industry converge on Milan, where the 55th Milan Design Week will be held from…

Hilton Worldwide has reached a franchise agreement with Grupo Avintia to bring Curio – A Collection by Hilton to Ibiza’s historic town centre. The…

Award-winning design practice Areen Hospitality has completed the first phase of the 467 guest room renovation of the iconic Westin Palace Madrid, one of…

AC Hotels by Marriott has opened its fifth property in France, the AC Hotel Marseille Velodrome, in the heart of the city’s business district….

Marriott International announced earlier this week that it plans to open an additional five Moxy Hotels in key European cities in 2016, including Munich,…

I still consider the historic centre of Bruges (or to use its correct, local name; ‘Brugge’) to be a relatively ‘hidden gem’. Of the…

Marriott International in conjunction with Ian Scharger and KKH Property Investors have announced their plans to open a new EDITION hotel in Barcelona in…

With comfort and luxury at every turn, Geberit AquaClean 8000plus shower toilets were the natural choice for the five-star Park Hyatt Vienna Hotel. Situated…

Marriott International in Europe announced on Tuesday that it will double in size once its parent company completes its acquisition of Starwood Hotels &…

Nuremberg, Germany; home to an eclectic blend of Medieval and Renaissance architecture is welcoming the best-connected, contemporary 177-roomed Park Plaza Nuremberg in spring 2016….

It’s fair to say that until relatively recently, airport hotels didn’t have the best of reputations. Seen as merely a necessary concession for ease…

Marriott Hotels – Marriott International’s signature brand – has welcomed The Hague Marriott to its portfolio following an extensive four-month refurbishment. The hotel, situated…

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the signing of InterContinental® Sofia, the first for the brand in Bulgaria. The hotel will operate under a…

Relais & Châteaux, a leading and prestigious collection of hotels and restaurants around the world, welcomed 4 new hotels to its family this January….

IHG are pleased to announce the signing of two new Hotel Indigo Properties in Europe: • Hotel Indigo Stratford-upon-Avon, UK – The hotel will…

Starwood is bringing its Sheraton brand to the upmarket resort town of Cascais, Portugal with the signing of the Sheraton Cascais Resort. Owned and…

Minor Hotel Group (MHG) has announced the completion of the final stage of its acquisition of Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, a well-known Portugal-based brand…

In recent years, the global hospitality industry has been marking the steady rise in popularity of the ‘aparthotel’. And looking at the trends, it…

In March I made a long overdue trip back from the antipodean colonies to the motherland. To break up the frenetic efforts to see…

For many years my practice worked for island hotel groups, the Hugglers (see Club Hotel and Spa) and the Seymours of Jersey (see the…

It stands almost as a symbolic icon of the recovery of Germany from past disasters. Top floors burned out, requisition by occupation forces, rebuilt…

I don’t ski. I have this image of gliding out onto the slope and slowly sinking into the snow as my weight proves too…

Louvre Hotels Group brands are known to generations of UK travellers through France. My first visit to a Campanile in the 1980’s amused me….

I’ve lost count of the number of trips I have made into what we must now call Central Europe over the last ten years….

Many things can drive the genesis of a new hotel chain, but mostly it is driven by personal views of owners. Room Mate was…

Any ski hotel will fill if it is positioned at the bottom of the ski-lifts. The Royal Spa sits on the edge of Jochberg,…

Set in the Silesian coalfields, Katowice is a city of concrete. Dotted around the skyline of this grey city are sets of the pithead…

I have just featured two hotels (Cube and Ongava) where the guests’ needs, in terms of why they are at those locations, has driven…

Cube’s name is expressive. The building is a glass cube, unashamedly modernist amongst the traditional Tyrolean valley chalet style architecture. The ‘shock of the…

Noel Coward’s ‘Brief Encounter’ was set on a railway platform in which a couple waiting for different trains fall for one another. Returning to…