Hotel News

Sol Kerzner to open a new resort in Cape Town in 2009

Situated at the centre of Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, with views across to Table Mountain, the 131-room One&Only Cape Town resort is set to open in the second quarter of 2009. This property is going to be Sol Kerzner's first hotel in his homeland of South Africa since opening Sun City ......more

The Monarch Dubai becomes member of The Leading Hotels of the World

Within just a year of opening its doors, The Monarch Dubai hotel has joined the ranks of The Leading Hotels of the World, the marketing consortium whose membership comprises more than 450 of the world's finest hotels, resorts and spas, from over 80 ......more

New Raffles resort for Hainan Island, China, in 2011

Raffles Hotels & Resorts has announced that it will manage a new resort at the Qingshui Bay in Sanya, China's growing resort destination.  Raffles Sanya, Qingshui Bay will be the group's third property in China - following Raffles Beijing Hotel, which opened in December 2006, and the Raffles Tianjin, scheduled to open in 2009.  Sanya is a resort destination in the southernmost part of China. It ......more

Hilton to manage new hotel in Shenzhen

The Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement with The Great China International Group (GCI) for Hilton to manage the Futian Shenzhen Hotel, a 300-room property in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, just across the border from Hong Kong. This is the first full service upscale hotel that Hilton has signed in the prosperous financial hub of Shenzhen. The ......more

Hyatt's second Toronto hotel opens in January

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts will operate and manage the 394-room Hyatt Regency Toronto in downtown Toronto on behalf of King Street Enterprises. The hotel, located at 370 King Street West, will open in January 2009 in the centre of the city's entertainment district, close to the bustling nightlife scene, restaurants, clubs and galleries. The hotel is within walking distance of major attractions ......more

Jumeirah spreads to Bali and the Maldives

Jumeirah has announced that it has signed five new hotels in the past two weeks, increasing Jumeirah s property development list to 19. It has been appointed to manage Jumeirah Bali resort (Indonesia), Jumeirah Maldives Resort in the South Malé Atoll, Jumeirah Al Salam Resort in Bahrain, Jumeirah Al Salam Yiti Resort in Oman and Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in Kuwait. They are all scheduled to ......more

St James s Hotel & Club is open

The St James s Hotel and Club, London, has re-opened after an extensive renovation and restoration and is now aim to play a key role in the fashionable district of Mayfair. It is under the ownership of Althoff Hotel Collection who have ......more

Le Meridien continues expansion in Asia Pacific with the signing of two new hotels

Le Meridien continues its expansion in Asia by announcing the signing of two new hotels. Both properties are located in China, one in Qingdao and one in Chongqing. The official deal was signed with the Wanda Group who announced that visitors could expect to be checking in as early as 2011, both hotels have a certain European flair and ......more

Jumeirah to change Glasgow skyline

Dubai's Jumeirah, the luxury hotel firm and owners of the iconic Burj Al Arab, has announced plans to change the Glasgow skyline with a new 5-star hotel. The property will be Jumeirah's fifth hotel in Europe and will follow many of the blueprints used on the Burj Al Arab. It will stand 25 storeys high and will be situated in Glasgow's International Financial District near ......more

Refurbished meeting rooms at The Derbyshire Hotel

The 157-bedroom Derbyshire Hotel in Derby, recently acquired by the Principal Hayley Group, has just completed a £250,000 refurbishment of its conference and banqueting facilities. All ......more

Radisson SAS adds 150 rooms at Manchester Airport

Radisson SAS has announced it is adding 150 rooms to its Manchester Airport hotel. With a total of 510 rooms, this will make it the largest property not only at the airport but also in the whole of Greater Manchester. The rooms, not ready until 2010, will ......more

New Four Seasons opens in Mauritius

Four Seasons Resort Mauritius has opened at Anahita, a tropical sanctuary of dense mangroves and lush greenery. 'Many people are familiar with Mauritius as a beach destination,' explains Andrew Harrison, General Manager, 'but Four Seasons is ......more

Major enhancement of Thistle Haydock

Thistle Haydock, close to Haydock Park racecourse in Merseyside, is the latest property from Thistle's 33-strong portfolio to receive significant investment as part of the group's re-branding strategy. A £1m makeover is ......more

Hotel introduces new hip boutique style to Shanghai

Shanghai's newest boutique hotel, Ivy Shanghai, is located in a former 1950s cinema. It has been designed in a flamboyant style to dazzle guests and capture the essence of both old and new Shanghai. Located in a newly hip residential area, Ivy Shanghai occupies one of the ......more

Grand Millennium Beijing

The Grand Millennium Beijing is a 5-star Millennium and Copthorne Hotels property that has opened in the financial district of the Chinese capital. It has 521 spacious bedrooms. A unique feature is separate shower and bath with floor to ......more

Vietnam gets 4-star beach resort

Celadon International, Vietnam's first international hospitality and real estate management company, is launching its first 4-star Exotica branded resort near to Phan Thiet. This is a traditional fishing village becoming an increasingly popular golfing ......more

Norwood Park enters corporate market through Maverick

Norwood Park is a Georgian mansion in 175 acres of parkland with an 18-hole golf course. In time for a launch at Event UK in September, Maverick Venues has been given the contract to market the property for corporate events and to cater for them. Maverick is already handling four ......more

Madrid Airport gets Hilton conference hotel

Madrid Airport now has a Hilton. 'It is one of 50 new properties that Hilton intends to open in Spain and Portugal over the next 5 years', promises Wolfgang M Neumann, President of Hilton Hotels - Europe. 'We now complete our network of purpose-built meetings ......more

Four more Rotana properties opening in Dubai in 2008

Rotana is a Middle East hospitality company managing 24 properties, but with a plan to increase this to 65 by 2012. In line with this, Rotana is opening four new properties in Dubai before the end of 2008. These are Rose Rotana, claimed to be the tallest all-suite hotel in the ......more

InterContinental taking over Port Ghalib Resort

The two groups M A Kharafi and Sun International, who together established the extensive new Port Ghalib Resort on the Red Sea in Egypt, have ended their business relationship. The new operator of Port Ghalib will be InterContinental. They state that the hand-over will be ......more

Scone Palace's new Murray Suite

Scone Palace by Perth has opened the new Murray Suite as a corporate hospitality facility. It comprises the Tullibardine and Balvaird rooms, with views across the Estate, the parklands and the River Tay. The rooms can be hired singly or together as a year-round venue.
Located only two miles from Perth, the ......more

Second Four Seasons opens in Istanbul

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has opened its second hotel in Istanbul. It has a prime position on the European side of the Bosphorus, looking across to Asia. It was a 19th century Ottoman palace and has been restored with a contemporary style.
The original building and two new wings ......more

New Park Inn for Edinburgh

The Rezidor Hotel Group will open a new Park Inn In Edinburgh in 2010. It will be a city-centre property, along with four others by Rezidor. It will have 171 rooms, a restaurant, lobby bar and lounge, fitness room and conference facilities.
The hotel will be built on a 2250 sqm site on Leith Walk, located ......more

Derbyshire hotel increases room numbers

The Ringwood Hall Hotel in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, has opened six new bedrooms at a cost of £450k, bringing its total capacity to 70 rooms. The new rooms were previously used as servants' quarters. They include three feature rooms named after former owners of Ringwood Hall. They ......more

Meeting packages at Luna Baglioni in Venice

Luna Hotel Baglioni has introduced a range of Meeting Packages for Half Days and Full Days. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, the hotel is a few steps from St Mark's Square in Venice and claims to be the city's longest-established hotel. It has three meeting rooms for 30 to 170 The packages cost 100 euros and ......more

Grand Castle re-opened in Xi'an

The Grand Castle Hotel Xi'an has been re-opened after 6 months of renovations. A member of Summit Hotels & Resorts, it positions itself as 'the most luxurious independent 5-star hotel in China's ancient capital'. The hotel was designed in the style of the nearby ancient City Wall. It has the tallest atrium ......more

Hotel will be 'out of this world', says Premier Inn

Premier Inn has unveiled plans for a hotel on the moon. The company claims that a 43,500 sqft site has been purchased and that designers and engineers have been working on the blueprints and design for a lunar hotel that 'could be constructed and opened within 25 years'. The 'site' was 'bought' from an ......more

More investment at The Chester Grosvenor & Spa

This is how the Venetian Room will look when it re-opens in 6 weeks' time after a total refurbishment at the 5-star Chester Grosvenor and Spa. The sum of £500,000 is being spent on the Venetian and Eaton Rooms. This ......more

Leicester Square's new bijou hotel

Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square is a new 4-star deluxe hotel. To suit its stylish location the company has gone all out to create a property of special elegance. Executive Designer for ......more