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The 13 Hotel, Macau’s ultra-luxury 22-storey property with a turbulent history, is back on the market with an asking price of HK$2.4 billion ($309 million), according to property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The deadline for bids is May 19.

Portuguese hotel chain Octant Hotels has announced the launch of Latitude, a new platform that invites guests to explore the hidden treasures and authentic traditions surrounding each of its hotels.

A fire broke out early on Wednesday morning, 23 April 2025, at the Dhara Dhevi Hotel in Muang district, Chiang Mai, destroying the spa complex. 

Hoshino Resorts has launched Lucy, a new mountain hotel concept aiming to promote nature tourism in Japan’s numerous mountains.  

The many famous men linked to the veteran actress Catherine Deneuve, on screen and off, could dominate this column. Yet the Gallic superstar’s most enduring entanglement was arguably with her gardener Gérard Germaine, the slight, bucket-hatted outdoorsman charged with maintaining Primard, her lush Eure river estate an hour west of Paris near the village of Guainville. 

Spanish hotel group Room Mate has launched into the Swiss market, adding its first hotel in Geneva.

Dorchester Collection is delighted to announce the appointment of Philippe Leboeuf as chief executive officer, effective June 2025.

Located in JVT, the new neighbourhood hotel offers 579 rooms and social spaces for guests to connect and experience the city like a resident

Hotels.com is relaunching its brand and unveiling a new mascot in a bid to get its name “back out there.”

Accor today announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Royal Holiday Group to acquire 17 management agreements (3,200 keys). The portfolio includes six existing All-inclusive Resorts in Mexico (1,660 keys) to be managed by Ennismore, as well as eleven existing resorts and city hotels in Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico and the USA (1,540 keys) to be managed by Accor PM&E Americas.

Homeless Mikko Luistinen, 58, allegedly tucked into a sumptuous meal with wine at the five-star Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane, in May 2022 worth £1,936, with no intention of paying.

New research conducted for Best Western suggests that 30 per cent of Brits are now 'breakfast scrollers,' using their phones during the first meal of the day.

Recruitachef Ltd has been named and shamed in a government report as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal working practices. It is one of several hundred employers that were given a total of 366 civil penalties worth over £18m in the three months between July and September last year.

Tiny Pod, a pop-up hotel and coliving brand, is set to expand its hospitality portfolio with the opening of Train Pod @ one-north, made from a decommissioned MRT carriage, in the second half of 2025.

The Fair Trade Commission of Japan is poised to issue a warning to 15 high-end hotel companies operating in Tokyo, amid allegations of potential violations of the Antimonopoly Law. The commission's concerns stem from reports that these hotels have been exchanging sensitive information that could lead to a price-fixing cartel.

PAI Partners has secured European Commission approval for its acquisition of Motel One Group, a Munich-headquartered budget design hotel operator with nearly 28,000 rooms across 13 countries.

PPF Real Estate Holding has entered into an agreement with Northwood Investors to acquire the Four Seasons Hotel in Prague. This transaction will strengthen PPF Group's position in the real estate sector in the hotel sector. This is stated in the company's message.

IF YOU’VE ever fancied owning a hotel in Spain, there are plenty to options with the Idealista property portal saying it has over a thousand listings- mainly in tourist hotspots. Though numbers recorded an annual fall of 3.5% in March, there are still almost 1,400 hotels available via the portal.

The developer has received an offer of about $1 billion for the hotel through an adviser, said one of the people, all of whom asked not to be identified discussing private information. No final decisions have been made and Alexico could opt to retain ownership of the property.

Italian luxury fashion brand Aquazzura and the iconic Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel, have partnered to create the first-ever Aquazzura Bar, marking the brand’s debut in the hospitality sector. This exclusive collaboration brings together Aquazzura’s distinctive aesthetics and the timeless elegance of the hotel that this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.

Travelodge has announced the acquisition of 11 hotels across the UK, marking a major step forward in its ambitious growth plans. The move expands the brand’s UK portfolio to nearly 600 hotels, with the company aiming to open a further 300 nationwide.

The historic Lutetia hotel in Paris, which was occupied by the Nazis during World War II and after liberation served as a welcome centre for concentration camp survivors, was recently taken over by luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental.

Terra and Turnberry, two South Florida-based real estate development firms, have secured $392 million in construction financing for the development of Grand Hyatt Miami Beach.

The hotel industry workers' strike across the Canary Islands has taken a divergent path this weekend, with the walkout officially suspended in the islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, but still going ahead in Tenerife.