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Gordon Ramsay Restaurants is proud to announce they are becoming the  British Fashion Council’s(BFC) first-ever Hospitality Patron. This landmark collaboration brings together two London-based icons that are synonymous with British excellence, reinforcing their shared commitment to celebrating and elevating UK culture.

Ares Management joined forces with Excel Group to invest in a portfolio of eight limited-service, select-service, and extended stay hotels affiliated with Hilton and Marriott. 

Perth-based charity, Healthy Mind Menu (HMM) has launched a new online course, The Healthy Mind Pyramid, designed to help those most at risk in the hospitality sector. As the majority of hospitality workers are in the most vulnerable age categories, 17-25, and cite mental health as their greatest workplace challenge, the organisation focused on educating this audience with a comprehensive new course to help further their wellbeing mission.

Urban lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels, part of IHG, will open its first property in Denmark with a 219-room hotel in Copenhagen.

Relais & Châteaux is launching its new career website, Relais & Châteaux Careers to help its members recruit top talent and is open doors to a world of hospitality careers. The career platform aims to leverage the global brand of Relais & Châteaux to enhance recruitment efforts.

German fashion designer Philipp Plein said he will open a luxury Plein hotel in the Albanian capital Tirana in partnership with local construction firm X One.

Invel Real Estate, an independent private equity real estate firm, has provided €111.2 million in financing to aid the transformation of an ultra-luxury hotel on Rome’s famed Via Veneto.

A Surfers Paradise hotel with more than 400 guests was evacuated early on Friday morning after two fires broke out. Six fire crews responded to the blaze at the Hilton hotel, with the first crew arriving just after 2am, a spokesperson for the Queensland Fire Department said.

The Young Hospitality Summit (YHS), the student-led hospitality summit, is set to return for its 15th edition from March 17 to March 19, 2025, at the EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. This year’s theme, “Innovation Across Dimensions,” will explore emerging challenges and opportunities in the hospitality industry, with a focus on over-tourism, air travel and alternative lodging.

The 377-room luxury hotel, located in the heart of the city’s entertainment, dining, shopping, and business precincts, features 20 conference and meeting rooms, two food and beverage venues, a business lounge, tennis court, gym and swimming pool.

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) is set to enter Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It has signed Taj-branded hotel apartments Taj Wellington Mews on the Al Marjan Island in the emirate. The property will have 336 apartments.

Don Bosco Tech Society in India has launched new hospitality skills training for 2,500 women and youth who are disadvantaged. In partnership with Marriott International and Accenture India, the training will be carried out across 11 Indian states to help bridge a skills gap in the hospitality industry.

Palladium Hotel Group is reorganising its hotel portfolio into two strategic units: Lifestyle Brands Business Unit and High Energy and All-Inclusive Business Unit. This restructuring is part of the Group's drive for international growth, with sales up 12% to €1.2 billion in 2024.

An unknown buyer has agreed to buy $725 million in debt on two of San Francisco’s largest hotels, reported the San Francisco Business Times. 

Travelodge, the UK’s pioneering budget hotel chain, has unveiled its latest 59-bedroom property in Bromley town center, located in South East London.

Palma-based hotel chain Melia is buying property to accommodate seasonal workers who can't afford to rent in tourism hot spots as a housing crisis risks causing labour shortages in the country's tourism industry, its CEO Gabriel Escarrer said.

A woman is taking legal action against a Las Vegas hotel following the death of her husband, who overdosed while in the company of a £775 sex worker. Jeff Jacoby, 55, was discovered dead from a fentanyl overdose at the Palazzo hotel in March 2023.

Rotana, a leading UAE-based hotel management company, has announced a strategic franchise agreement with Nubia Sharm for Touristic Projects to rebrand and expand the renowned Sea Beach Hotel under its Edge by Rotana portfolio. This collaboration aligns with Rotana’s broader expansion strategy, aiming to introduce 30 Edge by Rotana properties by 2027 and further strengthen its presence in key international markets.

Ritesh Agarwal-led hospitality giant OYO has named Sonal Sinha as chief executive officer of G6 Hospitality, the U.S.-based motel chain it acquired last December from Blackstone Real Estate.

Iran is ramping up its focus on coastal tourism and maritime economy development under its 7th National Development Plan, aiming to transform its vast shoreline resources into a key driver of tourism and economic growth. Speaking to senior naval officials, Iran’s Tourism Minister Salehi-Amiri emphasized the untapped potential of the country’s northern and southern shores and outlined a multifaceted plan to attract 15 million international tourists in the coming years, a significant increase from the 7 million visitors recorded in the past year.

The TUI Group last weel announced the launch of its 500th hotel project - TUI Magic Life Agadir - at the International Tourism Fair (ITB), marking a significant milestone in the company's global growth strategy. The tourism group plans to expand its hotel portfolio from the current 433 to 600 hotels in the medium term.

The president of the Mallorca Hotel Federation (FEHM), Javier Vich, has said that it “utterly false” that Mallorca is an overcrowded destination and has predicted that the coming tourist season will be similar to last year’s. He made the comments on Wednesday at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin after holding meetings with various German tour operators, to whom he stressed that Mallorca “is not an overcrowded, saturated or collapsed destination”.

Hyatt Hotels made several key executive leadership changes Wednesday as the company moves toward a more brand-focused strategy.

Radisson Hotel Group (RHG), one of India’s largest international hotel operators, reaffirmed its ambitious growth plans at the Belgian Economic Mission in India, aiming to expand its portfolio to 240 hotels in operation and development by the end of 2025.