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Minor Hotels, a global hospitality group that owns and operates hotels, resorts and residences in 57 countries, has signed an agreement with Sichuan Dexinhousheng Enterprise Management Co Ltd to develop Anantara Xiling Snow Mountain Chengdu Resort.

The Fife Arms in Braemar has hit the headlines in recent months, achieving numerous feats including being named among the best hotels in the world by the prestigious travel magazine Conde Nast.

The Crazy Bear collection of boutique hotels has announced the successful buy out of the business, concluding through securing long-term capital to fuel the group’s growth plans.

Elon Musk is reportedly considering purchasing the Line Hotel in D.C. to create a private social club, coinciding with Trump's inauguration.

Hungary: Luxury boutique brand Ruby Hotels will open its first property in Hungary, located within the Corvin Palace department store in Budapest.

Japan’s tourism boom is driving hotel prices to record highs, forcing business travelers to adapt with budget options like capsule hotels to manage costs.

Oetker Collection will bring its famed European hospitality to the United States for the first time in Q1 2025.

Rocco Forte Hotels plans to open The Carlton Milan, the luxury brand's second hotel in the Italian city, in late summer.

BWH Hotels has unveiled an innovative campaign to retrieve one-of-a-kind items taken from its properties, offering a free stay as a reward for their safe return. The Scandinavian hotel chain, renowned for its 171 individually owned properties with unique interiors, is calling on the public to help restore its charming spaces.

Germany’s Maritim Hotels has added another country to its expanding international portfolio, signing to open a resort in Italy under the brand.

Europe’s Palladium Hotel Group has signed a collaboration with Hard Rock International, to bring the Hard Rock Hotels and Reverb Hotels brands to the kingdom in the coming years. New hotels will feed into the Saudi Vision 2030 plan, which aims to grow tourism there to around 10% of the country’s GDP by the end of the decade.

From being the first hotel with an electric lift to being the first with electric lights, The Savoy is no stranger to being ahead of the curve on London’s hospitality scene: when it opened, it was also the capital’s first ever luxury hotel. 

Statistics Estonia reported that in November 2024, 119,000 foreign tourists and 128,000 domestic tourists stayed in accommodation establishments. This marks a 15% rise in foreign visitors and an 8% increase in domestic tourists compared to November 2023.

This January, Belmond invites you to start the year with a sense of calm and tranquility with the launch of its new film series, ‘Long Shots’. Embracing the ‘Slow TV’ phenomenon, these 60-minute films are designed for passive viewing and active dreaming, capturing the sights and sounds of Belmond destinations around the world, in exquisite detail. 

A groundbreaking milestone in South Asia’s tourism industry was achieved on January 10th with the grand opening of “Amba Yaalu”, the island nation’s first 100% female-staffed tourist hotel.

Air Serbia plans to build its new headquarters, a hotel and another business facility within the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport complex over the coming years. According to the "Beobuild" portal, the project will be executed in phases, with all three buildings to cover an area 24.215 square metres next to the Aeronautical Museum, which is due to reopen to the public in 2026.

Situated within the historic former Palace of Justice, Rosewood Amsterdam, preparing to open its doors June 2025, marks the brand’s debut in the Netherlands…

An affiliate of Värde Prtners has provided a €112 million loan to Ghelamco to refinance The Wings, a newly developed office and hotel property in Brussels, Belgium.

Sands China Ltd and Marriott International are getting ready to open Macau’s first-ever Luxury Collection Hotel: The Londoner Grand, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Macao.

Tata Group-backed Indian Hotels Company on Thursday said it is "well poised" to achieve the portfolio of 700 hotels by 2030 under its "Accelerate 2030" strategy.

Mövenpick, is expanding its footprint in Poland with Mövenpick Grand Hotel Wrocław, further strengthening Mövenpick's presence in the European market, planned to open in early 2025.

The fires in the very affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Southern California has caused people to literally run for their lives. Over 30,000 people have been evacuated, often leaving with just their small pets and the shirts on their backs.

Kai Yuan Holdings Ltd has secured a €175 million refinancing loan for the Paris Marriott Champs-Élysées hotel.

 Net Affinity, a leading hotel tech provider has partnered with Dutch private equity-backed Hotel Tech Group (HTG). The move brings together two companies following Connected Capital’s investment in the merger of Smarthotel and Hoteliers.com in 2024.