Hilton has signed The BoTree London to its Curio Collection, adding the Marylebone hotel to its growing lifestyle portfolio. The agreement extends Hilton’s long-running partnership with Shiva Hotels and brings another central London site under the Curio brand. The hotel includes LAVO, a two-storey restaurant serving coastal Italian dishes; The BoTree Bar, which operates from day […]

Carden Park will open four new suites in early 2026, completing a £6.5m refurbishment of all 197 bedrooms at the Cheshire resort. The suites have been designed by Palm Interiors and are intended to offer larger open-plan spaces with separate living and sleeping areas. They will include fireplaces, dressing areas, luxury bathrooms and high-end integrated […]

The former K West Hotel in Shepherd’s Bush is set to reopen in February 2026 as Hotel Indigo London K West Shepherd’s Bush after a full refurbishment. Operator IHG Hotels said the relaunch would introduce a revamped design influenced by the building’s history as the BBC’s Kensington House recording studios. Artists including David Bowie, Jimi […]

The Holiday Inn Chester West hotel has been sold to Mzaman Holdings Group for an undisclosed price. The hotel, which was previously owned by Autolodge Hotel Limited, is located just off the A55 close to Chester city centre. It features 81 en suite bedrooms, as well as four function rooms, a lounge bar and restaurant, […]

A portfolio of 14 properties in Scarborough and Bridlington, which includes a series of hotels and guesthouses, have been brought to market for an undisclosed amount, after the owner entered administration earlier this year in August.  Administrators at Grant Thornton were appointed over 11 properties in Bridlington and three in Scarborough. Several of the assets […]

Marriott International has entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the opening of two hotels in Kinshasa, marking the group’s first sites in the country.  The company has launched Protea Hotel by Marriott Kinshasa and Four Points by Sheraton Kinshasa in partnership with third-party manager SARV Management. The new hotels introduce two of Marriott’s […]

Apex Hotels Group has rebranded as Apex Hospitality Group as part of a restructure intended to reflect the company’s expansion into both urban and rural markets. The business, founded in 1996, will now operate through three divisions: Apex Hotels, Monogram Collective and Hospitality Linen Services. Apex Hotels remains the group’s city-centre brand and recently added […]

Preferred Hotels and Resorts will open The Newman in central London in February 2026 as part of a wider global pipeline of eight properties scheduled to join the group next year. The Newman will sit in Fitzrovia, with design studio Lind and Almond overseeing interiors shaped by the district’s Victorian and Art Deco influences. The […]

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans to convert Albany House, a 1980s office building on Albany Street, into a 102-room hotel operated under Whitbread’s hub by Premier Inn brand. Artisan Real Estate will redevelop the five-storey sandstone property, located at the corner of Albany Street and Broughton Street, with completion expected in summer […]

Why the year ahead demands strategic precision, not optimism, as RevPAR growth slows and regional divergence widens  After three years of post-pandemic rebound, the hotel sector enters 2026 facing a fundamentally different competitive landscape. The era of recovery-driven expansion is over. What lies ahead is slower growth, rate-led performance, and widening divergence in demand patterns […]