NH COLLECTION ARRIVES IN THAILAND: Minor Hotels has rebranded Peace Resort Samui into NH Collection Samui, marking the first NH Collection property in Thailand. The resort will be renovated and start operating under NH Collection from January 1, 2025. Located directly on Bophut Beach, along the northern shore of Koh Samui, the hotel was established in 1977 by the Pupaiboon family and has since been independently operated. The resort is situated about 400 meters from sister property, Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort. NH Collection Samui features 122 rooms, which includes deluxe rooms, bungalows and villas, some with private pools and direct access to the beach. The property also offers an all-day fining restaurant, a lounge, fitness center, water sports center, kids’ and teens’ play area, retail shop and meeting and event spaces.
CURATOR EXPANDS PORTFOLIO: Curator Hotel & Resort Collection has added four new member properties to its U.S. portfolio. The new members are the 73-key Quirk Richmond in Richmond, Va. (which was built in 1916 and former J.B. Mosby & Co. Dry Goods Store); the 109-room Albert Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas; The Ozarker Lodge in Branson, Mo.; and the 510-room Ascent on Main in Parker, Colo. Founded by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Curator, Curator’s global collection comprises small brands and lifestyle properties.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN PHILADELPHIA: Hotel Anna & Bel is set to open on August 7 in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. Led by Philadelphia-based Foyer Project, the boutique hotel marks the real estate development company’s venture into the hospitality sector. The hotel will be operated by Life House. Hotel Anna & Bel features 50 rooms, with 45 rooms in the original main building and five in the adjoining annex townhouse. The hotel includes a restaurant from chef and restaurateur Tyler Akin of Form-Function Hospitality, a pool courtyard, wellness facilities and a fitness center. Caletta, a cocktail bar in collaboration with Akin, is scheduled to open later this summer. The historic hotel building was originally built as a mansion house in the 18th century and was converted into the Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single Women in 1858. It was made co-ed in the 1900s and functioned as a retirement home. After it closed during the pandemic, the building was restored and reimagined by Foyer Project and designed by B March to reopen as the boutique hotel.
ENVI LODGES OPENS LUXURY TENTS IN TANZANIA: ENVI Lodges, the luxury eco-lodge brand, has opened doors to ENVI Sisini Serengeti, a luxury tented camp in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Featuring 11 luxury tents and tented villas, the ecolodge sits on a hill and offers savannah views against a mountainous landscape. The six furnished tented villas have one-bedroom units and one has two-bedroom arrangements, each with an outdoor shower, bathtub, pool, outdoor decking and cooking facilities. Those staying in the two-bedroom family villa can also avail a personal butler. The property has an open-plan reception, two restaurants, a lounge, two bars, a spa, gym, wine cellar and a two-level fire pit area. ENVI Lodges plan to open two additional properties in Tanzania by the end of 2025 — ENVI Paje and ENVI Kili.
