k.fytaki - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 25

2 min

Accor advances hotel renovation strategy across Europe

🏨 Accor has renovated over 70 hotels in Europe and is progressing with 60 more. Key properties include Mercure Wien City, Novotel Warsaw Centrum, and ibis London Blackfriars. These renovations enhance aesthetics, guest experience, and sustainability. Pullman Riga Old Town's redesign will complete by summer 2025. Accor aims for brand consistency and improved operational performance through these upgrades.

2 min

Ascend Collection marks global growth and unveils new logo

🏨 Ascend Collection by Choice Hotels surpassed 400 properties globally, introducing a redesigned logo and targeting expansion in urban and leisure markets. Launched in 2008, the brand now has 423 properties with over 70 hotels in the pipeline. In 2024, Ascend saw a 40% global room count increase, entering markets such as Washington, D.C., Vancouver, Mexico City, and Queensland, and signing a new property in Calama, Chile. Key portfolio hotels include Ice Hotel in Sweden and Copperhill Mountain Lodge in Åre, Sweden. Upscale and upper-upscale portfolios expanded by 44% in 2024, accounting for nearly one-fifth of Choice Hotels' total rooms, with a 16% increase in direct bookings for upscale properties. Key technology tools for owners include ChoiceMAX, choiceEDGE, and choiceADVANTAGE.

Portugal’s tourism landscape in transition: Growth, pressure, and urban shifts

🏖 In 2024, Portugal's tourism sector saw a 4.0% rise in overnight stays, a 5.2% increase in total guests (31.6 million), and an 8.8% boost in tourism revenue. International visitors reached 19.4 million, a 6.3% increase. The first half of 2024 reported a 7.5% year-on-year increase in hotel stays with over 14 million guests. Portuguese airports handled 6.7 million passengers in June alone, a 5.6% year-on-year increase. In 2022, Portugal's GDP grew by 6.8%. The resident population was approximately 10.6 million at the end of 2023, while non-resident tourists numbered 26.5 million in the same year.

2 min

Travelodge opens two new hotels in Dartford and Liverpool

🏨 Travelodge opens two new UK hotels: a 125-room property near London’s Dartford Crossing and a 101-room hotel on Liverpool's waterfront. The Dartford hotel offers easy access to the M25, Dartford Tunnel, Stone Crossing Station, and shopping centres like Bluewater and Lakeside. The Liverpool hotel, Travelodge’s 10th in the city, is close to the M&S Bank Arena, Exhibition Centre Liverpool, and cultural landmarks. Both hotels are part of Travelodge's growth strategy, with the brand operating over 600 hotels in the UK, Ireland, and Spain, focusing on affordability and regional access.

ipartment expands to Stuttgart with dual-brand project

🏨 ipartment GmbH is launching a mixed-use building in Stuttgart-Nord, Germany, expected to open in Q3 2027. The development at Heilbronner Straße 324 includes 64 serviced apartments and a B&B Hotel. The seven-story building will feature serviced apartments on the top three floors and the B&B Hotel on the lower four floors. Units range from 22 to 45 square meters and meet GEG 40 energy standards. The location boasts convenient public transport and is close to the B27 highway, Milaneo shopping center, Killesberg Park, and the city library at Mailänder Platz.

2 min

Sunday by OYO grows with new UK conversions

🏡 OYO, under Oravel Stays Ltd, has signed lease agreements for six former Mercure hotels in the UK, expanding its upscale Sunday brand. The properties are located in Cardiff, Warwick, Dorking, Staines, Exeter, and Winchester, following the Lansbury Heritage Hotel opening in Canary Wharf in September 2024. The Sunday brand was introduced in 2023. These properties are expected to draw 65,000 international guests annually, with over 30% of bookings from overseas. OYO operates around 200 properties across 65 UK cities and aims to grow the Sunday brand to 25 properties worldwide by spring 2025. The company saw a 15% revenue increase in 2024.

1 min

Map of the week: hotel openings – May # 1 2025

🏨 Hospitality ON mapped new hotel openings worldwide in the last 10 days, highlighting: yellow for hotels opened this week, blue for upcoming openings later in the year, green for rebranded hotels reopening this week, and orange for newly signed hotel projects slated to open in the future. The list includes hotels from groups, chains, and networks, providing locations, photos, and key information.

2 min

Accor and tristar expand ibis Styles with new hotel in Wörgl

🏨 tristar Austria GmbH will manage the new ibis Styles hotel in Wörgl, Austria, part of a €100 million district redevelopment, opening in early 2028. The ibis Styles Wörgl, a collaboration between Accor and tristar GmbH, will offer 104 rooms over 3,800 square meters. Construction begins in 2026 after 2025 demolitions. The project includes residential units, office spaces, restaurants, and a 321-space underground garage.

2 min

Spark by Hilton expands in Germany with new Wuppertal location

🏨 Aspire Group will rebrand the former Hotel Kaiserhof in Wuppertal, Germany as Spark by Hilton Wuppertal City Centre on 2 June 2025, following Germany's first Spark by Hilton in Stuttgart-Sindelfingen earlier in 2025. The hotel, with 172 rooms and situated next to Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, is 35 kilometers from Düsseldorf Airport and features a 24/7 smart Grab & Go store and in-room steamers in its 11,000-square-metre property. This expansion aligns with Aspire Group's strategy of urban hotel repositioning and the market trend of revitalising city-centre hotels under midscale international brands. Spark by Hilton targets business and leisure guests, emphasizing operational simplicity and standardized services.

2 min

B&B Hotels expands with a new opening in Seville province

🏨 B&B Hotels opened the B&B Hotel Sevilla Bormujos in Bormujos, 7 km from Seville's center. The new property features 99 rooms and standard services like high-speed Wi-Fi and 24-hour reception. It's part of the group’s asset-light growth strategy and operates under a long-term lease. This opening brings B&B Hotels' total in Spain to 59 and in Andalusia to seven, with plans for five more in the coming years. The brand manages over 850 hotels in 17 countries, including 76 hotels in Spain and Portugal.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.