Hotel Openings

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La Bahia Hotel & Spa Debuts in Santa Cruz, California

🏖 November 27, 2025, Santa Cruz, California: La Bahia Hotel & Spa opens at Main Beach with 155 luxury rooms, featuring ocean views and 29 signature suites. The Mediterranean-inspired hotel offers four culinary concepts, 13,000 square feet of event space, and a spa with signature oceanview sauna. Guests enjoy amenities like complimentary e-bikes and Lincoln test drives. The hotel collaborates with local businesses for unique experiences, contributing to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary through cocktail sales.
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Newcrestimage Opens the Elmore Hotel in Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex

📍 November 27, 2025, Southlake, Texas: The Elmore Hotel opens under NewcrestImage's ownership and Coury Hospitality's management. Located between Dallas and Fort Worth, the hotel features 175 rooms across four floors. A year-long, multi-million-dollar renovation transformed it into Southlake's first boutique lifestyle hotel and part of Marriott's Tribute Portfolio. Featuring American Elm-inspired interiors, it offers dining at Sagewind and Social Outlaw, 5,000 sq. ft. of event space, a fitness center, and wellness programs.
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The Washington Inn Announces Upcoming Opening

🏨 Slated for early 2026, The Washington Inn will open in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s the city’s first all-suite luxury hotel in over a decade, featuring 27 units with 44 bedrooms. Located steps from Santa Fe Plaza, it encompasses historic and newly constructed buildings. Each suite offers amenities like gourmet kitchens and gas fireplaces. Guests can enjoy facilities such as a fitness center and outdoor fire pits. Designed by Architecture Alliance, it celebrates modern Territorial design.
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Greek Mythos Shapes Masquespacio’s Design for Egeo

📆 Masquespacio, led by Ana Hernández and Christophe Penasse, introduces a 538 sq. ft. Egeo souvlaki in Madrid, marking their second collaboration with the brand after Valencia. Inspired by Pandora's myth, the design features soft beige tones and electric blue accents. 3D-printed columns with a marble-like texture define the space, merging ancient Greek aesthetics with modern vision. The project, rooted in resilience and beauty, offers a mature, introspective experience.
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Blossom Hotel Houston Joins Curio Collection by Hilton

🏨 Blossom Hotel Houston transformed into Blossom Hotel Houston, Curio Collection by Hilton, on September 30, 2025. Located in Houston's cultural and medical districts, it features a rooftop pool, floor-to-ceiling windows, and the only hotel med-spa in the city, Total You Medical Spa. Crescent Hotels & Resorts manages the property. The hotel includes Blossom Reserve restaurant and Plum Skybar & Lounge on the 13th floor, serving food and drinks daily.
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Aimbridge Hospitality Adds Six-Hotel Collection to Its Portfolio

🏨 Aimbridge Hospitality, based in Plano, Texas, will manage a collection of six hotels across Mexico, owned by Alliance Hotel Management. By 2026, these properties will be rebranded as voco hotels, increasing Aimbridge's voco hotel count to 10. Three hotels, totaling 473 keys, will reopen in April 2026, and the remaining three, with 377 keys, in October 2026. The rebranding involves capital improvements and integration into IHG's systems, enhancing operations and guest experiences.
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Pellicano Hotels details €53m revival of Tuscan estate La Suvera

🏨 Pellicano Hotels Group plans to restore La Suvera, a historic estate 30 minutes from Siena, Italy, for a 2027 reopening. The €53m (£46.5m) project, announced in 2024, converts the 12th-century fortress into a hotel with about 60 rooms. Led by CEO Marie-Louise Sciò, the restoration preserves the villa's features and adds modern amenities like a spa, pools, and event spaces. This expansion emphasizes local heritage, joining Pellicano's existing Hotel Il Pellicano in Tuscany.
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The Operating System Behind High-Performing Hospitality Brands: Critical Thinking, Culture, and Guest-Centric Design – Matthew Bell, Mollie’s

🏨 Chapters range from "Early years," emphasizing nurture and debate, to "Hospitality as Connection," exploring critical thinking and experiments. Highlights include citizenM lessons, where the customer is king, and the inverted pyramid model. Discussing Mollie's, it traces the journey from "Roadside Roots to Urban Hospitality," including a Manchester opening. It covers evolving rooms, diner experiences, scaling growth with AI, and cracking the diner model. The full timeline spans from 00:00 to 25:13.
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