Hotel Openings

🏨 Accor partners with Select Group to bring Mövenpick to the UK in late 2027, transforming the Old Thorns Estate in Hampshire. The 194-room property will include a championship golf course, four restaurants, a spa, and 2,500 sqm of meeting space. The ballroom will host over 500 guests. Joining Accor’s 200+ UK hotels, this renovation echoes Mövenpick’s culinary and environmental ethos. Select Group, based in Dubai, has developed over 20 million sq ft globally.

🌴 MGallery Collection is expanding into the Maldives, opening V Villas Maldives at Mirihi by early 2026. Located on Mirihi Island, South Ari Atoll, the resort will be the brand's first in the Maldives. The existing Mirihi Island Resort will undergo renovations led by Studio Gronda, featuring 42 villas. VIE Maldives Pvt Ltd, part of Major Cineplex Group, owns the resort. Access is via a 25-minute seaplane from Malé International Airport. Sustainability and luxury are key focuses.

🏨 Rocco Forte Hotels will open Masseria del Cardinale in Fasano, Puglia, by 2028, expanding their presence in the region after Masseria Torre Maizza's 2019 debut. The estate, featuring 86 rooms, a spa, and pool, is being developed with PGIM and Dekus, with design overseen by Olga Polizzi and Luigi Fragola Architects. This marks part of a broader expansion, with four new Italian openings planned by 2027, reinforcing Italy's importance to the brand's growth.

🍣 Seven Sushi & Robata, launched on November 20 in Houston's Chinatown at Dun Huang Plaza, offers a 4,000 sq ft space seating 160. Guests enjoy all-you-can-eat sushi and robata with two pricing tiers: $37 for core items and $57 including premium additions. Open until midnight, the menu features both Japanese and Chinese architectural elements. Grace and Leo Xia, also known for Duck N Bao and Hongdae 33, manage the restaurant, which includes a full bar with unique cocktails.

🍴 Gavin Kaysen opened three new restaurants in three weeks. Bellecour in Edina, Minneapolis, opened on November 18, offering French-style breakfast and lunch. A North Loop Minneapolis location followed on December 6, adding bistro-style dinners. The Merchant Room, a New American brasserie, opened December 8 at Naples Beach Club, Florida. These expansions are supported by a strong team, including Alexandra Motz, pastry director, and Zachary Byers, head sommelier.

🏠 McKays Hotel, part of Turas Hotels, expanded in Pitlochry with a £250,000 conversion of an Italian café into a townhouse. Opened recently, it offers seven en-suite rooms and two self-catering apartments. This follows a £1.25m investment three years ago. Pitlochry, attracting 500,000 yearly visitors, benefits from tourism boosts like Alan Cumming's role at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. McKays aims to meet demand for upscale lodging, appealing to longer-stay guests.

🏨 Accor will bring Mövenpick to the UK by 2027, converting the Old Thorns Estate in Hampshire into a 194-room Mövenpick Hampshire – Old Thorns. The renovation includes guestrooms, wellness and leisure facilities, and dining concepts. The estate features a championship golf course, 2,500 sqm of conference facilities, four restaurants, and a ballroom for over 500 guests. Located an hour from London, the project expands Accor's presence in the UK and Ireland, aligning with its growth strategy.

🏨 Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2025 – Le Clay, opening in Lavaux, Switzerland, summer 2026, partners with Shiji for a fully integrated digital experience. The 35-hectare estate includes 105 rooms, 2 restaurants, and wellness facilities. Shiji’s ecosystem offers seamless operations with Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, and more. Le Clay is the first of four hotels by Seiler Constantin, aiming for an experiential luxury approach with European-based support and cloud architecture. Reservations open late spring 2026.

📍 The Zetter is expanding with a 68-room hotel in Bloomsbury, London, opening March 2026. Situated in six interconnecting Georgian townhouses near Russell Square, designed by James Thurstan Waterworth, the hotel will offer amenities like The Parlour, The Orangery, and a gym with outdoor yoga space. The Zetter Bloomsbury is the brand's third London location, alongside its Marylebone and Clerkenwell sites.

🏨 Aleph Hospitality and Hilton, in partnership with AREA Investment and Real Estate, will open an 84-key Tapestry Collection by Hilton hotel in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, by 2027. This will be the first of its kind in Dammam and Aleph’s third Tapestry under management. Hilton has over 100 hotels operating or planned in Saudi Arabia. The project, featuring design direction from Sonia Ashoor, aims to enhance Dammam’s upscale hospitality landscape.