Hotel Openings

🏨 Brightstar Hospitality launched a 51-bedroom Garner hotel in Acocks Green, Birmingham. Formerly Bridge House Hotel, it underwent extensive refurbishment. Located 15 minutes from the city center, it’s 5.5 miles from the airport and 7 miles from NEC. The hotel offers a bar, restaurant, and meeting space for 100 delegates. Brightstar operates 23 UK hotels, with more developments planned. CEO Nikhil Gupta emphasizes Garner’s modern aesthetic and warm hospitality.

🏨 Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the largest independent hotel brand, added 18 new properties globally between April 1 and June 30, 2025. Highlights include hotels in Singapore, Italy, Texas, China, and Austria. Members of the I Prefer Hotel Rewards can earn 2,500 bonus points on eligible stays at these hotels. The bonus offer is valid for bookings by September 30, 2025, for stays from July 3 to December 31, 2025.

🌴 Aman is set to open its first Mexican resort, Amanvari, in spring 2026 on the East Cape of Baja California. The resort spans 18 keys and is part of the 1,500-acre Costa Palmas estate. Designed by Heah & Co. and Elastic Architects, it features casitas with views of the Sea of Cortéz and a golf course. Amenities include diverse dining options, an Aman Spa, and access to snorkeling, hiking, and more. Amanvari joins Aman’s portfolio in the Americas.

🍴 Executive chef Yoshi Okai, known for Austin's Otoko, leads Hai Sí, a new izakaya in Aspen, Colorado. The restaurant is a collaboration between New Waterloo and Infinite Hospitality, showcasing a fusion of Japanese and Spanish cuisines. Located below Sway, it features a dining room, sushi bar, cocktail bar, and listening room. The menu includes nigiri sushi, A5 wagyu, and pan con tomate. The ambiance is enhanced by creative cocktails like the Dirty Dashi Tooni.

🏝️ Barbados, September 2025: Marriott International launches its Luxury Collection with the reopening of Colony Club on the Platinum Coast. Originally a 1930s residence, it now features redesigned rooms, expanded wellness areas, and new dining experiences. Highlights include 150+ rums in The Rum Vault, lagoon-style pools, and local cuisine at Laguna. The resort offers water sports and a unique wellness program. Reservations available from September 1. Part of Marriott Bonvoy, enhancing global travel connections.

🏨 L’Auberge de Sedona completed a $30 million expansion, introducing The Cliffs with 70 new guestrooms, totaling 158 accommodations. Located in Sedona, managed by Aimbridge Hospitality, and owned by DiamondRock Hospitality Company, the resort features a new Duck Pond Pool, redesigned Cress on Oak Creek restaurant, and expanded L’Apothecary Spa. Event spaces include the new Vista Overlook terrace. The resort is now part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, bookable via Hilton.com.

🏨 Hilton's Signia brand expands in Texas as La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio transitions to Signia by Hilton on October 1, 2025. The Ohana Real Estate-owned and Hilton-managed hotel features 496 rooms, including 34 villas, following a $40 million renovation. Dining includes nine options, with Signature Restaurant in the Michelin Guide Texas 2024. Guests enjoy wellness services, golf, five pools, and 115,000 sq ft for events. This addition joins other Signia locations globally.

🏨 Travelodge opened its 600th UK hotel in Skegness, with 80 rooms including 12 SuperRooms, located 400 meters from the Blue Flag beach. This new site created 22 jobs and features the chain's first top-floor bar café. It has achieved a BREEAM Excellent sustainability rating, and an EPC rating of A, using air source heat pumps and low-energy lighting. Nearby attractions include Skegness Pier and Natureland Seal Sanctuary.

🏠 Home Farm House, a three-bedroom cottage in the Cotswolds, opened near The Pig in the Cotswolds and The Village Pub. Just two minutes away, it features a farmhouse kitchen, sitting room, dining room, games room, and private garden. The Village Pub offers traditional British dishes, and The Pig in the Cotswolds provides a 25-mile menu with local produce. Desserts include Cotswold dairy cheesecake and roasted Victoria plums with sorbet.