Hotel Openings - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 211

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Fairmont Golden Prague: A landmark transformed into luxury hotel

🏠 Fairmont Golden Prague, located in the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, opens after a renovation led by chief architect Marek Tichý, preserving the 1974 brutalist design by Czech Karel Filsak. The hotel features 320 rooms, suites, and residences, six dining venues including the rooftop Zlata Praha and modern Asian Golden Eye. It houses an extensive art collection, a 1,400 m² spa and wellness center, and offers a 600 m² ballroom and three rooftop boardrooms for events. The Fairmont Gold experience provides a premium "hotel within a hotel" option.

Stonebridge adds MC Hotel in Montclair, N.J.

🏡 Stonebridge Companies has acquired the MC Hotel in Montclair, N.J., a member of the Autograph Collection, through a partnership with CSP MC Partners LP. The 159-room, eight-story hotel features a rooftop bar with views of Manhattan, over 3,000 square feet of rooftop space, and more than 8,000 square feet of event space. The MC Hotel is well-situated near the Wellmont Theater, Montclair State University, and the Montclair Art Museum. It also boasts a permanent art collection and is integrated with the local arts scene. Stonebridge's portfolio expansion strengthens its Northeast presence with this urban lifestyle hotel.

Loews Hotels opens Helios Grand at Epic Universe

🌈 Loews Hotels & Co opened the 500-room Universal Helios Grand Hotel, adjacent to Universal Epic Universe theme park in Orlando. The hotel joins the resort's Signature Collection alongside Universal Stella Nova Resort and Universal Terra Luna Resort. The Helios Grand Hotel marks Loews' 11th Universal Orlando hotel, totaling over 11,000 guest rooms, and offers Early Park Admission and a rooftop bar. Guest rooms feature Epic Universe views, with options like Presidential and Kids’ Suites. Dining options include Bar Helios and Flora Taverna. The hotel boasts solar and lunar themed décor, with amenities like the Court of the Sun terrace. This venture continues a 25-year partnership between Loews and Universal Orlando.

Fairmont opens Golden Prague in Old Town

🏦 Fairmont Hotels & Resorts opens Fairmont Golden Prague in Czech Republic's Old Town near Pařížská Boulevard. Architect Karel Filsak designed the original 1970s brutalist building. Renovation preserved ash wood posts, glass chandeliers, gilded lighting, and Czech design elements. The hotel offers 320 rooms, suites, serviced residences, and a 15,000-square-foot wellness area with a unique L-shaped pool. It features six dining venues, including Zlata Praha rooftop restaurant and Golden Eye with modern Asian cuisine. An art collection with restored Czech works decorates the hotel. There's a Fairmont Gold section with private check-in, a 6,500-square-foot ballroom, and rooftop boardrooms. CEO Omer Acar highlights the expansion in Europe, with notable properties like Le Montreux Palace, The Savoy, and La Hacienda Costa Del Sol.

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Travelodge expands with new UK acquisitions and rebrands

🏨 Travelodge acquires 11 UK hotels including 9 former Hotel Campanile properties totaling 951 rooms in Birmingham, Bradford, Dartford, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Swindon. Five are freehold, four long-leasehold, plus contracts for Bromsgrove (former Ibis) and Wakefield (CitiLodge) under 25-year leases. Bromsgrove reopens in May post-refurbishment; Wakefield scheduled for August. This expansion is part of Travelodge's strategy to grow beyond its 600+ hotels in the UK, Ireland, and Spain, aiming for 300 more.

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Hyatt Place Gothenburg Central opens in the heart of Sweden

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation opens Hyatt Place Gothenburg Central, a 300-room hotel located atop Gothenburg Central Station, Sweden. The hotel, designed with nature-inspired elements, offers guests proximity to Liseberg Amusement Park, Gothenburg Archipelago, and Ullevi Stadium. Features include 300 guestrooms, five suites, a fitness center, flexible meeting spaces, a 968-square-foot event room for up to 100 people, and Blanche Brasserie & Bar. The opening marks Hyatt's expansion in Scandinavia and is part of their global market growth strategy.

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Orient Express opens its first hotel La Minerva in Rome

🏡 Orient Express opened its first hotel, La Minerva, in central Rome, located at Piazza della Minerva 69 near the Pantheon, in April 2025. The luxury hotel, developed in partnership with Arsenale Group, occupies a 17th-century palazzo with 93 rooms, including 36 suites. La Minerva features travel-inspired interiors, three food and drink venues, and five event venues. Orient Express is also expanding with a Venice hotel opening in 2025, and launching the Orient Express Silenseas ship, the Orient Express Corinthian, in 2026.

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MGallery Collection expands in Athens with new premium suites

🏦 MGallery Collection is set to increase Athens Capital Hotel's room count to 196 with 19 new suites, featuring a presidential suite, in April 2025. Located near Greek Parliament, Syntagma Square, and the National Garden of Athens, the suites mix neoclassical and contemporary luxury, with marble bathrooms nodding to the Parthenon. Amenities include room-served breakfast, personalized cocktails, and a wellness space. The presidential suite offers a two-story space with a private rooftop view of Athens. Guests can enjoy local experiences like making a komboloï and savor Mediterranean cuisine at the Mappemonde Rooftop Restaurant and Bar.

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Hyatt Opens First Hyatt Studios Hotel in Mobile, Alabama

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation opened its first Hyatt Studios hotel in Mobile, Alabama, following a soft opening in February. Located less than 10 miles from Mobile International Airport, Hyatt Studios Mobile / Tillmans Corner offers 122 studio apartment-style suites with full kitchens and contemporary amenities. The brand targets extended-stay travelers as part of Hyatt’s Essentials Portfolio. 3H Group, which manages the property, is expanding with more Hyatt Studios in Huntsville, Alabama, and Jacksonville, Florida, and other Hyatt-branded projects.

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Big Mamma to open its sixth London restaurant

🍕 Big Mamma Group is set to open its new restaurant, Barbarella, in London's Canary Wharf YY Building in June. The venue, designed with a 1970s Italian cinema theme, is their sixth in London, following Carlotta which launched two years prior. Chef Marco Rastelli will lead the kitchen, offering dishes like metre-long spaghettoni, and Cornish sole. Barbarella will also feature a terrace with views of Canary Wharf and a dedicated gelato menu.

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