Hotel Openings - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 222

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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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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Tampa’s Saddlebrook Resort sets out on $92M renovation project

🏌️ Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa Bay, undergoing a $92-million transformation, includes redesigning a 480-acre property, its lobby, 451 guestrooms, event spaces, dining options, and golf courses. Rees Jones will overhaul the golf facilities, which will feature a new 27-hole layout. The resort offers a digital golf studio, 43 tennis courts, and over 215,000 square feet for events. The renovation, led by EoA Group and backed by Mast Capital and Amzak Capital, aims to blend tradition with innovation.

Meliá and Summum collaborate to launch premium destination in Costa Brava

🏨 Meliá Hotels International and Summum Hotel Group to transform Etuu Begur Hotel into Meliá Begur, joining the Affiliated by Meliá portfolio in 2026. Located in Begur's old town, Girona, the revamped hotel will increase from 42 to 65 rooms. It will offer amenities like a pool, spa, gym, and meeting rooms, catering to both leisure and business travelers. This marks the fifth collaboration between the two groups, reinforcing their commitment to sustainable luxury tourism in Spain.

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Peachtree expands in Texas with new TownePlace Suites property

🏡 Peachtree Group, in partnership with TEKMAK Development Company, opened the 87-suite TownePlace Suites in Forney, Texas, 22 miles east of Dallas. The pet-friendly hotel, catering to short and long stays, offers full kitchens, complimentary breakfast, a 24-hour fitness center, and an outdoor pool. In 2023, Peachtree managed multiple Texas hotels, with a portfolio including several brands. The hospitality division now oversees 108 hotels, 28 brands, 13,440 rooms across 26 states, with 35 properties under third-party management.

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