Hotel Openings

🌳 Treehouse Hotel Manchester, under SH Hotels & Resorts, opens March 19 with 224 rooms, including 9 suites and 3 accessible rooms, located on Deansgate. The second U.K. Treehouse property offers dining venues such as Pip by Mary-Ellen McTague, Sister Moon by Sam Grainger, and the rooftop bar The Nest & The Hideout. Features include a 43-seat screening room, gym, event spaces, and cultural events by Luke Cowdrey and Justin Crawford. Bookings now open, following the brand's London launch in November 2019 and U.S. expansion in 2023.

🏠 IHG Hotels & Resorts is expanding its European presence by bringing the Vignette Collection brand to France through a partnership with Global Hotels & Resorts. The new development, scheduled to open in 2026, in Théoule sur Mer on the French Riviera will include the Tiara Miramar and Tiara Yaktsa hotels, enhancing the company's luxury and lifestyle portfolio. The Vignette Collection aims to contribute to the region's hospitality sector, with France now hosting 70 operational IHG hotels and 12 in development. The collection has over 50 signed and pipeline properties globally, with a goal of 100 hotels in a decade. The French Riviera property promises guests luxury amenities like dining options, beaches, pools, a gym, spa, and bar, alongside walking trails and water sports.

🏖 Accor, a French hotel group, is set to enhance Elatos Resort on Mount Parnassus, Greece, by including it in their luxury Emblems Collection. This collaboration with Lampsa Hellenic Hotels aims to develop luxury tourism in Greece. The resort's relaunch, post-transformation, is scheduled for Q2 2026, targeting an international clientele. Accor currently has 46 job offers available.

🏡 The Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria in Brussels, originally built in 1910, reopened after a refurbishment by GA Group. Located in the Freedom Quarter, the hotel is celebrated for its Louis XVI facade and grand interiors. The Palm Court features a stained-glass roof and belle époque details, while the Palais Royal by David Martin restaurant reflects its royal heritage with gold leaf lettering and a grand marble fireplace. The cocktail bar Under The Stairs draws on art nouveau influences and has 32 covers, connecting to a courtyard with 50 more covers. The Corinthia Spa by Sisley offers a nine-meter lap pool among other wellness facilities. The hotel showcases local Belgian art in guestrooms and suites reflecting the city's heritage, including the Grand Deluxe Suites, the Royal Heritage Suite, and the Grand Masters Penthouse with a private terrace. The project is a blend of historical restoration and modern luxury.

🏡 Sage Hospitality Group takes over management of Hyatt Centric Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, joining Sage's four other lifestyle hotels in the city, plus properties in Sonoma and Napa Valley. The partnership with Park Hotels & Resorts, initiated with Hilton Denver City Center in December 2024, expands with this 316-room hotel, featuring pet-friendly amenities, an outdoor heated pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Park Hotels & Resorts boasts a portfolio of 40 hotels and resorts with nearly 25,000 rooms. Sage Hospitality, now in its 40th year, operates four companies.

🍕 Santa Maria Pizzeria celebrates its 15th anniversary by opening its sixth location in Paddington, London on 24th February 2025. Founders Angelo Ambrosio and Pasquale Chionchio, who met in Napoli in the 1990s, opened their first site in Ealing in 2010. The new Paddington site is located within the historic Frontline Club. Known for traditional Neapolitan pizza, the brand first gained recognition when named London’s Best Pizza by Time Out shortly after the Ealing opening. Expansions include Fulham, Fitzrovia, Islington, and Kew Gardens. Santa Maria Paddington will be at 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ.

🏩 Staycity Group to open its first Northern Ireland property in Belfast, a £20 million Staycity Aparthotel, in 2026. Beaufort House, a 46,000-square-foot, nine-story former HMRC office on Wellington Place will be transformed into a 98-room aparthotel with a gym, bar, restaurant, and shop. Lotus Property received approval in 2024 for conversion, marking Staycity's expansion into 17 European cities with 6,000 rooms across 36 aparthotels since 2004.

🏡 Hospitality ON compiled a map of new hotels, tracking openings over the past 10 days, focusing on group-affiliated and networked hotels. The map uses color coding: yellow for hotels opened this week, blue for announced openings set for later in the year, green for rebranded or reopened hotels this week, and orange for hotel projects signed this week with openings months or years away.

🏦 Hilton to open Conrad Hamburg in 2024, marking its first entry into Germany under the luxury Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand. A franchise agreement with Munich Hotel Partners (MHP) has been signed. The hotel will feature 238 rooms, 25 suites, 32 residential suites, nine meeting rooms, a lounge bar and restaurant, and wellness facilities including a luxury spa, gym, and private pool. Housed in the historic Levantehaus on Mönckebergstraße, Conrad Hamburg joins 15 other Conrad properties in EMEA. Hilton has 56 properties in Germany either trading or under development. Conrad Hamburg is set to enhance luxury accommodation in Hamburg following the 2023 closure of Park Hyatt Hamburg.

🍷 TAMISé, a 64-cover wine library and tea lounge, launches at Park Hyatt River Thames in London, designed by Studio Moren. The space draws from London's heritage and the River Thames, featuring a 300-label wine collection and seating for wine sampling from 2,000 bottles across 24 countries. Art by Edward David Eason and George Blacklock adorns the establishment. Park Hyatt’s GM, Rike Erdbrink, highlights TAMISé as a new chapter in London’s wine culture, with the opening coinciding with Valentine’s Day.