Hotel Openings

🏖 Balfour Miami Beach, an 82-room hotel, joined Wyndham's Registry Collection Hotels. Built in 1940, it embodies Art Deco elegance with pastel facades and terrazzo details. Located in South Beach, Miami, it features a pool terrace, Mediterranean restaurant, and complimentary beach chairs and bicycles. This pet-friendly hotel offers Italian linens and marble walk-in showers. Registry Collection Hotels has expanded globally, including properties in Colorado Springs and Greece, with plans for India by 2026.

🏨 Preferred Hotels & Resorts expands into Egypt, adding six Wings Encora Collection properties to its Lifestyle Collection. The new entries include Coral Sea Holiday Resort in Sharm El Sheikh and five luxury Nile cruise ships. These ships, like Mazaj MS Tamr (38 cabins) and Mazaj MS Tulip (47 cabins), highlight Preferred's delve into Egypt's luxury cruise segment. Saurabh Rai emphasizes this as a strategic expansion across the MENA region, enhancing local culture offerings.

🏨 Marriott International has opened Morea House, a 90-room boutique hotel in Cape Town's Camps Bay, marking the first Autograph Collection property in the city. Designed by Tristan du Plessis, it features ocean, mountain, and beachfront views. Dining options include Lebanese-inspired OMRI and a poolside restaurant. Wellness amenities include a spa, outdoor pool, and activities like yoga and guided hikes. The opening enhances Marriott's presence in South Africa, expanding its diverse brand portfolio.

🏨 TRIBE London Canary Wharf will launch a wellness-focused stay package in January 2026, offering access to Third Space Recovery Spa. Guests enjoy an overnight stay, gym and pool access, plus cryotherapy and vibroacoustic therapy. The initiative aligns with Canary Wharf's shift to a lifestyle destination, emphasizing leisure, health, and wellbeing. The hotel targets wellness-oriented travelers, providing modern amenities and wide Canary Wharf views. The package responds to growing interest in recovery-focused short breaks.

🏨 Hideaway Inns opened its second property in New England at Mount Snow Resort, Vermont, featuring 27 rooms. Managed by Revival Hotels, it offers communal spaces, coworking, a sauna, and mobile check-in via propriety tech. Guests access the HI Innsider Guide for local tips. CEO Saxton Sharad highlights the blend of modern design and technology. Future plans include openings in Lenox, Massachusetts (2026), Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, targeting 25+ properties in five years.

🏨 Louvre Hotels Group opened the Kyriad L’Isle-d’Abeau with 53 rooms, near A43 highway, L’Isle-d’Abeau station, and a commercial zone. A restaurant, in partnership with Giorgio e Basta, will open soon. Louvre has over 1,750 hotels in 70 countries, with Kyriad having more than 500 3-star hotels. New partner Jean-François Moughamian joins to expand, including a Golden Tulip in 2027 at Bourgoin-Jallieu.

🏠 Accor, in partnership with Select Group, is bringing the Mövenpick brand to the UK by redeveloping the Old Thorns estate in Hampshire. This strategic move supports Accor's expansion of premium brands and highlights the increasing importance of asset repositioning in mature European leisure markets.