Project of the Week: InterContinental Tirana
Clare Nicholls
02 Oct 2023
Our latest luxury Project of the Week is IHG Hotels & Resorts’ landmark first InterContinental hotel in Albania.
Our latest luxury Project of the Week is IHG Hotels & Resorts’ landmark first InterContinental hotel in Albania.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has signed for a co-located Wyndham Grand hotel and residences on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline.
Accor has unveiled the 23 Daiwa Resorts sites in Japan which will join its portfolio, adding 6,000 rooms to its nationwide network.
Outrigger Resorts & Hotels has outlined its intentions to overhaul a Hawaiian resort it has retaken ownership of.
Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise agreement with Dutch real estate investor Annexum to develop two hotels totalling 480 rooms in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The THP research team has been busy this month inputting over 160 new entries in the database, and here we profile three of the latest hotels to keep a watching brief on.
Marriott International expects to add another 10 hotels to its Thai portfolio by the end of 2024 across its luxury, premium, select and longer stay brands.
Choice Hotels International has made key executive appointments to position the company for continued future growth.
German headquartered hotel developer and operator Aspire Hotel Group is planning to open 20 high end sites across the DACH countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) by 2027.
Accor is aiming for significant growth in its premium hotel portfolio across Europe and north Africa, with a robust pipeline across key brands including Pullman, Mövenpick and Swissôtel.
All-inclusive resort specialist Club Med has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with developer Paradise Indonesia to bring more of the brand’s upscale hotel sites to Indonesia.
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation continues to reach new heights with its pipeline hitting around 585 hotels and 119,000 rooms by the end of H1 2023.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) is stepping into continental Europe with the signing of a Taj Hotels site in Frankfurt, Germany.
Hilton Worldwide is continuing its expansion across Saudi Arabia with the signing of its first airport hotel in the country.
Atmosphere Core is venturing out from its home Maldives market to other prime leisure destinations in south Asia, so THP News sat down with the hotel group’s head of investment and strategy to talk targets.
Marriott International’s Gaylord Hotels site in Aurora, Colorado, USA is to undergo a major overhaul just five years after opening.
Ennismore brand Mama Shelter will be doubling its UK presence with a £25 million redevelopment in Liverpool.
Luxury hospitality firm Atzaró Group has unveiled a new safari destination, set to open in Botswana in April 2024.
Thai capital Bangkok is reaping the benefits of major concerts’ return, which in turn is spiking requirements for additional accommodation capacity.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has revealed the first locations for its latest select service brand, Hyatt Studios.
Scandic Hotels has signed a long-term lease agreement with landlord Projekti GH Oy for two hotels within Garden Helsinki, a multi-functional event arena in Helsinki, Finland.
Our luxury Project of the Week is Wynn Resorts’ first spectacular foray into the Middle East.
Two Asian hospitality management companies, Artotel Group and Absolute Hotel Services (AHS), have established a strategic alliance.
US-headquartered hotel management company, Aimbridge Hospitality, has hired a pair of industry veterans to expand its global growth leadership team.
Ireland-based Dalata Hotel Group is continuing to grow its portfolio in both its home country and the neighbouring UK.
Marriott International has signed an agreement with Alula Development Company, fully owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to open an Autograph Collection property in the Middle Eastern nation.
Accor and Yaralla Sports Club are constructing Australian state Queensland’s first five star hotel in the coastal city of Gladstone.
Hyatt Hotel Corporation has revealed its Hyatt Place line is part of the group’s fastest expanding pipeline segment in the US.
IHG Hotels & Resorts is accelerating the growth of its luxury and lifestyle brand estate in southern Europe by adding six Hotel Indigo properties to its portfolio.
UAE-based hotel management company Rotana is making an entry into Senegal with a 150-key property in the Dakar region.
Minor Hotels is planning its first NH Hotel in Australia with a property set to take shape in Sydney.
From 18 to 20 October, the visitors of interihotel BCN23 will be able to explore the two conceptual spaces designed by the prestigious interior design studios Francesc Rifé Studio and Capella-García Arquitectura (Juli Capella, Miquel Garcia and Cristina Capella), inspired by a restaurant group (Udon) and a hotel group (Senator Hotels & Resorts), based on a design thinking exercise led by AMBIT Living Spaces Cluster within the framework of its Interiors Living Lab.
Hilton Worldwide signed a quarterly record of more than 36,000 keys in Q2 this year to boost its pipeline to 440,000 rooms.
Ruby Hotels’ lean luxury concept has found favour across 16 European sites, and with a 20-strong pipeline in the offing, we asked the brand’s founder and CEO where it is heading next.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has revealed it has a pipeline of 20 properties in Türkiye, which it believes solidifies its position as the country’s largest international hotel company.
Accor’s Mantra Hotels site at Melbourne airport, Australia, is to undergo a multi-million dollar refurbishment.
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US-based Ashford Hospitality Trust is to switch a hotel in Key West, Florida from an IHG Hotels & Resorts brand to a Marriott International site.
Denmark’s tourism industry has bounced back to record levels, post-pandemic, which has helped to attract nearly US$1.6 billion in upper segment hotel financing, according to the latest THP information.
Luxury ecolodge brand and management company Envi Lodges has marked a major development milestone by signing a management agreement for its first property in Africa.
H World Group, the Chinese parent company of Deutsche Hospitality, revealed that Q2 2023 was record-breaking for hotel signings.
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The former Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles, California is being rebranded as part of a planned conversion to Hilton Worldwide’s LXR Hotels & Resorts line.
Scandic Hotels Group is to expand its lifestyle brand, Signature Collection, with two new sites, one in Norway and the other in Denmark.
IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed its first hotel in the UAE’s Sharjah, in the form of a new voco site within a mixed use development.
Our stunning Project of the Week is getting ready to soar in China’s Shenzhen Bay, featuring a homing birds-themed design within a gleaming new skyscraper.
Camera flashes all around, selfies with fans, luxury events and campaign shoots: Sara Nicole Rossetto is in front of the camera almost every day. Either as a model for international fashion brands or as an influencer giving her more than 100,000 subscribers on Instagram an insight into her everyday life. The trendsetter is not only passionate about fashion, but also interior design. The beautiful Italian recently had the bathroom of her new 100 m² apartment on Arco della Pace in the heart of Milan renovated. In order to live up to her ideas of minimalist aesthetics, she opted for the free-standing Meisterstück Centro Duo Oval bathtub and two Ming washbowls made from KALDEWEI sustainable steel enamel.
Marriott International is concentrating on conversion projects to bolster its pipeline, with the majority of its hotel signings in H1 2023 coming from redeveloped sites.
UK-based independent hotelier KE Hotels will be overhauling its property in Oxford to become a four star boutique hotel.