Project of the Week: Four Seasons Jeddah Corniche
Achieving our Project of the Week title this time is Four Seasons’ striking five star site taking shape in the Saudi Arabian capital’s coastal resort.
Achieving our Project of the Week title this time is Four Seasons’ striking five star site taking shape in the Saudi Arabian capital’s coastal resort.

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has signed for a trio of new SeleQtions properties over the last month, spread across India.

22 Hospitality, a subsidiary of Nigerian energy firm, NIPCO, has taken a controlling stake in the company that owns Sheraton Abuja Hotel with a view to restoring the property to its former glory.
The Lux Collective and P Q Hai Quoc Joint Stock Company have signed a hotel management agreement to build a luxury overwater resort under the Lux Resorts & Hotels brand on the island of Phu Quoc, Vietnam.

Waterpark specialist Great Wolf Resorts is to double its presence in Texas, USA, with a new resort heading to the city of Webster, near Houston.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a multi-property development agreement with Grape Hospitality for five conversion properties in prime European destinations.

Marriott International will be debuting its Fairfield by Marriott brand in Europe and the Middle East by late 2023.
Citadines, the aparthotel brand of CapitaLand Investment Limited’s The Ascott lodging division, is maintaining its focus on its Asian home market in its upcoming projects.
Private equity firm Peachtree Group’s development division, Peachtree Hospitality Development, is on track for a record year in the hotel market.
Scottish Highlands country hotel Inverlochy Castle has unveiled plans to restore its listed stables and create eight new bedrooms to help meet high guest demand.
Australia’s ICD Property and Belingbak have been given the green light to redevelop an existing site in Sydney’s central business district into a mixed use tower containing a luxury hotel.
Two Hilton Worldwide sites in Alabama, USA will now receive a facelift after being purchased by private investor Waramaug Hospitality.

Accor is expanding its footprint in Saudi Arabia with the signing of the first Novotel Living to operate in Riyadh. The 170-key serviced apartment newbuild is set to open in 2026.
A total of US$41.4 billion of fixtures, fittings and equipment (FF&E) will be required for global high end hotels in the coming years, according to the latest exclusive report by luxury hotel furniture manufacturer Wood Couture and TOPHOTELPROJECTS.

Minor Hotels brand Tivoli Hotels & Resorts is to appear in Spain for the first time with the overhaul of a former Sheraton property in the Canary Islands.

Our latest luxury Project of the Week will form the tallest tower complex in Danang, Vietnam, when it completes next year.

The Chinese city of Wuhan is to welcome a milestone development which should help it recover after being the original epicentre of the covid pandemic.

Following a record growth year in Greece, Radisson Hotel Group will further expand in the southern European country with a raft of signings on the books.

Major hotel group, Accor, is focusing heavily on Asia for its upcoming developments in high end segments.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is to overhaul an existing Kimpton site in Riviera Maya, Mexico to become the boutique brand’s first all-inclusive resort.
Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners is to reposition a recently-purchased Scottish hotel to join its Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts collection.

Marriott International expects to open 14 additional luxury properties in Asia Pacific by the end of 2023.

This year has seen 1 million pilgrims descend on the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca (also known as Makkah) to perform Hajj for the first time since the pandemic. This could prompt hotel developers to beef up accommodation options in the area.

Accor is due to launch one branded residential project every six weeks throughout 2023 and 2024, of which approximately 46% will be located in the India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey region.

Gaining our Project of the Week title this time is Marriott International’s upcoming spectacular hub for work and play on the Pacific border between the USA and Mexico.
Asian developer Hing Construction is to bring a new five-star hotel resort to the Zambian capital, Lusaka.

Nearly 80% of hotel investors plan to be net buyers in 2022, according to a recent survey by real estate manager Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) Hotels & Hospitality Group.

SH Hotels & Resorts brand Treehouse Hotels is heading to the USA for the first time with a new site set to open in Sunnyvale, California in late 2023.
Real estate investor and developer Lamington Group is planning to open three new net zero room2 ‘hometels’ in York, Glasgow and Manchester.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Saudi Investment Group for its second Hotel Indigo in Jeddah.
TOPHOTELPROJECTS researchers have had a busy September, adding nearly 150 entries to the database over the last few weeks.

Boutique brand Generator has signed its first third party management agreement, for an iconic New York City hotel which will now be refurbished.
Marriott International’s independent premium hotel strand, Autograph Collection, is to continue its luxury expansion with a particular focus on the group’s domestic market in the USA.

Radisson Hotel Group has outlined tenacious Middle Eastern expansion plans as it sets out to add over 5,000 keys to its portfolio in the next five years.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is expected to add more than 20 new hotels in the Latin America and Caribbean regions through to 2024.

Accor’s Sofitel Hotels & Resorts brand is expanding in Shanghai with the agreement of a 293-key luxury urban resort, set to open in 2025.

Hilton Worldwide has signed the first site for its newest brand, Tempo, in the iconic location of New York City’s tourist hub, Times Square.
Cheval Collection has signed a management agreement with Nakheel which will see the debut of its Cheval Maison brand in Dubai.
Hotel chains looking at Malaysia for further expansion are likely to welcome the country’s push to attract more digital nomads.
Langham Hospitality Group now owns and will manage a new luxury hotel and branded residences in downtown Seattle, USA, slated to open in 2026.

Marriott International has signed an agreement with Bain Capital Credit and Omnam Group to bring its Edition Hotels brand to Lake Como, Italy.

Gaining our latest Project of the Week status is the luxury Waldorf Astoria brand’s debut in Morocco.

Accor division Ennismore has signed an agreement for a swift development for lifestyle brand Tribe in Bangkok.

Radisson Hotel Group is planning to further expand its portfolio in Poland, with upcoming openings taking its operational sites in the country to 23, representing more than 5,200 rooms.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed an exclusive partnership with holding entity Agung Sedayu Group to develop the Holiday Inn brand’s first urban beachfront resort in Indonesia.
US companies Opwest Partners and Iridius Capital are collaborating to turn part of an iconic skyscraper in Tucson, Arizona, into the city’s first soft-branded lifestyle hotel.

Luxury hotel group Salamander Hotels & Resorts and private equity firm Henderson Park have teamed up to purchase and rebrand a former Mandarin Oriental site in Washington DC, USA.
Scandic Hotels has inked an agreement for a new 220-room hotel in Ski, near Oslo in Norway.

Hilton Worldwide upscale brand Hilton Garden Inn has allotted nearly one in three of its 98 future openings to the Greater China area.

Deutsche Hospitality will be opening a hotel under its new House of Beats banner in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg during Q1 2026.