Hotel & Leisure

A UK golf and spa hotel is receiving new financing as part of an ongoing redevelopment programme. Hilco Real Estate Finance has arranged a £6.1 million loan with a 24-month term for the 76-key property in Formby. The hotel is currently undergoing a £12 million+ upgrade programme that includes improvements to hospitality, leis...

As part of a strategic reorganisation, Colliers has appointed five senior professionals to lead its EMEA hospitality platform. The new structure follows leadership transitions in late 2025 and is designed to enhance cross-border advisory services in one of the most active real estate sectors. The team will operate across majo...

The UK competition authority is examining whether three major hotel groups exchanged commercially sensitive pricing information via the analytics platform STR. All parties are cooperating. No finding of wrongdoing has been made.

Following the standout performance of its 164-room flagship in Frankfurt, LyvInn Hotels the budget lifestyle hybrid brand, is accelerating its expansion across the UK and Europe.

a&o Hostels is pushing ahead with its expansion in the capital and has secured a 31,000 m² office building in a central location in Berlin-Kreuzberg from Pimco Prime Real Estate. The building is part of the Markgrafenparks, from which the asset manager sold the neighbouring part to PGIM for redevelopment last year.

The UK hotel sector delivered a resilient performance in 2025, staging a strong recovery in the second half of the year after a challenging start, according to Knight Frank’s latest UK Hotel Trading Performance Review.

Staycity Group has signed a long-term lease on approximately 11,000 square metres of space at the 'Weisse Quartier' in Munich, marking its entry into the Bavarian capital. The Irish aparthotel operator will develop 255 units in Building 4, securing one of the largest single hospitality lettings in Munich in recent months.

Blasson Property Investments has acquired the four-star Ibiza Corso Hotel & Spa, with plans to invest around €40 million in repositioning the 175-room property as a five-star Autograph Collection hotel. The hotel is scheduled to reopen in 2027. Arabella Hospitality will operate the hotel under a hotel management agreement (HM...

Stoke Rochford Hall, a historic Grade I Listed Jacobean-styled manor house hotel set within approximately 28 acres of landscaped gardens and woodlands in rural Lincolnshire, has been sold for an undisclosed sum to The Timeless Collection, part of LSG Holdings.

PPHE Hotel Group is regaining the freehold of the 494-room Park Plaza London Waterloo, reversing a 2017 sale-and-leaseback. The move increases freehold exposure and shields the group from future rent increases.

Veteran hotelier Robert Peel is preparing for retirement and has launched the sale of four full-service hotels across England. The portfolio spans Wallingford, Carlisle, Newcastle and Peterborough and is available individually or as a package.

The Solestia Group has purchased three hotels in Cannes from the Greek real estate investor, the Azur Selection, which acquired the portfolio in 2024. The three hotels comprise 106 rooms in total. The family-owned group Solestia also plans to open a hotel and restaurant in Nice in 2026.

Primestar Group is expanding its lifestyle brand with the opening of June Six Salzburg on March 1, 2026. Developed with Soravia, the 88-room hotel will operate as part of Marriott International’s Tribute Portfolio.

SV Hotel has celebrated the opening of the Moxy Zurich, introducing a lifestyle-driven hotel concept to the city. The 162-room property in Zurich West combines design, co-working and nightlife flair under the Marriott brand.

The Otto family realigns its real estate platform: ECE Work & Live now operates as ParkProperty Europe. The move sharpens the group’s brand architecture and positions the pan-European investor and developer more clearly within the residential-focused ParkProperty platform.

Savills is strengthening its German hotel platform: Tina Haller will join as Head of Hotels Germany from 1 April 2026, based in Munich. With more than 20 years of experience as both adviser and principal, she is set to broaden Savills’ advisory capabilities and further connect the German business with the firm’s EMEA hotels t...

Philip Lassman has been appointed Managing Director UK & Ireland at Numa Group, succeeding Olivia Immesi after five years. The former Accor executive is set to drive further expansion of the Native by Numa and Numa brands.

Heartwood Collection has acquired The Lord Byron in Trumpington, Cambridge, and plans a major refurbishment and rebranding. The property is set to reopen in late 2026 as The Meadow Lark, a 19-bedroom “pub with rooms”.