This roundup features the latest hotel deals and developments in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Extendam Sells Three Accor Hotels to SomnOO
Paris-based Extendam and 123 IM, among other owners, have sold three Accor-branded hotels in Germany — 142-room Mercure Hotel Hamm; 146-room Mercure Hotel Hagen, and 170-room Mercure Hotel Ludenscheid — to Extendam’s operating and investment partner SomnOO, which now owns, either with a majority or minority share, 61 hotels in Germany and France.
Radisson Opens Park Inn in Saudi Arabia
Radisson Hotel Group has opened the 161-room Park Inn by Radisson Makkah Thakher Algharbi, which complements the recently opened Radisson Makkah Thakher Alsharqi, also in the Holy City of in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Both hotels are in the Saudi giga-project of Thakher.
Accor Welcomes New Dual-Brand Property in London
Accor has converted its Ibis London Earls Court into a dual-branded hotel. Opened in July, the asset contains an Ibis hotel that retains the original name and has 226 rooms and the Mercure London Earls Court that has 144 rooms but will have by March of next year 282 rooms.
Marriott's Moxy Brand Planned for Cairo
Marriott International and owner Reliance Ventures will open the Moxy Hotel Downtown Cairo in 2029. There is no confirmed room count as yet for the hotel, which was formerly offices of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior.
The Resident's First Scottish Hotel Opens in September
London-based hotel operator The Resident is to open its first hotel in Scotland, the 164-room Resident Edinburgh on Sept. 1, which will occupy a building that for more than 60 years was a government office for revenue and tax collection. The parent company has four hotels in London and one in Liverpool.
Spanish Hotel Owner Buys Barcelona Property
Barcelona-based owner Grupo Hoteles Gargallo has acquired the 89-room hotel Casa Lit Barcelona from a joint venture created by Geneva-based Stoneweg Hospitality and Boston-based Bain Capital. No price tag was disclosed.
Motel One Opening in Germany This October
Motel One is to open the 157-room Cloud One Düsseldorf-Kö Bogen on Oct. 1. The Cloud One brand has a hotel in New York City and now four hotels in Europe, three in Germany and one in the Czech Republic.
IHG To Open Hotel Indigo in Spain
IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with owner Senator Hotels & Resorts to open in spring 2026 the 82-room Hotel Indigo in Jerez de la Frontera in the Spanish home of the variety of fortified wine, sherry.
Yotel Debuts YotelPad Brand in Europe
Yotel has opened its first European hotel for its YotelPad brand. The 62-room YotelPad London Stratford joins two other hotels for the brand in Miami and Park City, Utah. The London hotel will also open a restaurant.
EasyHotel Acquires Madrid New-Build Site
In a turn-key sale by developer Redentum Partners, EasyHotel has acquired a new-build site for a 94-room hotel in Madrid that is due to open in spring 2025.
B&B Hotels Acquires Five Pentahotels Properties in the UK
French budget-sector firm B&B Hotels has acquired five Pentahotels-branded assets in the United Kingdom from Luxembourg-based Aroundtown SA. The hotels are the 90-room Pentahotel Inverness; 103-room Pentahotel Warrington; 112-room Pentahotel Derby; 126-room Pentahotel Ipswich, and 131-room Pentahotel Birmingham. All are to undergo some degree of refurbishment, and all are currently not operating.
Radisson Brings Red Brand to Birmingham
Radisson Hotel Group will in spring 2027 open the Radisson Red Birmingham Edgbaston Stadium, in Birmingham, England. The 146-room hotel will be part of the renovation of Edgbaston Stadium — one of England’s cricket stadiums that hosts international matches — with its first guests likely to be there for the stadium’s hosting of an Ashes fixture, the century-old, fierce rivalry between England and Australia.
Viceroy's Portugal Hotel Nears Opening Date
On Oct. 1, Viceroy will open the Viceroy at 76-room Ombria Algarve in Loulé, Portugal. The property also will have 59 residences, six restaurants and an 18-hole golf course.
Locke Opens Lisbon Hotel
Locke has opened its 16th hotel, the 370-room Locke de Santa Joana in Portugal’s capital Lisbon. The property is a renovation of a 17th-century monastery.