This roundup features the latest hotel deals and developments in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Radisson Hotel Group has announced seven new hotels across Africa to open between early 2025 to mid-2027. The properties are the 462-room Radisson Blu Beach Resort & Spa, Banjul, Gambia; 249-room Radisson Collection Hotel & Conference Center, Abuja, Nigeria; 294-room Radisson Collection Resort, Marsa Alam Port Phoenice, Egypt; 200-room Radisson Hotel Nairobi Airport; 148-room Radisson Hotel Algiers El Mouradia; 104-room Radisson Blu Hotel Abuja Central Business District; and 62-room Radisson RED Lagos VI.

Publicly listed hotel firm Rialto Group, the Stockholm-based franchisor of the First Hotels brand, has bought 100% of the shares of real-estate company Företagsplanering i Malmo AB and its operating division Planetstaden Holding for 250 million Swedish krona ($23 million) and thus the 196-room Best Western Plus Hotel Planetstaden in Lund, Sweden.

Zien Group, the parent firm of Eden Hotels, has announced its first collection hotel under a new independent umbrella, the Jan Luyken Amsterdam, a townhouse-style property with 62 rooms.

Nairobi-based CityBlue Hotels has announced a deal with United Arab Emirates owner Diar Hospitality to operate the 20-room, boutique Emin Pasha Hotel Kampala in the Ugandan capital; 72-room CityBlue Panorama Hotel & Suites in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and 65-room Urban by City Blue in Das es Salaam, Tanzania.

Balearic Islands-based Banca Marsh has entered a joint venture with Meliá Hotels International to own 80% of three hotels previously fully owned by Starwood Capital Group. The hotels — 418-room Meliá Fuerteventura; 277-room Sol Beach House Ibiza and 144-room Innside Fuerteventura — will be repositioned and remain under the operation of Meliá.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation made its debut in Montenegro in June with the 205-room Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort, on Kotor Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The firm also is debuting its Thompson Hotel brand in Italy in a deal with owner Botteghe Oscure for the 70-room Thompson Rome due to open in summer 2024.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Akam Al Rajhi, a joint venture between owners AkamAlRajhi and Al Rajhi Saudi, to operate the 300-room Voco North Coast, in Egypt. The brand’s first hotel in the country — a few miles southwest of Alexandria — is due to open in December 2026.

Hilton has announced the opening in 2024 of the first hotel under its soft brand Curio Collection in Croatia, the 54-room Keight Hotel Opatija, Curio Collection by Hilton. It will be the fourth Hilton hotel in the country to be operated by Croatian firm Zagreb City Hotels.

Scandic Hotels has announced that its home city of Stockholm will be the first site for its new economy brand, Scandic Go, with the 124-room Scandic Go Upplandsgatan 4 hotel opening on Sept. 5.

Alliance Group has chosen Aimbridge Hospitality to manage the 203-room Alliance Palace Aparthotel in Batumi, a Georgian city on the shore of the Black Sea.

Publicly listed automotive components firm Gestamp has bought the luxury, 50-room Hotel Palacio del Retiro, Autograph Collection, in its hometown of Madrid for 60 million Euros ($66 million) from family office Oriel. Management firm Belagua will continue to operate the hotel in a franchise agreement with Marriott International.

Barceló Hotel Group will enter into two new European markets with the 151-room Barceló Warsaw Powisle, which opened in the Polish capital in June, and the Barceló Fortina Malta, in the town of Sliema, which is due to open later in July.

Travelodge U.K. has opened what it claims is the largest branded hotel by rooms count in Ireland, the 393-room Dublin City Centre Travelodge Plus, in a franchise deal with Dublin-based TIFCO Hotel Group.

Publicly listed MDJM has completed the acquisition and renovation of two hotels in the U.K., the 20-room Fernie Castle Hotel, near Fife, Scotland, with a history dating from 1353; and the 12-room Robin Hill Hotel, in Torquay, Devon, England.

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