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

Whitbread PLC opened the 180-room Hub by Premier Inn Clerkenwell on London’s Farringdon Road at a cost of 90 million pounds sterling ($111 million) and its second hotel in Dublin, Ireland, the 113-room Premier Inn Dublin City Center.

German hotel firm Motel One, after debuting its Cloud One brand in New York City in December, is bringing the brand to Europe with the openings of two hotels in Germany before the end of the year — one in Düsseldorf, the other in Hamburg.

IHG Hotels & Resorts and owner Jurmaz Hotels have signed a hotel management contract for the 246-room, 29-floor Voco Hotel & Suites Riyadh North due to open in 2026. This will be IHG’s 38th hotel in the country.

Firmdale Hotels has bought for 55 million pounds sterling ($68 million) the 58-room Covent Garden Hotel from CBRE Investment Management.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts opened the 207-room Dolce by Wyndham Milan Malpensa, the first of that brand in Italy. The hotel is in the town of Somma Lombardo, just north of the international airport.

Marriott International brand JW Marriott has made its first foray into the safari sector with 20 luxury tents, the JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The property also has a spa and a treehouse lounge.

Thai hotel firm Dusit International has made its European debut with the 36-room Dusit Suites Athens in Glyfada, a suburb of the Greek capital Athens.

Hilton has debuted its DoubleTree by Hilton brand in Austria in cooperation with owner Primestar Group. The DoubleTree by Hilton Vienna Schönbrunn has 247 rooms.

The 40-room Casa da Companhia in Porto, Portugal, has become part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ soft brand Vignette Collection.

IHG also has signed a development deal with Egyptian developer Arabella Group to open three hotels in Egypt between 2023 and 2026: the 346-room InterContinental North Coast Direction White, 77-room Voco Cairo Arabella Plaza Cairo and 146-room Crowne Plaza Cairo Arabella Clubhouse.

Spanish real estate investment trust Azora has bought the 199-room Tryp Charmartín for 34.6 million euros ($37.7 million) from Barcelona-based Meridia Capital, which bought the hotel in 2019 for 27.5 million euros ($30 million).

Radisson Hotel Group has debuted its soft brand Radisson Individuals in Paris, France, with the 75-room Hotel YAC Paris Clichy.

Ruby Group and owner BNP Paribas Real Estate will open in 2025 an as-yet-unnamed Ruby hotel in Marseille, which will have 237 rooms and be the hotel brand’s debut in France.

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