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🏨 YOTEL expands globally with new hotels in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, targeting urban centers and modern, tech-savvy travelers. Belfast hotel opening in late 2026 with 165 rooms, 24/7 fitness center, and meeting spaces. London City hotel renovations to complete by April 2025, enhancing check-in and social spaces. YOTEL Tokyo Ginza opened in December 2024 in Ginza district, offering 244 rooms with views of Tokyo Tower and the skyline.

🏨 Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, signing nine new properties and adding over 1,300 rooms to its portfolio. The expansion includes six hotels from Danish real estate group ProArk, operating under the Mercure brand in Bedford, Cardiff, Harlow, Nottingham, Telford, and Birmingham. These developments enhance Aimbridge's relationship with Accor and offer diversified experiences for business and leisure travelers, particularly in the burgeoning city of Leeds with the Hyatt Place and Hyatt House additions.

🏨 Meliá Hotels International to launch The Meliá Collection in mid-2026 on Spain's Costa del Sol with the Bahía Estepona, featuring 134 rooms & suites after a complete renovation. Located on El Padrón beachfront, the hotel offers Mediterranean views, extensive outdoor spaces, pool, gardens, fitness center, spa, three restaurants, and bars. It's situated in Estepona, 20 minutes from Puerto Banús and 30 minutes from Marbella downtown, providing local Andalusian cultural experiences.

🏨 Hospitality ON lists the latest hotel openings and announcements, providing a map of new hotels worldwide in the past 10 days, including locations, photos, and key information. Hotels are color-coded: yellow for recent openings, blue for future openings announced this week, green for rebranding and reopened hotels, and orange for newly signed hotel projects.

🏖️ Raffles Hotels & Resorts to open Raffles Lake Como in 2027 at Moltrasio, Lake Como's west bank. The hotel, a renovated 1920s Art Nouveau villa, will offer 84 rooms, 18 suites, two villas, and a private dock. Features include historic preservation, modern luxury, and butler service, alongside two bars: the Long Bar and the Writers Bar. This marks Raffles' first property in Italy and fifth in Europe, showcasing their commitment to expansion in iconic locations.

🏗️ Blackpool, Porto, Ostrava presented regeneration strategies at HTL Connection session. Blackpool's regeneration program director, Nick Gerrard, highlighted a £2 billion regeneration plan, including new hotels, a renovated conference center for 7,000 delegates, and a university campus. Blackpool Central, a 9-hectare site, ready for immediate development with planning permission and a new 1,300-space car park, aims to attract international investors to the UK's top resort with 23 million annual visits and a £1.7 billion economy.