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🏠 IHG Hotels & Resorts announced the addition of Vignette Collection with the opening of Union Han, Istanbul Karaköy, set for 2025. The hotel, owned by Cortex Turizm, will be IHG's 16th in Istanbul, featuring 51 rooms, an artisan bakery, all-day restaurant, and high-end wellness facilities including a spa. Part of IHG's broader expansion in Turkey, contributing to 45 hotels in the country, this move aims to grow Vignette Collection to 100 hotels in a decade, bolstering IHG's nearly 900 global luxury and lifestyle properties. Currently, IHG operates 32 hotels in Turkey with 13 under development.

🏨 Hospitality ON lists international hotel openings and forthcoming inaugurations, highlighting their style, brand, and room count. It provides a map of new hotels opened worldwide in the last 10 days, including location, photos, and key information. Hotels are color-coded: yellow for openings this week, blue for announced openings, green for rebranding and reopening, and orange for signed projects to open in the future.

🏠 The Social Hub plans to open three new hubs in Porto, Florence, and Rome by early 2025, expanding their total to 21 hubs across 19 major European cities. Porto's hub, the brand's first long-term apartment offering, will be located in the city's historic center. The Social Hub Florence Belfiore, opening in February 2025, will feature 550 rooms and 80,000 m² of space including coworking areas and a 7,000 m² public park. The Social Hub Rome is set to open in March 2025.

🏠 W Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy, opens W Prague in the Czech Republic, marking the brand's first establishment in the country. The hotel features 161 rooms and suites, including the WOW Bohemia Duplex, a W Lounge, and a panoramic bar. The design, a collaboration of Benoy, AvroKO, and Chapman Taylor, blends Art Nouveau with contemporary elements. Highlights include the "Elixir" concept, "Jardin Fantastique" corridor, Preciosa Lighting installations, and local and international art. Culinary offerings include Petit Beefbar, W Lounge, Above Rooftop, and Bisou bar. The AWAY spa has a pool, sauna, hammam, and the FIT gym offers modern equipment and classes.

❄ Accor to open Mercure Tsaghkadzor, a 4-star ski resort in Armenia, by early 2027. The hotel will feature 69 rooms, including 10 villas, a spa, indoor pool, sauna, hammam, kids' area, three restaurants, and conference rooms. Mercure operates over 1,000 hotels in 65 countries, with 200 more in development, and is part of the ALL - Accor Live Limitless loyalty program.