Hotel Openings

🏖 Valor Hospitality Partners, in partnership with Links Collection, opens two new luxury UK hotels: Seaton House in Scotland near the Old Course at St Andrews and Dunluce Lodge in Northern Ireland overlooking Royal Portrush Golf Club's fourth fairway. Seaton House features 42 guest rooms, including six suites, and three junior suites with dining options by Chef Patron Roy Brett. Dunluce Lodge offers 35 luxury suites and world-class dining. Both properties aim to provide unique experiences reflective of their scenic golf landscapes and local culture.

🏬 Persepolis Investments is redeveloping a 1920s Neo-Baroque building into the SLS Madrid Infantas Residences with 33 luxury units in the Barrio de Justicia district, managed by Sorigué, to be completed in 2026. Prices average €15,000/m², with sizes ranging from 1,658 to 3,320 square feet. The project offers heritage with modern amenities like underfloor heating, Bulthaup kitchens, and marble bathrooms. Penthouses feature private terraces with city views. Residents will have access to SLS Social House amenities and be part of Accor's Live Limitless program.

🍸 Luxury hotels like Four Seasons and The Ritz-Carlton feature top cocktail bars. The Punch Room, first introduced at the London Edition in 2013, opened its Tampa, Florida location in October 2022. The Tampa Edition's Punch Room offers a new menu themed "Americas: Part 1," spanning from southern Mexico to Canada, with "Americas: Part 2" set to launch next year. Drinks incorporate traditional recipes and native ingredients, some taking days to prepare, with offerings like mole and cheese-washed tequila. Available by the glass for $22 or punch bowls for $100, the menu is presented in an illustratively detailed book. The Edition plans to expand to 30 properties by 2027, with recent openings in Tokyo, Singapore, and Riviera Maya.

🏨 Hospitality ON shared a map detailing new hotels opened globally within the last 10 days, highlighting locations, photos, and key info. The color-coded map indicates hotels that opened this week in yellow, upcoming openings announced in blue, rebranding in green, and newly signed projects in orange. The listings prioritize hotels from groups, chains, and networks.

🏦 Corinthia Hotels opened Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard Bucharest, an all-suite historic property in Romania’s capital. Recently, Corinthia also acquired two hotels in Beverly Hills, California. The Bucharest hotel, located at Calea Victoriei and Elisabeta Boulevard, was inaugurated in 1873 and is a national monument. It offers 30 suites, combining traditional and modern elements. Dining options include Boulevard 73, Sass’ Restaurant & Lounge, and The Heritage Bar. The hotel features the Corinthia Spa with various wellness programs.

🏨 Radisson Hotel Group aims to open the Radisson Hotel Krefeld in 2028 as part of its European expansion, specifically targeting the DACH region. The hotel, to be situated in Krefelder Höfe, will offer 138 rooms, a restaurant, lobby bar, terrace, fitness center, a 270 m² meeting space, and 81 underground parking spaces. The area will also see the development of 245 residential units and a daycare center. Radisson entered the DACH market in 2019 with its Zurich Airport hotel, subsequently opening properties in Leipzig and Graz. Radisson's global portfolio now boasts around 200 hotels.

🏖️ Gran Marbella Resort & Beach Club, part of Iconic Luxury Hotels, opens spring 2025 along Playa del Real de Zaragoza. Featuring 137 rooms and suites with Mediterranean views, including the Royal Marbella Suite, Garden Suites, and Terrace Suites, some with private pools or Jacuzzis. Four restaurants and bars, wellness facilities, seven treatment rooms, a sauna, steam room, indoor pool, and yoga studio enhance the experience. The resort offers cultural experiences and is close to Marbella’s Old Town.

🏠 IHG Hotels & Resorts plans to open Costa Irminia Retreat & Spa in Sicily's Marina di Ragusa in the second half of 2025. It'll be Italy's second and Sicily's first Vignette Collection hotel with 43 rooms. Near UNESCO sites like Ragusa, Modica, and Noto, and a marina with over 800 berths, the luxury hotel will feature a private beach club, two pools, a restaurant, and a bar. IHG collaborates with Blu Lava Resorts and Panoram Hotels for this project, signifying a broader strategy to expand luxury and lifestyle properties in Italy. Vignette Collection, launched in August 2021, is swiftly growing across the EMEA region with new hotels also in Germany, France, Turkey, Spain, and Hungary.

🏡 Mama Shelter announced the opening of a new hotel in Toulon for January 2028, located in the historic former bishop's palace on Cours Lafayette. The hotel will feature around 100 rooms, a restaurant and bar surrounding a century-old plane tree under a glass roof, and a terrace facing Place Paul Conte. The Toulon project is part of a broader city centre revitalization, including the refurbished Halles Biltoki. Mama Shelter, with 19 locations worldwide, continues to expand in France and internationally, with upcoming openings in Dubai, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Liverpool, and Lake Como.

🎂 Lough Erne Resort offers a Mother’s Day retreat on March 30th at 3pm, featuring a two-hour wax melt and candle workshop. The Scented Serenity Retreat package includes an overnight stay, a glass of prosecco, charcuterie board, and access to the resort's Thai Spa infinity pool. Guests can decorate a soy candle and name their unique scent. Tickets are £60.00, with day tickets available. The Resort is set in the Fermanagh Lakelands, surrounded by 600 acres of countryside.