Hotel Openings

🏡 Sage Hospitality Group takes over management of Hyatt Centric Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, joining Sage's four other lifestyle hotels in the city, plus properties in Sonoma and Napa Valley. The partnership with Park Hotels & Resorts, initiated with Hilton Denver City Center in December 2024, expands with this 316-room hotel, featuring pet-friendly amenities, an outdoor heated pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Park Hotels & Resorts boasts a portfolio of 40 hotels and resorts with nearly 25,000 rooms. Sage Hospitality, now in its 40th year, operates four companies.

🍕 Santa Maria Pizzeria celebrates its 15th anniversary by opening its sixth location in Paddington, London on 24th February 2025. Founders Angelo Ambrosio and Pasquale Chionchio, who met in Napoli in the 1990s, opened their first site in Ealing in 2010. The new Paddington site is located within the historic Frontline Club. Known for traditional Neapolitan pizza, the brand first gained recognition when named London’s Best Pizza by Time Out shortly after the Ealing opening. Expansions include Fulham, Fitzrovia, Islington, and Kew Gardens. Santa Maria Paddington will be at 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ.

🏩 Staycity Group to open its first Northern Ireland property in Belfast, a £20 million Staycity Aparthotel, in 2026. Beaufort House, a 46,000-square-foot, nine-story former HMRC office on Wellington Place will be transformed into a 98-room aparthotel with a gym, bar, restaurant, and shop. Lotus Property received approval in 2024 for conversion, marking Staycity's expansion into 17 European cities with 6,000 rooms across 36 aparthotels since 2004.

🏡 Hospitality ON compiled a map of new hotels, tracking openings over the past 10 days, focusing on group-affiliated and networked hotels. The map uses color coding: yellow for hotels opened this week, blue for announced openings set for later in the year, green for rebranded or reopened hotels this week, and orange for hotel projects signed this week with openings months or years away.

🏡 Sonesta International Hotels Corporation opened Signature Inn Berkeley in Newton, Massachusetts, a 29-room hotel located in Berkeley, California. The upper-economy property is close to attractions like the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco Bay. Announced in 2025, it's the first Signature Inn opening that year and adds to Sonesta's 14-location portfolio in the United States, positioned against upper-economy and midscale brands. Hotel features include WiFi, a lounge, signature amenities, and 24-hour coffee service.

🏦 Hilton to open Conrad Hamburg in 2024, marking its first entry into Germany under the luxury Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand. A franchise agreement with Munich Hotel Partners (MHP) has been signed. The hotel will feature 238 rooms, 25 suites, 32 residential suites, nine meeting rooms, a lounge bar and restaurant, and wellness facilities including a luxury spa, gym, and private pool. Housed in the historic Levantehaus on Mönckebergstraße, Conrad Hamburg joins 15 other Conrad properties in EMEA. Hilton has 56 properties in Germany either trading or under development. Conrad Hamburg is set to enhance luxury accommodation in Hamburg following the 2023 closure of Park Hyatt Hamburg.

🍷 TAMISé, a 64-cover wine library and tea lounge, launches at Park Hyatt River Thames in London, designed by Studio Moren. The space draws from London's heritage and the River Thames, featuring a 300-label wine collection and seating for wine sampling from 2,000 bottles across 24 countries. Art by Edward David Eason and George Blacklock adorns the establishment. Park Hyatt’s GM, Rike Erdbrink, highlights TAMISé as a new chapter in London’s wine culture, with the opening coinciding with Valentine’s Day.

🏨 British chain Premier Inn opened its first hotel in Austria, Premier Inn Wien City, near Vienna's central station, acquired in March 2023. The establishment is part of their expansion, adding to 60 hotels in Germany. Renovations are due for completion in July 2025, with 180 modern rooms, including 29 Premier Plus rooms and an average room size of 20 square meters. The hotel features double, family, and accessible rooms, along with a parking garage for 31 vehicles. CEO Erik Friemuth highlighted Vienna as a strategic market for Premier Inn.

🏖️ Marriott International launched Marriott Miches Beach in the Dominican Republic, marking its all-inclusive debut in the Caribbean. The former Sunrise Miches Beach Resort, renovated starting late 2024, offers nearly 1,000 feet of beachfront and will feature 500 suites upon completion. The resort combines family-friendly and adults-only sections, includes a waterpark, multiple pools, a luxury spa, fitness center, and 8,166 square feet of meeting space. Dining options will encompass 11 restaurants, including a seafood and raw bar, a South American and Caribbean cuisine restaurant, and a ramen shop. Marriott International’s Brian King highlighted the economic growth contribution to the Dominican Republic. Marriott Bonvoy's all-inclusive segment has over 20 properties globally.

🏥 IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with AIMS Holding to introduce the Regent brand to Makkah, featuring the new Regent Makkah with 330 rooms and suites adjacent to Al Haram Al Sharif. The luxury property, progressing ahead of schedule, includes a presidential suite with panoramic Haram views, specialty restaurants, and a spa. The initiative aligns with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 to bolster Makkah's hospitality for religious tourism, alongside Marriott's planned world's largest Courtyard hotel opening in 2026 with 2,179 rooms.