Category: New Hotels

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Hilton is opening new hotels in London and Birmingham

The LXR Biltmore Mayfair is due to open in June 2019. It is the first in Europe from Hilton’s new brand LXR, the first hotel in this group was the Habtoor Palace in Dubai. The hotel is located on Grosvenor Square and will have 257 bedrooms and 51 suites. It was previously the Millennium Mayfair Hotel, but following the multi-million-pound refurbishment, it was decided to re-brand as the luxury LXR. For events, the hotel has a 500 sqm ballroom and various smaller meeting rooms for up to 100 attendees.

The Doubletree by Hilton Birmingham has an opening date of October 2019. This property was previously the Royal Angus Hotel in the Snow Hill area of the city. It will have 186 bedrooms and the size of the meeting space is yet to be confirmed. However, two extra floors and a rooftop terrace will be added.

Hilton is introducing another new brand to London, with the Motto by Hilton London Marlebone, which is due to open in the summer of 2020. This property will have about 100 bedrooms and is located in the Old Marlebone Road. Motto Hotels will have ‘an urban vibe in prime global locations’ and will be small. The ‘micro-hotels’ will have multi-functional, rooms that can be customised (pictured above). The concept is aimed at friends and family groups wanting more than a hostel and guests can book multiple connecting rooms with wall beds, lofted beds and multi-functional furniture that can be put away when not required.

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We take a look at Hilton’s newest hotels in Europe and further afield

Doubletree by Hilton La Torre Golf and Spa Resort

This hotel opened recently and is 20 minutes from Murcia Airport and an hour from Alicante. The ballroom is the largest meeting room, with capacity for 800 people for a dinner and there are four smaller meeting rooms which can be divided. The hotel has 133 bedrooms. It is situated beside a lake and golf course, with a spa, swimming pools and fitness facilities.

Grand Tirolia Hotel Kitzbuhel, Austria

The Grand Tirolia Hotel opened in December 2018 and is part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. The nearest airport is Saltzburg, which is a 90-minute transfer. The hotel has 81 bedrooms and 5 meeting rooms, the largest has capacity for 300 people in theatre-style. Located on a golf course, there are two terraces with views of the Tyrolean Alps and in winter, the lifts for Kitzbuhel ski area are about 4½ km away.

Conrad Washington DC

The Conrad Washington DC opened in February 2019 and is located downtown. There are 380 bedrooms and 8 meeting rooms. The largest event space is the Ballroom which has capacity for 850 people in theatre-style. There is also a rooftop bar which can be used as event space for a drinks reception of 200 people.

Waldorf Astoria – Dubai International Financial Centre

This hotel is due to open in August 2019. It is on the 18th – 55th floor of the Burj Daman, which also contains offices and apartments. The largest event space will be the ballroom which has capacity for 270 people for a banquet and there is a library with open kitchen which can be used for meetings.

New hotels due in 2020

Two more properties to look out for in Europe, both currently scheduled to open in September 2020 – the Hilton Paris Eiffel Tower and the Parliament Hotel Reykjavik, Curio Collection.

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IHG acquires Six Senses for £232m

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has acquired Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas for $300m (£232m) from Pegasus Capital Advisors.

The cash acquisition includes all of Six Senses’ brands and operating companies but not real estate assets.

Six Senses manages 16 hotels and resorts, with 18 management contracts signed into its pipeline, and more than 50 further deals under active discussion, adding to IHG’s luxury portfolio.

Six Senses will sit at the top of IHG’s luxury portfolio, complementing its InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand; the recently acquired and repositioned Regent Hotels & Resorts and Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. The acquisition takes IHG’s portfolio of open and pipeline luxury properties to 400 hotels (108,000 rooms) globally.

IHG has revealed plans to grow the Six Senses estate to more than 60 properties globally over the next 10 years, including bringing Six Senses to urban markets, with a property already under construction in Manhattan, New York City.

Keith Barr, chief executive of IHG, said: “Six Senses is an outstanding brand in the top-tier of luxury and one we’ve admired for some time. You only have to look at its iconic hotels and resorts to see how this acquisition will further round out our luxury offer.

“This acquisition continues the progress we’ve made against the strategic initiatives we outlined a year ago, which included a commitment to adding new brands in the fast-growing $60b (£46b) luxury segment.”

Neil Jacobs, chief executive of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, said: “An outstanding business has been built over the past 20 years, and a respected portfolio of hotels and resorts, with wellness and sustainability at their heart. This distinct proposition and the popularity of our award-winning estate, combined with IHG’s scale, systems and expertise gives us the opportunity to accelerate Six Senses’ global growth.”

David Cogut, principal, Pegasus Capital Advisors, added: “Six Senses fit well with our core themes of investing in sustainability and wellness with a focus on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) integration, and we’re proud of the work we have done to build it into one of the world’s best luxury hotel brands. Since acquiring the brand in 2012, we have taken the Six Senses experience to some of the world’s most select locations. IHG shares many of our values and will protect what’s special about the brand as it drives Six Senses’ next phase of growth.”