Tag: hotels



Creditors paid in full after £206m Hotel Restructuring

Posted on 25 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Sales and Lets

American private investment firm Starwood Capital has acquired four distressed London hotels and a luxury residential block once operated by serviced apartment provider Think. In August last year the firm issued a statement saying that some of the... Read More

West End Hotel named Best in UK

Posted on 22 January, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

London’s Haymarket Hotel has been named the best in the UK. The Piccadilly hotel beat off hundreds of rivals to gain the accolade in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards.  It also scooped seventh place in the European top hotels category and 20th in... Read More

Chesterfield to gain £400 million Leisure Resort

Posted on 20 January, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments

Consumers have continued to up their spending on luxury items as the economy recovers which, along with the retail industry, has hugely benefited operators of leisure businesses across the country. This week, developer Birchall Estates has confirmed that... Read More

Irish Hotel Market Momentum set to continue in 2015

Posted on 31 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Confirmation that the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is about to sell its final batch of hotel portfolios has prompted one Irish property expert to predict that 2015 will see hotel values reach a pre-recession high. "Hotel trading and the... Read More

Village Hotels sale completes De Vere break-up

Posted on 17 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The De Vere empire has now been fully broken up, with United States private equity company KSL Capital Partners acquiring the final piece of the hotel group — the 28 property De Vere Village chain — for £480m. A former FTSE 100 listed company, De... Read More

Holiday Inn to open UK’s Biggest Sea Container Hotel

Posted on 1 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

One of Britain's leading budget leisure chains is about to take over a £12.5m new hotel on London's Royal Albert Docks — made entirely from converted shipping containers. With the first batch of "fully dressed" containers already being put... Read More

Village Urban Resorts portfolio acquired by KSL Capital Partners

Posted on 27 November, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Sales and Lets

Investment firm KSL Capital Partners has agreed a deal with hotel group De Vere for its Village Urban Resorts hotel brand. The deal includes a total of 28 branded Village hotels, with locations including Coventry, Dudley, Walsall and Solihull. However,... Read More

Crown Estate unveils Silverlink expansion

Posted on 26 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

After the surprise closure of a Tyneside hotel the landowner — property giant The Crown Estate — has now unveiled plans for a shopping park on the site. In July, staff and guests at the Travelodge on North Tyneside's Silverlink retail park,... Read More

Hotel Football kick-off Delayed

Posted on 4 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

GG Hospitality — the property company owned by footballers-turned-developers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs — has confirmed it is delaying the opening of its hotel venture by four months. Hotel Football, being built in the shadow of the former... Read More

Show goes on as Granada HQ becomes Entertainment Hotel

Posted on 24 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The new owner of Granada Television’s Manchester headquarters has hinted entertainment will remain a part of its regeneration plans for the historic studio. Allied London — the developer behind the city’s Spinningfields business and retail... Read More