HOTEL NEWS

VICEROY HOTEL GROUP has opened the Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco, located close to the city’s Union Square. Formerly known as the Prescott hotel, the refurbished property has 196 rooms, a street-level café, bar and lounge, a games room, and 278 sqm of event space. ROTANA has opened a 249-room property in Bahrain’s capital. Facilities at the Downtown Rotana Manama include a rooftop swimming pool and a restaurant with a sushi bar and pizza oven. MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL is to launch its first property in New York City next month. The 313-room Innside hotel is located at 132 West 27th Street in the NoMad district, and will feature an Italian bistro with an outdoor terrace. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL will open an Edition property in Barcelona next year. The Barcelona Edition will be located in the Ciutat Vella (“Old City”) district and will have 100 rooms, three restaurants, a club and a rooftop bar. Marriott has also opened a property in the Hague. Formerly the Worldhotel Bel Air, the Hague Marriott Hotel has 306 rooms. PREMIER INN has opened its first German property in Frankfurt. The 210-room Premier Inn Frankfurt Messe is located on Europa Allee, close to the Messe Frankfurt exhibition complex. ACCORHOTELS has confirmed details of five new UK properties. The 120-room Ibis Styles at Ealing Apex opens in London in June, followed by the 231-room Ibis in Cambridge in September. Next year, the group will open a 146-room Adagio in Edinburgh, a 313-room Novotel at Canary Wharf (at 39 floors, it will be the world’s tallest Novotel) and a 196-room Ibis in London’s Canning Town. IHG will open its first Intercontinental hotel in Bulgaria in 2017. The Radisson Blu Grand Sofia will be rebranded under Intercontinental once refurbishment has been completed. In the UK, IHG is opening a 298-room Holiday Inn in Manchester’s Piccadilly this month. STEIGENBERGER HOTEL GROUP has opened its first property in Dubai. The Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay Dubai has 365 rooms, an outdoor pool, a 19th-floor executive lounge, and a meetings and events level. CARLSON REZIDOR is to open a Radisson Red property in Dubai in 2018. The 171-room hotel will be located in the Dubai Silicon Oasis smart city project. HYATT has plans for a 300-room Andaz property in Vienna. The Andaz Am Belvedere Vienna will be located next to the Belvedere Palace and is due to open in 2019.