HOTEL NEWS
RITZ-CARLTON has made its Budapest debut. The 200-room hotel is housed in a building dating back to 1914, located on Elizabeth Square overlooking St Stephen’s Basilica. It has a restaurant offering Hungarian-inspired dishes, a ballroom and a spa and fitness centre with an indoor pool.
HILTON WORLDWIDE has opened its first Indian Conrad property in Pune. Situated close to Pune’s commercial hub in Koregaon Park, the 310-room property has six dining outlets and a spa. A Conrad hotel has also been announced for Doha, to arrive in 2019. In addition, the group has launched the new 173-room Hilton Garden Inn Vienna South, which is located near Business Park Vienna, to the south-west of the Austrian capital.
RADISSON BLU has launched a property in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast. The 261-room hotel is next to Port Bouet airport and has an all-day restaurant, a lobby café and a lounge bar and terrace.
STARWOOD has completed an US$11 million guestroom renovation at the Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston. Suites now feature herringbone wall coverings, hardwood floors, and separate showers and baths.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL has revealed the latest property under its Moxy lifestyle brand. The Moxy Munich Airport is five minutes from the airport by bus and has 252 rooms with “floor-to-ceiling art” and power showers.
INDIA’S ITC HOTELS has renewed its partnership with Starwood. The agreement covers 12 existing hotels (including one Sheraton property) and three forthcoming ITC Luxury Collection hotels – the ITC Kohinoor in Hyderabad, ITC Narmada in Ahmedabad and ITC Royal Bengal in Kolkata – to be built in the next four years.
HYATT has announced plans for a 300-room Andaz property in Vienna, to begin operating in 2019. The Andaz Am Belvedere Vienna will be next to the Belvedere Palace and have a spa and a 16th-floor rooftop bar. The group is also opening a new Hyatt Place property close to Frankfurt airport in 2018.
ACCORHOTELS has acquired London-based luxury serviced homes provider Onefinestay for £117 million, with a further commitment of £50 million to “help the company scale internationally”. Onefinestay has a portfolio of 2,600 properties in locations including London, New York, Paris, LA and Rome.