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Vine Hotels acquires The Gables Hotel near Bristol

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The Hotel Brands section tracks the latest developments, strategies, and growth activity from major hotel groups and emerging brands operating in the UK. Focused on the commercial decisions behind expansion, rebranding, franchising, and portfolio management, it provides hotel owners, operators, and investors with insight into how brand activity is shaping market dynamics.

Coverage includes new brand launches, UK market entries, leadership changes, refurbishment plans, M&A activity, and evolving brand standards—alongside commentary on positioning, loyalty strategies, and consumer targeting. Whether independent hoteliers seeking affiliation or operators benchmarking group trends, this section offers strategic intelligence on brand movements influencing the competitive landscape.

Brands

The Hotel Brands section tracks the latest developments, strategies, and growth activity from major hotel groups and emerging brands operating in the UK. Focused on the commercial decisions behind expansion, rebranding, franchising, and portfolio management, it provides hotel owners, operators, and investors with insight into how brand activity is shaping market dynamics.

Coverage includes new brand launches, UK market entries, leadership changes, refurbishment plans, M&A activity, and evolving brand standards—alongside commentary on positioning, loyalty strategies, and consumer targeting. Whether independent hoteliers seeking affiliation or operators benchmarking group trends, this section offers strategic intelligence on brand movements influencing the competitive landscape.

Accorhotels acquires hotel booking platform Gekko

AccorHotels will deliver other hotel brands to travel agencies with the acquisition of…

Manorview Group takes on 60 mile cycle challenge for breast cancer awareness

Manorview Group’s cycling team will be travelling between their hotels dressed in pink to…

Yotel secures $250m investment from Starwood Capital Group

Hotel chain Yotel has secured a $250m (£186m) investment from Starwood Capital Group for a…

RedefineBDL partners with Aprirose to expand portfolio

RedefineBDL Hotels (RBH) has assumed management of 26 four-star luxury hotels on behalf of…

Principal Hotel Company to free up £200m with ‘disposal’ of 20 properties

The Principal Hotel Company is expected to make at least £200m with the disposal of its…

Ibis ditches check-in desks with new programme

Ibis hotels has ditched its traditional check-in desk and replaced it with an ‘innovative’…

Two Eden Hotel Collection properties celebrate AA red star ratings

The Eden Hotel Collection’s Bovey Castle, on Dartmoor, Devon, and The Mount Somerset Hotel…

London Town Group purchases the Ramada Leicester Stage Hotel

London Town Group has acquired the Ramada Leicester Stage Hotel, in a sale completed by…

Travelodge to hire 875 additional Christmas staff

Travelodge, one of the UK’s largest independent hotel chains which operate over 550 hotels…

Whitbread withdrawal from ethical workplace code ‘slap in the face’, says Unite

UK hospitality group Whitbread’s withdrawal from the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) just…