The Spanish start-up will offer second-hand furniture from four Madrid hotels online from 3 to 6 September

Invesco Real Estate has sold the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, a 122-room five-star hotel in the heart of the canal district, to a consortium led by Singapore's First Sponsor Group for approximately €93.5 million. Acquired in 2019 as the flagship asset of its European Hotel Fund, the property continues to be operated by Hyatt under a long-term lease running to 2042. The transaction reflects Invesco's portfolio rotation strategy, as Amsterdam confirms its appeal to international hotel investors.

Klaus-Michael Kühne, controlling shareholder of Swiss group Kühne+Nagel and long regarded as one of Germany's wealthiest men, died overnight on 23–24 August 2026 in Schindellegi, Switzerland, aged 89. Over more than six decades, he transformed the family business founded in Bremen in 1890 into one of the world's foremost maritime and air freight groups, while also building, through his stakes in Lufthansa and Hapag-Lloyd, an empire spanning the entire international mobility chain. His passing, and the question of how his influence will pass to the Kühne Foundation, directly concern a hospitality sector whose activity remains inseparable from the air and sea flows he helped shape.

British company Nova Pangaea Technologies has successfully completed endurance trials at its Teesside demonstration site, validating the stability of its REFNOVA process for converting residual biomass into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The trials demonstrated continuous operation over production cycles of up to 72 hours, with yields exceeding set targets. This milestone comes as the company launches a fundraising round to build its first commercial-scale plant, in an aviation sector seeking alternative feedstock sources to used cooking oil.

Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF, via its subsidiary Qiddiya Investment, signs an agreement with the Élysée to revive the site of the former Mirapolis theme park, with a hotel and residential component to support the operation.

India's leading hotel group formalises the shareholding consolidation with its associate company, owner of the Taj Coromandel and Taj Malabar, in an all-stock transaction.

The British holding company, owner of Wowcher, continues its push into the spa and wellness market by acquiring SpaSeekers, one of the sector's longest-standing booking platforms, consolidating its position in the UK market.

The London-listed owner of the Park Plaza and art'otel brands pockets €28.7m for a plot near Hudson Yards, seven years after acquiring it and six months after scrapping the originally planned hotel project.

Regis Maybourne (UK) Ltd and Selene SARL, a subsidiary of Constellation Hotels Holding Limited,...

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The Goldman Sachs Group announced on 18 August 2026 the acquisition of LCN Capital Partners, a platform specialising in sale & leaseback transactions, for a consideration of up to €351M ($410M). The deal gives Goldman Sachs Asset Management a specific area of expertise - the resale of corporate real estate while preserving its use through a long-term lease - after two years marked by high interest rates that curbed investment in physical real estate. For the hospitality sector, the acquisition is also a reminder that LCN held exclusive talks in 2025 to buy nine Silken hotels in Spain, before ultimately being outbid by Hotusa.

The California-based start-up aims to capture a share of the €4.3 billion that American hotel guests spend annually on third-party meal delivery, offering properties a turnkey room service solution under their own brand.