On 8 October 2026, Four Seasons and Royal Resort Cap Malabata, a development company backed by GFH, announced plans for Four Seasons Resort Tangier in Morocco. The resort will be located at Cap Malabata, overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. With 99 keys, it will become the group's fourth property in the country, after Casablanca, Marrakech and Rabat.

The 1,588-room Chelsea Toronto, part of Langham Hospitality Group's portfolio, unveiled its new brand identity on 29 September 2026. The announcement concludes a four-year, hotel-wide transformation programme representing an investment of approximately €52m (more than CAD 85 million). For one of Canada's largest hotels, the challenge is to remain relevant to the next generation of leisure, business and group travellers.

The Blasky Hotel & Rooftop, located in the Sachsenhausen district on the south bank of the River Main, is joining the Vienna House by Wyndham brand as Vienna House by Wyndham Frankfurt South. The 104-room hotel occupies a former office building converted in 2019. It is now changing flags and launching a works programme that will take its capacity to 139 rooms and suites by the end of 2027.

British group Hiddenwell, formerly Barons Eden, is committing £25m (around €29m) to the transformation of Ardencote Manor in Warwickshire, which is due to reopen in early 2027. The largest investment in the group's history will make the estate its third destination spa in the UK, four months after the adoption of its new identity.

Namron Hospitality will reopen La Valise Bacalar on 15 December 2026, a 22-key property designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo on the shores of Laguna Bacalar, in the state of Quintana Roo. Bookings opened this week. The deal brings the group's flagship brand to six properties and 78 keys in Mexico. It also positions the brand in a south-eastern Mexican destination still largely untapped by upscale hospitality.

Marking its tenth anniversary, French hotel collection Chapitre Six, founded by Nicolas Saltiel, has unveiled a complete overhaul of its identity, spanning brand platform, logo, film and website. The new brand architecture comes on the eve of two landmark openings: the Bourbon Hotel in Courchevel 1850 this winter, followed by a five-star hotel club in Cannes, billed as the collection's most ambitious project to date.

Minor Hotels has launched Life Longevity, a wellness brand that brings together its destinations, services and future developments within a single ecosystem. It builds on Layan Life by Anantara in Phuket and will open its first urban site at The St. Regis Bangkok this autumn. For the group, the aim is to turn wellness into an ongoing relationship that follows each guest from one destination to the next.

On 6 October 2026 in Conakry, the Guinean Development Agency hosted a delegation from Groupe Duval led by its founder and Chairman, Éric Duval. The working session focused on investment opportunities in Guinea's construction, hospitality and tourism sectors. This first contact brings a French managed real estate player face to face with a country structuring its development around the Simandou 2040 Programme.

Meliá Hotels International will bring its Gran Meliá luxury brand to the United Arab Emirates with J1 Hotel, a Gran Meliá Hotel, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2027 in Jumeirah 1, Dubai. The 366-key beachfront resort will become the Spanish group's third property in the emirate. Its model is built around destination dining delivered by international restaurant brands.

Spanish group Iberostar is among the six winners of the inaugural Beyond Tourism Impact Stars, an award launched by the World Economic Forum and presented in Geneva at the end of September. The WEF has recognised the Iberostar Wave of Change movement, which makes science, data and innovation the foundation of the hotel group's sustainability strategy. Iberostar's case is a simple one: responsible tourism is also a lever for operational efficiency and economic resilience.

Construction of Anantara Siniya Island Resort and Anantara Residences Sobha Siniya Island has officially begun in Umm Al Quwain, in the presence of the emirate's Crown Prince. Developed by Sobha Al Siniya FZC and operated by Minor Hotels, the 125-key project with 125 branded residences, scheduled for 2030, marks Anantara's arrival in a new emirate and is one of the centrepieces of the Sobha Siniya Island masterplan.

The Shepherd Mayfair opened its doors in October 2026 in the heart of London's Shepherd Market. Owned through a joint venture between Bain Capital and Orka Investments, the 82-key boutique hotel takes a neighbourhood-focused, outward-looking approach in a Mayfair dominated by the major international hotel houses.