Sophos Hotels has announced the arrival of Clara Muller as Senior Director of Development, based in Lausanne, effective 1 September 2026. The executive will lead the group's development department, supported by Louis Finders, promoted at the same time to Director of Development & Feasibility. The dual move restructures Sophos Hotels' development team at a pivotal moment in its growth.

Elizabeth Herzberg joined PM Hotel Group in May 2026 as Senior Vice President, Development. She arrives after more than seven years at Mint House, the hotel brand she helped guide through its acquisition by Kasa in early 2026. The appointment strengthens the development team at the US hotel management group.

David Resnick joins Driftwood Capital, the Miami-based hospitality investment platform, as Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer, effective August 2026. He arrives after more than two years leading investments at 13th Floor Investments. The appointment strengthens the leadership team of a firm on the rise in the US hospitality investment market.

Bastian Germer is taking over as General Manager of Park Hyatt Sydney, the iconic harbourside hotel, from August 2026. The German hospitality executive leaves New York, where he had led The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad since 2021, to relocate to Australia. The appointment caps a career spanning more than three decades with some of the world's leading luxury hotel brands.

Radisson Hotel Group opened the Hoje Taastrup Hotel Copenhagen West on 4 August 2026, the first Radisson Individuals property in Denmark. Located in Høje-Taastrup, on the doorstep of Copenhagen, the 165-room hotel is operated by CIC Hospitality, a Nordic hotel operator based in Oslo. The opening marks a new milestone for the group's affiliation brand, which is already present in around fifteen European and Asian markets.

The Logis Hôtels Group has announced the integration of 46 new establishments across France and Italy in the middle of 2026. This latest wave of accessions primarily strengthens the historic Logis Hôtels brand as well as the group's urban and premium segments, which now boast an average network density of one property every 12 kilometres across French territory. The announcement confirms sustained growth, one year after the acquisition of Teritoria.

Red Sea Global (RSG) has announced the opening of Nammos Resort AMAALA, the first-ever hotel from the Greek Nammos brand, previously known for its beach clubs and restaurants originating in Mykonos. The resort, designed by Foster + Partners, sits at Triple Bay, at the heart of the AMAALA destination on Saudi Arabia's north-western Red Sea coast. The opening marks the sixth hotel delivered within AMAALA and confirms the growing momentum of the tourism programme backed by Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF.

Grape Hospitality has announced the appointment of Olivier Daguzan as President of the Group, weeks after the completion of a €481 million refinancing designed to support its transformation strategy. A graduate of ICN Business School with more than twenty-five years' experience gained at Accor and then Essendi, he succeeds Frédéric Josenhans, who will support the transition until the end of the year as Senior Advisor.

CapMan Real Estate, through its CapMan Nordic Real Estate IV fund, has completed the acquisition of the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen alongside Danish pension fund AP Pension, in a 50/50 joint venture. Located in Ørestad, one of Copenhagen's most dynamic business districts, the 366-room four-star hotel reflects the fund's strategy of targeting premium urban assets backed by structural growth drivers.

Ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2026, Millennium & Copthorne has unveiled a development pipeline of 29 projects representing 11,736 hotel and residential units across six markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Driven by the regional MENAT platform, launched in February 2026 under the presidency of Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, the figures confirm the rise of an owner-operator model designed to weigh investment decisions on market fundamentals rather than opening volume alone.

🔎 Today's trend: hospitality is caught between an events-driven surge and portfolio restructuring. From Céline Dion's Paris residency to the strategic divestments at Lavorel Hotels and Alfred Hôtels, via a wave of openings from Bordeaux to Istanbul, the sector is combining strong short-term demand with deeper repositioning.

Hilton has signed the DoubleTree by Hilton Parramatta, a 100-room hotel set to open in late 2028 as part of the mixed-use Cosmopolitan project led by Deicorp Group in Parramatta, New South Wales. The property will be operated by Trilogy Hotels and marks Hilton's entry into this fast-growing economic hub in western Sydney.