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Alberto Vita

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I clienti B&B vanno in bici grazie a Unicorn Mobility

🚲 B&B Hotels collaborates with Unicorn Mobility to offer premium Pirelli-branded ebikes with integrated helmets, GPS, and alarm systems. This service, managed through Unicorn's app, aims to enhance traveler experiences and promote sustainable tourism in Italy. Gianluca Iorio, Unicorn Mobility Co-Founder, highlights the partnership's role in encouraging cycle tourism. Liliana Comitini, CEO of B&B Hotels Italy, Slovenia, and Hungary, emphasizes the commitment to reducing environmental impacts.
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Hyatt Hotels lancia il nuovo brand Upscale Unscripted by Hyatt

🏨 Hyatt Hotels launches the upscale brand Unscripted by Hyatt, expanding its Essentials portfolio. Over 40 hotels globally are in discussions to join. Unscripted offers independent properties a flexible system while leveraging Hyatt's global brand and World of Hyatt loyalty program, with over 56 million members. Notably, Hyatt's Lifestyle and Luxury segments grew their room count by 11% by Q1 2025, adding 30+ properties and 3,500 rooms since Q1 2024, partly through Standard International acquisition.
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Parte dall’India l’avventura del nuovo soft brand Series by Marriott

🏨 Series by Marriott starts in India through an agreement with Concept Hospitality Private Limited (CHPL). Founded in 1996, CHPL manages six brands and over 100 hotels in 90 locations. The Fern chain, with 84 open and 31 pipeline hotels, will join Series by Marriott. Marriott will make a small equity investment in CHPL. Anthony Capuano, CEO of Marriott International, emphasizes expanding Marriott's presence in India. Accor aims for 300 hotels in India by 2030, while Wyndham and Dusit International also expand.
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Baglioni Hotel&Resorts raddoppia a Roma

🏦 The Palace Company from Mexico acquired a property managed by Kryalos Sgr's Fondo Comet in Rome, planning to transform it into a luxury Baglioni Hotels&Resorts with 131 rooms. The location, an ex-17th-century Augustinian monastery, is near the Trevi Fountain. The Palace Company aims to expand to 20 properties in five to seven years. In the last year, the group reported revenues of $1.7 billion, with over $1 billion from vacation club sales and bookings.
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Marriott conquista i 36 alberghi di CitizenM

🏨 Dutch chain CitizenM joins Marriott International with 36 hotels and 8,544 rooms across over 20 cities including New York, London, Paris, and Rome. CitizenM's expansion includes three hotels with over 600 rooms expected to open by mid-2026. Founded in 2008, it targets modern travelers and businesspeople with technology-driven accommodations. Marriott will pay $355 million for the brand and related intellectual property, with the existing portfolio becoming part of Marriott's system under new long-term franchise agreements. Founder and CEO Rattan Chadha expresses enthusiasm for the partnership with Marriott, which shares CitizenM's values and culture.
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Rebranding per Minor Hotels, che punta ad aprire 300 nuovi hotel

🏨 Minor Hotels is expanding its masterbrand to include at least two new soft brands by the end of the year and around 300 new properties by the end of 2027. Following the acquisition of NH Hotel Group in 2018, now known as Minor Hotels Europe & Americas, the company's global presence has tripled. Minor Hotels aims to consolidate its 8 brands—Anantara, Avani, Elewana Collection, NH, NH Collection, nhow, Oaks, and Tivoli—into one app and one website, allowing guests to book over 560 properties. Their loyalty program will be rebranded to Minor Discovery, offering $100 in Discovery Dollars to new members after two stays. Minor PRO, a new B2B program, will be introduced. Minor Hotels was founded in 1978 and now operates over 560 facilities in 58 countries.
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Londra, Istanbul e Dublino: le città con più camere d’albergo in apertura in Europa

🏨 London, Istanbul, and Dublin lead European cities in new hotel room openings in 2025, with London adding more than 5,600 rooms, Istanbul 3,920, and Dublin just under 3,200. Overall, Europe will see nearly 107,000 new rooms this year, including those opened early in 2025. CoStar reports a total of about 171,000 rooms under construction, 86,000 in final planning, and 163,000 in initial planning stages.
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