This roundup features the latest hotel deals and developments in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

The Diriyah Gate Development Authority has signed 16 hotel management agreements for its mega Saudi Arabian project Diriyah to add to the 16 already announced, with the first hotel to open later this year. The brands announced in the second phase of signings include Anatara; The Chedi; Faena; GHM; Hyatt Place; The Langham; Marriott Edition; 1 Hotels; Radisson Red; Taj Hotels, Treehouse, and Waldorf Astoria.

Hilton has opened the 163-room Iceland Parliament Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik and immediately adjacent to the country’s Parliament building, known as the Alþingishúsið.

In December 2023, IHG Hotels & Resorts will open the 137-room Voco Budapest, a conversion of the independent D8 Hotel managed by owner BDPST Group.

Dalata Hotel Group has opened its 50th hotel, the 303-room Clayton Hotel Glasgow City in Glasgow, Scotland.

Following the conversion of two residences dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, the 61-room Mercure Dumfries Cargenholm House opened in early January in Dumfries, southwest Scotland. Splendid Hospitality Group is managing the hotel.

Nobu Hospitality and owner Aldar Properties will open the 165-room Nobu Hotel, Restaurant & Residences on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, in 2026.

Accor division Ennismore and owner Katara Hospitality will open the 56-room Maison Delano Paris in the French capital next month, the brand’s debut hotel outside of the U.S., where it has the one hotel in Las Vegas.

Hilton has announced the signing of the 108-room Motto by Hilton Rotterdam, the European debut of the Motto by Hilton brand. No exact opening date was announced.

Radisson Hotel Group opened the 110-room Radisson Blu Grand Hotel & Spa, Malo-les-Bains, a French coastal town 10 miles southeast of the Belgium border, and the 200-room Radisson Blu Mosi-oa-Tunya Livingstone Resort on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has signed a franchise agreement with Davos Luxury Properties AG for the 50-room Hotel Flüela that will open in the Switzerland town of Davos, famous for its annual World Economic Forum conference, later this year as part of the firm’s soft brand Unbound Collection.

Katara Hospitality, the owner and developer of the newly renamed, 332-room Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel, has selected IHG Hotels & Resorts to manage the hotel, which it will begin this spring.

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