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

Accor is set to make its debut in Zimbabwe, with the opening of the 19-suite Mbano Manor Hotel Victoria Falls by Mantis Collection. To open in June in a rebranded forest lodge, the French hotel firm claims the property will be the first branded hotel in the destination in 10 years.

Nobu Hospitality and Millennium Hospitality Real Estate have opened the 25-room Nobu Hotel & Restaurant Sevilla in the Spanish city of Seville. The operator is Mercer Hotels.

In the Zambian capital of Lusaka, IHG Hotels & Resorts has completed the conversion of the InterContinental Lusaka into two hotels — the brand new 106-room InterContinental Lusaka joining the 162-room Holiday Inn Lusaka, which opened in 2020.

Zannier Hotels has announced it will open in 2026 the 93-room Zannier Hotels Bendor on the French Mediterranean island of the Île de Bendor, a small isle once owned and first developed by Paul Ricard of the Ricard pastis drinks company.

Owned by Luxury Hotel Partners, the 35-room seasonal hotel Teranka Formentera has opened on the Balearic Islands isle of Formentera for its first year.

The Diriyah Co., which is overseeing Diriyah Gate, one of Saudi Arabia’s upcoming tourism giga-projects, has signed two hotels from the Aman Group — the 78-room Aman Wadi Safarto, which will also include 38 branded residences, and the 120-room Janu Siriyah.

PPHE Hotel Group has announced it will open the 88-room Radisson Red Belgrade in the Serbian capital. Currently undergoing an upgrade, it is projected to open by the end of this year. Arena Hospitality Group, PPHE’s Croatin-house management company, will operate the property.

Abu Dhabi-based Rotana Hotels & Resorts is set to make its debut in the United Kingdom with two hotels, both in South London — the 70-room Centro New Malden to open by the end of 2023, and the 31-room Centro Kingston to open by the end of 2024.

Dutch hotel company Zoku has made its debut in France with the Zoku Paris. In the city’s 17th arrondissement, the hotel has 109 rooms.

Accor is set to debut its Mercure brand in Moldova, where it only has one other hotel, also in capital Chișinău. Owned by domestic hotel firm, Coriap SRL, the 74-room Mercure Chișinău is to open by the end of this year;

IHG will debut its soft brand Vignette Collection in the U.K. with the 133-room The Halyard at Ropeworks Liverpool. Molo Hotels is the owner, and Lighthouse Hotel Management is the operator. Formerly the Mercure Hotel Heilbronn, in a small city north of Stuttgart, the hotel will increase its room count by four before opening by the end of this summer.

The Park Inn by Radisson York City Centre in the Yorkshire city of York is set to be transformed into a hotel of its parent brand, Raddison Hotels & Resorts, as the 200-room Radisson York City Centre.

Choice Hotels has bolted on four Fortress Hotels-owned hotels in Scandinavia to its Ascend Hotel Collection brand — the 26-room Torreby Castle in Sweden, 86-room Oscarsborg Fortress, 28-room Kongsvinger Fortress and, also with 28 rooms, the Reenskaug Hotel, all in Norway.

Accor brand Swissôtel has signed a deal with owner Grathon Business to open the 130-room Swissôtel Mariánské Lázně Resort & Spa in 2024 in the Western Czech Republic spa town of Mariánské Lázně. Five hotels will merge together under its new name.

Primestar Group and owner Crown S.C.A. SICAV-RAIF, a Luxembourg-based institutional fund, are set to open in June the 46-room June Stay Lake Garda, Italy. Primestar founded June Six Hotels and June Stay Hotels in 2022 with two June Six hotels in Germany, in Berlin and Hannover.

RBH has been appointed as the management firm for three U.K. hotels under the umbrella of two Accor brands and ownership of Fragrance Group. Two are in Paignton, Devon — the 160-room Mercure Paignton and 121-room Ibis Styles Paignton. The third is the 179-room Municipal Hotel Liverpool, MGallery Collection. All three will be reopened by the end of the year.

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