RHB Hospitality Management | Expansion in Scotland with the Signing of Dual – Branded Hotel Indigo and Staybridge Suites Dundee

 

RBH Hospitaliy Management, an independent hotel management company based in Glasgow - Scotland - UK with a proven track record across the hotel chain scaole from economy through to luxury hotels, has expanded its portfolio in Scotland with the signing of dual Hotel Indigo and Staybridge Suites Dundee.

The property is situated in Dundee, coastal city on the Firth of Tay estuary in Eastern Scotland in the town centre, a 9 - minute walk from the McManus Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum and 1.6 kilometres from both Dundee train station, and design exhibits at the contemporary V&A Dundee.

Hosted in a historic building, site of a former textile factory built in 1822, the Hotel Indigo provides 102 rooms and an 85 - room Staybridge Suites along with the Daisy Restaurant Tasker and Bar Eighteen 22 also providing a fitness centre and parking and on – site parking with one EV charger.

With the addition of this property, RHB Hospitality Management brings its portfolio to nine units in Scotland and 20 IHG-branded hotels across the United Kingdom.

RHB Hospitality Management CEO David Hart said the company is very pleased to return to Dundee and establish a strategic partnership with Percor Capital to manage these exceptional properties.

The dual-brand model of Hotel Indigo and Staybrisge Suites allows for diversification of the offering by meeting the unique needs of both short- and long-term guests, a key component of RHB Hospitality Management's broader growth strategy.

This appointment not only reinforces the company's commitment to the Scottish market but also strengthens its long-standing partnership with IHG as RHB Hospitality Group continues to expand its portfolio with high-performing properties.

RBH Hospitality Management manages a portfolio of more than 50 hotels across the chain scale, from economy through the upper scale and luxury, including independent and branded properties with Accor, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, IHG, Marriott International and Wyndham Worldwide.

Link - https://boutiquehotelnews.com/news/hotel/rbh-hotel-indigo-dundee/

Sofitel Cairo Dowtown Nile – Egypt | The Brand's Largest Hotel to Open in January 2025

Sofitel Hotels & Resorts, a luxury hotel brand based in Paris created in 1964 and owned by Accor Hotel Group, characterized to offer contemporary hotels adapted to today's more demanding consumers who excpect and appreciate beauty, excellence, elegance, and quality in top destinations around the world opens a fourth hotel in Egypt, the Sofitel Cairo Dowtown Nile in the capital of the country, Cairo, the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East.

The hotel, which will open its doors in January 2025, will be the largest Sofitel in the world as announced by the General Manager of Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, Mgallery and Emblems Maud Bailly.

Sofitel Cairo Dowtown Nile is located close to the future Grand Egyptian Museum also announced as the largest in the globe and the iconic Pyramids of Giza and with direct access to the Nile River.

The property will provide 615 rooms and suites with panoramic views of the Nile and at guests' disposal there will be four restaurants with an international culinary offer, Spa, swimming pool, fitness center, club dedicated to children and teenagers.

This accommodation of the French hotel group is an ideal ideal for tourists and business travellers and will boast over 2.000 meters of space to host meetings,conventions and conferences.

Sofitel Cairo Dowtown Nile joins Sofitel El Gezirah in Cairo, Sofitel Luxor Winter Palace and Sofitel Old Cataract in Aswan in the land of the Pharaohs and one of the world's oldest civilizations and strengthens Accor's presence in Egypt by demonstrating the willingness of the largest hospitality company in Europe headquartered in Issy - Les - Moulineaux to expand its portfolio and luxury brands in the main international markets.

Link - https://www.lechotouristique.com/article/sofitel-ouvre-son-plus-grand-etablissement-au-monde

Puglia – Italy | Tourism System Reorganization with a Programme and New Projects

Puglia, southern and eastearnmost region of Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south with a coastline of approximately 865 km highlighted by alternating rocky stretches, cliffs and sandy shores well known for its relevant historical and cultural heritage, dramatic landscapes with protagonists whitewashed Hill Towns, Extensive Olive Groves and Centuries - Old Farmland is reorganizing its tourism system with the primary objective of developing efficient management models through the concept of DMO, Destination, Marketing Organization with the programme "Puglia Destination Go – Organizziamo il turismo" and new projects.

Bound to all that, from 11^th November to 4^th December 2024, the region's tourism entities are promoting 10 territorial meetings with public bodies, institutions and private operators facing as main themes analyses, case studies and operational models.

The Councillor for Tourism of the Puglia Region Gianfranco Lopane said that with the project "Puglia Destination Go – Let's organize tourism" the aim is to inaugurate a new phase for Apulian tourism, combining marketing and communication with a fundamental pillar as governance and tourism organization.

All this will be done alongside local administrators and operators by collecting ideas and experiences in a reflection that starts from the characteristics of tourist flows with the; The aim is to enhance the peculiarities of each destination.

They will be key moments to build an integrated network overcoming parochialism and sharing a system vision through a dialogue with local administrators and operators with institutions and private companies to define or reason, for example, on how to innovate and optimize the integrated tourist offer and on how to face the challenges of the present related to climate and sustainability,  but also on how to manage reception and tourist information or even at what level to activate promotional initiatives.

The tour in the territories of "Puglia Destination Go" will be held in the Municipal Houses and headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce as follows:

·       13th November - Otranto

·       14th November - Lecce

·       15th November - Gallipoli

·       19th November - Vieste

·       20th  November - Foggia

·       25th November - Bari

·       26th November – Brindisi

·       2nd December – Alberobello

·       3rd December – Taranto

·       4th December – Barletta

Link - https://www.ttgitalia.com/incoming/la-puglia-riorganizza-il-turismo-al-via-il-tour-nei-territori-KA21742392