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30Dec

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Hotel Brooklyn properties in Leicester and Manchester to reflag under voco brand – Business Traveller

Hotel management company Kew Green Hotels has announced plans to reflag two existing properties in Leicester and Manchester under IHG’s voco brand. The group has acquired Hotel Brooklyn Leicester and Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, and has signed a franchise agreement with IHG to rebrand them as voco properties by mid-2024. The 189-room Hotel Brooklyn Manchester was unveiled in 2020 on the city’s Portland Street, while the 191-room Hotel Brooklyn Leicester opened last summer next to Welford Road Stadium, home of the Leicester Tigers rugby team. Leicester’s Hotel Brooklyn to open in June Both properties have until now been part of Bespoke Hotels Group. IHG launched the conversion-focused voco brand in 2018, with the first property opening on Australia’s Gold Coast. There are currently around ...

IHG’s voco brand grows across Europe – Business Traveller

IHG Hotels and Resorts’ fast-growing voco hotels brand has announced a slate of properties across Europe. The hotel brand will debut in Portugal with a 61-suite property set within the Algarve’s Ria Formosa Nature Park by the end of 2023, complete with a full-service restaurant, bar, exclusive access to two golf courses and an outdoor pool. The brand will also debut in Northern Ireland in early 2024, with a 120-room property in Belfast, while the Hertfordshire countryside will welcome the 87-key voco Letchworth Hall next year as well. This will be followed by IHG’s first lifecycle net-zero carbon hotel, the 142-room voco Zeal Exeter Science Park, in early 2025. Later that year the brand will debut in the Spanish city of Granada with a 166-key hotel adjacent to the Convention Centre of Gr...

IHG opens voco property close to New York’s LaGuardia airport – Business Traveller

IHG Hotels and Resorts has opened its fourth voco property in the New York area, with the unveiling of voco Fiorello – LaGuardia East. The 114-room hotel is located in Flushing, close to Chinatown, Citi Field and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and around ten minutes’ drive from LaGuardia airport. The property is named after Fiorello La Guardia, who served as the 99th Mayor of New York between 1934 and 1946. Features include an aviation-inspired design scheme, rooftop restaurant concept Little Flower’s Lookout for classic American-style breakfast and views of the Hudson River and Manhattan Skyline, and the soon-to-open Achille’s Lounge in the lobby area. IHG launched the voco brand in 2018, with the first property opening on Australia’s Gold Coast. There are currently around...