UK: Administration firm Kew Inexperienced Motels has acquired the lease of Lodge Brooklyn Manchester and Lodge Brooklyn Leicester for an undisclosed sum.
Beneath a franchise settlement with IHG Motels & Resorts, each properties might be remodeled into voco branded accommodations by mid-2024. The accommodations have traded a part of the Bespoke Motels group since launching in 2020 (Manchester) and 2022 (Leicester).
Lodge Brooklyn Manchester gives 189 bedrooms, the Runyon’s Bar & Restaurant, and versatile occasion areas. Lodge Brooklyn Leicester options 191 bedrooms, The Lair restaurant and bar, in addition to a number of assembly areas.
Chris Dexter, CEO of Kew Inexperienced Motels, mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome these vibrant, city properties into the Kew Inexperienced household. We stay up for working with every of the lodge groups and our international companions at IHG Motels & Resorts, to rework every lodge right into a voco to mirror every lodge’s character and attraction.”
He added: “At Kew Inexperienced Motels, we set ourselves aside by combining years of expertise with revolutionary concepts to ship excellent lodge companies, delivering distinctive returns for lodge homeowners and companions all through our portfolio of unbiased accommodations by to international manufacturers.”
Matt Walton, senior director of improvement, UK and Eire, IHG Motels & Resorts, mentioned: “We’re thrilled to embark on this journey with long-standing companions, Kew Inexperienced Motels, to convey two thrilling properties to those vibrant UK cities. Our Voco accommodations model is one in all our quickest rising, with over 100 properties signed and opened globally. Widespread for its distinctive attraction and seamless conversion course of for homeowners, the transformation of those accommodations is a shining instance of what voco accommodations embodies.”
