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It is not often a Dartford warbler would take second billing to another species, but that other species was a Desert warbler. On gorgeously warm, sunny October afternoon on Beachy Head. Barry Clough

Rachel Reeves said the 2024 UK budget choices are tough but necessary. The opposition, accused by Labour of being “fast and loose” with spending, said it was the usual Labour Party fare: more taxes. How will it affect hoteliers … @Hotel_News_Now @STR_data costar.com/article/569932…

Right place, right time for a Ring ouzel yesterday morning at Dungeness. It sat on electricity wires for a minute or two before flying to the lighthouse garden, not to be seen again. The @kentishplover group saw it. Very nice to catch up with them. Chris Gillard

My word ... being this close to a Red-throated diver. A stunning moment. RSPB Dungeness Sun., Nov. 3, 1:30 p.m.

Investor appetite, strong tourism demand, weaker currency values drive hotel transactions in Japan. Last week, a joint venture comprised of New York City-based investment firm TPG Angelo Gordon and Tokyo-based investment firm Kenedix … @Hotel_News_Now costar.com/article/605203…

Irish hotel firm Dalata Hotel Group signed an agreement to buy the 229-key Radisson Hotel Dublin Airport for €83 million. Dalata said the deal should close in the 1st half of 2025, and there is currently a lease on the asset … @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/104412…

Italian hotel landscape on brink of branded, third-party management eruption, with family hotel owners and operators sensing a change in the air … @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/167784…

New York City-based KKR & Co. Inc and Boston-based Baupost Group bought a 33-hotel portfolio in the U.K. from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The price tag for the hotels is £900 million … @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/178782…

Unemployment in U.K. up to 4.3% from 4%. Office for National Statistics (ONS) says it would be a mistake to start jumping off ledges because we shouldn't give "too much weight to its latest jobs figures due to issues with how it gathers the data." ???????? @Hotel_News_Now STR

Japan hotel transactions continue ... Tokyo-based Loadstar Capital K.K. has deal in place to buy 3 hotels in Greater Tokyo—one in Meguro City, the second in Taito City , the third in Kawasaki City, for a reputed $40m. @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/560043…

I sadly assume there can always be a higher rating. This is of course horrific, and not good news for anyone, hoteliers included. @Hotel_News_Now STR @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wj43vqdlpo

Bangkok's Minor International plans to launch a REIT in 2025. In an interview on BNN Bloomberg, chairman Bill Heinecke (in photo) said the move would halve its liabilities, as of Sept., 255 billion Thai baht ($7.3 billion). @Hotel_News_Now @STR_DaTA costar.com/article/102884…

Chinese tourists travel internationally again, and their desires have changed, with their preferences looking quite different from before the pandemic. For example, destinations heavily swayed by the presence of visa-free entry … @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/895306…

Parts of Europe are grappling with an overtourism, but beyond Europe’s most popular cities, some markets off the beaten path are begging for a share. Is it a case of taking demand until problems arise? @Hotel_News_Now STR costar.com/article/665179…

Mohari, Omnam, buy Venice’s 191-room Bauer for reputed €300m. The hotel, due to reopen in 2025 as a Rosewood, has had a very colourful history of late. Read more here: costar.com/article/802537… @Hotel_News_Now STR

Franchises sweeping Europe underlines Wyndham's priorities in Europe (EMEA podcast) ... Dimitris Manikis, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, said that while many of Wyndham's brands could be regarded as legacy brands, the company itself is … costar.com/article/177925…

Gilda Perez-Alvarado, who joined Accor in late 2023, has transformation on her mind, in her 2 major roles on strategy and bold thinking around venerable travel brands that span not just hotels, but luxury trains and yachts … @Hotel_News_Now @STR_data costar.com/article/205272…

The famed wine cellar of Monaco’s 208-room Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo turned 150 years old last year. It is the world’s largest hotel wine cellar, with an estimated 2kms of tunnels. @Hotel_News_Now STR please read costar.com/article/268028…

So much of what @Hotel_News_Now has written on in the last 18 months comes together in one conference panel discussing lifestyle hotels in Madrid this week. Bottom line is lifestyle hotels are moving the needle with guests and investors … costar.com/article/721425… STR

UK hotel owner-operator Shiva Hotels is refinancing The BoTree, its luxury hotel in London's Marylebone neighbourhood, for £300 million ($375 million), the largest refinancing deal in Europe since the end of the pandemic. @Hotel_News_Now @STR_data … costar.com/article/954176…