The Accor hotel chain has announced the opening of its first international brand hotel in Alba Iulia. The new Mercure hotel is the tenth under this brand in Romania.

Although the hotel sector accounted for only 3% of the total investment of €390 million in Romania’s commercial real estate during H1 2025, market indicators point to a possible increase in investments in H2 2025 and 2026, according to CBRE Romania data.

CarmOlimp Group has acquired the Victory Hotel in Vama Veche resort, a year after opening a brewery on the hotel's ground floor.

A coalition of over 10,000 hotels across Europe has initiated a class‑action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Booking.com, alleging that the platform’s now‑banned “best price” or rate parity clauses violated EU competition law between 2004 and 2024. These clauses prohibited hotels from offering lower prices through other channels or on their own websites, which the European Court of Justice ruled unlawful in September 2024

A department store and hotel complex in the centre of Bratislava has been declared a national cultural monument, reports yimba.sk. This is potentially complicating the development plans of the hotel owner, Lordship.

The first ibis Styles hotel, part of the Accor Group, will open in Chișinău this autumn, following a €12 million investment.

The Radisson Collection luxury brand has made its debut in Hungary with the opening of the Radisson Collection Hotel, Basilica Budapest. 

Local developer EnVogue Residence will include a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in the final construction phase of the EnVogue Residence – Iuliu Maniu project. The hotel will be part of a new, two-section building whose structure has already been finalised.

Radisson Hotel Group has announced the opening of Radisson Resort Ruža Vjetrova, a new premium beachfront retreat located on a secluded peninsula along Montenegro's Adriatic coast in Dobra Voda. 

The European hospitality industry is bracing for shifts in transatlantic travel dynamics, as declining U.S. visitor flows threaten key tourism markets, according to Colliers’ latest EMEA Hospitality report.