HR GROUP TO MANAGE GRANDHOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: HR Group, the Berlin-based hotel operating company, is expanding its management portfolio in Switzerland with the addition of Grandhotel Belvédère in Davos. HR Group already manages eight hotels in the country. The hotel formerly operated under the Steigenberger Icon brand. Steigenberger Hotels AG announced in 2023 that the group would be exiting the hotel. Built in 1875, the landmark hotel features 126 rooms (including 30 suites), restaurants and bars, a pool, wellness area and five meeting rooms. The hotel will operate under its existing name for now, without an association to any global brand. HR Group and the owners will be undertaking renovations to the property, with the completion date being planned for the period following the World Economic Forum 2025. The hotel will then be launched under an international brand. Steigenberger will continue to manage Grandhotel Belvédère till June 30, with HR Group taking over from July 1.
KIMPTON EXPANDS IN MEXICO: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle portfolio, has added Kimpton Mas Olas Resort & Spa in Mexico’s Baja Sur peninsula to its collection. Located in the coastal town of Todos Santos, the adults-only boutique luxury property will open on April 1. Operated by Highgate, Kimpton Mas Olas consists of 103 rooms, including 12 oceanfront villas, spanning 27 buildings representing pueblo life in Mexico. Some of the rooms include outdoor showers, plunge pools and private roof decks, while each villa features its own plunge pool and fire pit. The resort offers three dining venues, four pools, a fitness center, a Pilates studio, a 25,000-square-foot spa and panoramic views of the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains and Pacific Ocean. This will be Kimpton’s third property in Mexico and the second to open so far this year. With 78 properties open globally, Kimpton has over 54 more properties in its development pipeline.
TRYALL CLUB ADDS 2 VILLAS: The Tryall Club, the luxury private golf club in Jamaica’s Montego Bay, has opened two new villas — Oceana and Love & Livity. Each villa includes a dedicated staff attending to guests’ individual needs. Offering views of the Caribbean Sea and Montego Bay, Oceana consists of a living room with a patio area, dining area with views of the sea, a master bedroom, a separate two-bedroom carriage house and a three-bedroom guest cottage. The villa includes four golf carts. Located atop foliage on Copperwood Ridge, Love & Livity has a living area and attached dining area, five bedrooms with en-suite bedrooms across two levels, an additional sitting room and a game room with pool table. This villa offers two golf carts. Spanning 2,200 acres, The Tryall Club comprises 74 luxury villas along with an 18-hole championship golf course, a beach club with a pool, restaurant, nine tennis courts, four pickleball courts and a new spa.
TPG’S NEW HEADQUARTERS: TPG Hotels & Resorts is centralizing its management company platform and has opened its new headquarters in Dallas. The new headquarters will be based in the District 121 mixed-use community in the suburb of McKinney, Texas. TPG’s offices will be housed in the fifth floor of the eight-story, 190,000-square-foot building. While TPG’s operational division is based out of McKinney, the firm’s parent organization Procaccianti Companies will maintain its corporate headquarters in the northeast. The company also has offices in New York, Atlanta, Palm Beach, Fla. and Salisbury, Md.