HK CTS Metropark Hotels has purchased the entire issued share capital of Kew Green Hotels. Kew Green owns 44 UK hotels with 5,179 rooms and manages a further ten UK hotels for other owners. Senior management has been retained with the intention of continuing to grow the business in the UK and throughout Europe.

Jupiter Hotels has added five new hotels to its portfolio, taking its collection of owned and managed properties from 26, up to 31 across the UK. The agreement announced today with Choice Hotels, will see all five hotels join the Jupiter Hotels portfolio under management contracts with immediate effect, remaining under Choice Hotels’ Quality and Clarion Collection brands.

Park Plaza Hotels is pleased to announce that it has successfully acquired Park Plaza Leeds and Park Plaza Nottingham. Until this acquisition both hotels were operated under management agreements.

Hotels in London have reported an upturn in revenue per available room in the final quarter of 2009, proving the lure of capital come boom or bust. However regional hotels are still continuing to suffer “worrying” falls in revPAR and occupancy, according to new figures from Deloitte.

London has come out top in study into European hotel occupancy rates. The quarterly report by Deloitte proved grim reading, with revPAR rates across Europe down 19.2% over the past quarter to €58, with Glasgow and Edinburgh the only two cities to show positive occupancy growth.

The occupancy levels in London’s hotels has seen only a marginal decline compared to the rest of UK this year and the capital is resilient in the face of the slowdown in tourist numbers, according to figures released this week by Deloitte.