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ACCOR SIGNS FIRST TRIBE HOTEL

IN HUNGARY IKEA OPENS LAS ROZAS UNIT
The newly inaugurated store is located in
Europolis, a commercial area specialised in special
Accor, a world leading hospitality group, design, furniture and lighting within Madrid. The
today announced the signing of the first new store aims to bring design and inspiration
TRIBE hotel in Hungary in partnership with closer to the towns located in the west of
Futureal a leading real estate developer in Madrid. The new suburban store occupies a total
CEE. The 250-room TRIBE hotel will open in area of 3,070sq ft over three floors.
Budapest, Hungary at the end of 2023. The
project is a major milestone in Futureal’s
operation as part of its new business line XIAOMI LANDS IN BULGARIA
focusing on hotel developments. Perhaps Bulgaria is one of the few countries
The Group has established a partnership left in Europe that doesn’t have its own Mi
with Futureal for the first TRIBE hotel not Store, but that’s not the case anymore. The
only in Hungary, but also in Eastern Europe. company officially unveiled its first Mi Store in
The new property will be located in the the country’s capital Sofia. This opening marks
vibrant city centre in Kertész Street, one of the first of many Mi stores in the country and
the capital’s most frequented tourist areas. Xiaomi’s plan is to open up many more.
The construction work of the complex is
expected to start at the end of 2021. 12 STOREEZ OPENS NEW SITE
The brand is launching a new space in one of the
BREUNINGER TO OPEN NEW key fashion locations in the city on the Neva, and
has also launched a new men’s capsule which is
STORE IN HAMBURG now available in 12 stores. The new boutique will
feature an area of 350sq m and houses novelties
and basic collections for women.
Stuttgart-based fashion and lifestyle company home in the heart of the HafenCity with
Breuninger will open a new flagship store in the Westfield Hamburg-Uberseequartier.
the Westfield Hamburg-Uberseequartier Breuninger firmly believes in brick-and- ALAIN AFFLELOU ADDS STORE
district, its first location in northern mortar retail with high standards as well Located in CC Carrefour Montserrat, the new
Germany, in 2023. As the largest anchor as vibrant cities and urban quarters. What store brings the total of locations in the province
tenant by far in the heart of Hamburg’s is happening in the HafenCity is one of the of Barcelona to 34. Despite the impacts of
HafenCity district, Breuninger will occupy a most exciting urban development projects the virus, Alain Afflelou has continued with its
total area of more than 14,000sq m. in Europe, and we would like to play an expansion plans in Spain. Last year, the brand
“As a gateway to the world, Hamburg active role. We look forward to inviting opened 14 new locations to bring the group’s
has been at the top of our wish list for everyone to visit us in the Uberseequartier total portfolio to 338 sites in Spain.
some time now. Hamburg is a modern, and personally welcoming them.”
cosmopolitan and dynamic city of commerce. It was previously revealed that the
As a merchant, you are bound to be drawn Stuttgart-based company is taking over BEN & JERRY’S SIGNS SITE DEAL
to Hamburg sooner or later. So we are KONEN Bekleidungshaus GmbH & Co. The ice cream franchise has signed a three
thrilled that Breuninger has now found its KG with two KONEN department stores site deal that will see the brand expand into
own home in this versatile and impressive in Munich and BRAM in Luxembourg. The Far North Queensland. The three sites will be
metropolis in the far north”, said Breuninger commitment to a network of retail shops located in Cairns, Palm Cove and Port Douglas
CEO Holger Blecker about the decision to and vibrant, flourishing city centres is a with the Cairns site scheduled to open this
open up shop in the northern German city. fundamental element of Breuninger’s long- month, Palm Cove in Q1 of next year with Port
“We are thrilled to have found an attractive term growth strategy. Douglas to open in Q3 of 2022.

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