Standard Hotels' Major Expansion Plans
by Jessica Montevago /Standard International, parent company to Standard Hotels and Bunkhouse Group, announced major expansion plans of 15 new projects (roughly 2,500 keys) this week, including its first European property, The Standard, London opening in Kings Cross this Spring.
Additional projects will include new Standard Hotels in The Maldives, Lisbon, Paris, Milan, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta, Mexico City, Chicago, Hua Hin and Pattaya, as well as three new Bunkhouse hotels in the U.S., in Austin, New Orleans and Atlanta. These include the first branded residential projects for both Standard and Bunkhouse.
The projects will open over the next five years with London being followed by the Maldives also in 2019.