Hotel operator Accor has signed for five new sites and more than 500 bedrooms in London and Edinburgh.
The group will open 202-bedroom Novotel Brentford and Novotel at 40 Marsh Street in Canary Wharf, E14.
Mercure London Heathrow will also open under a franchise agreement with Crimson Hotels as a 184-bedroom development.
Three Ibis hotels will open 115-bedroom Ibis Styles in Kensington, 161-bedroom Ibis Budget in Edinburgh Park and 103-bedroom Ibis Styles, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
The hotels will open between late 2014 and 2016.
Thomas Dubaere, managing director of Accor UK & Ireland, said: “These openings further strengthen our presence in the key business and leisure locations of London and Edinburgh and are another important step in expanding our UK network.”
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