Very few domestic Portuguese hotel chains consist of more than a small handful of properties, but a new player has arrived on the scene.
Among Portugal’s hotel chains are Fundação Inatel, Sana Hotels, Tivoli Hotels — owned by Thailand’s Minor International — VIP Hotels, Vila Galé Hotels and Pestana, which is the largest by asset count and probably the most known.
Now, hotel operations and ownership firm Discovery Hotel Management has joined this small band of Portuguese hoteliers, having created boutique Octant Hotels from its portfolio of 18 properties.
Luís Mexia Alves, CEO of Discovery, which was founded in 2012, said so far, Octant has 515 rooms in eight properties, all of which previously were in the firm’s “Design Collection.” They include:
- the 66-room Octant Douro — formerly Douro41 Hotel & Spa — in Castelo de Paiva.
- the 46-room Octant Lousã — formerly Palacio do Lousã Boutique Hotel — in Lousã.
- the 72-room Octant Évora — formerly Évora Farm Hotel…