Over the last year, a number of smaller and mid-size hotels have struggled to stay afloat and so ended up filing for bankruptcy protection.

The company behind hotels such as The Tuscany and Hotel 27 in New York City suddenly shut down operations in September 2025 in a situation that left guests from different parts of the world struggling to find last-minute accommodations at Manhattan prices.

A month later in November, short-term rental platform Sonder filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation after Marriott pulled out of a licensing agreement while luxury properties like the Fairmont Breakers hotel in Long Beach, the Fairmont Château Montebello in Québec and the companies behind the new Mandarin Oriental in Boca Raton all filed for bankruptcy before the end of 2025.

Revo Hospitality Group enters insolvency procedures in Germany

On January 19, news broke that German hotel company Revo Hospitality Group has filed for the European equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy by entering into voluntary insolvency and announcing plans to undergo restructuring procedures in the coming summer.

The hotel group established in Berlin in 2008 and previously operating under the name HR Group has a portfolio of approximately 260 hotels in 146 cities and 12 countries. The majority of these cities are in Germany and Austria and, as reported by local press, the hotels are expected to operate as before while the larger hotel group undergoes financial restructuring.

The filing was made in the Charlottenburg district court in Berlin over the coming months.

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Some of the most well-known hotels under the Revo Group include the Grand Belvedere in Davos, the Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof in Berlin and the Amedia Express brand in multiple countries across Central Europe. Additional properties also operate as franchises under global brands like Accor, Wyndham, Hilton, Marriott and IHG.

In a statement on the filing, RHG named increasing labor, food and other operating costs as the primary reason for tis financial problems. Banking on the post-pandemic travel boon, the hotel group also went through a period of rapid expansion from just 51 hotels in 2020 that also likely led to debts and expenses that it then struggled to maintain.

Revo Hospitality Group is based out of Berlin but has hotels across 146 cities in 12 countries.

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“Around 140 companies belonging to the Revo Hospitality Group have filed for insolvency”

With the long-term jobs of over 8,800 reported employees now also up in the air, Revo has applied for German Federal Employment Agency protections to secure salaries into March 2026.

The company also said that the restructuring process will involve looking for an international investor that will grant it more liquidity although this often comes with a significant downsizing that will affect above smaller properties in secondary cities.

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“Around 140 companies belonging to the Revo Hospitality Group have filed for insolvency under their own management at Charlottenburg District Court,” the hotel group said in a statement first reported by British outlets. “The approximately 125 hotels in Germany and Austria will continue to operate with all 5,500 employees. The proceedings will be supervised by court-appointed administrators.”

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