Former Headquarters of the Jornal de Notícias in Porto to Become a Marriott Hotel

14 November 2019 – The historic, former headquarters of the Jornal de Notícias (JN) in Porto, which was sold earlier this year, will be converted into a Marriott hotel under its Autograph Collection brand. Kevin Ho, whose company KNJ owns 30% of Global Media, stated that the future 213-room hotel would undergo an investment of 35-40 million euros.

The new hotel, which will be called Hotel Journal, cost the Macao group Authentic Empathy almost 10 million euros. The firm is managed by Lei Ka Kei and David Siu, of Burgosublime, whose parent company is the Portuguese branch of KNJ.

Original Story: Público – Inês Chaíça

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner