First-Ever Warner Bros. Hotel To Open in November
The Warner Bros. Abu Dhabi, the only hotel by Warner Brothers in the world, is set to officially open on… Read More »
St. Regis Adding New Resorts in Popular Travel Destinations
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts announced plans to debut eleven new resorts by 2025 in some of the world’s most… Read More »
The Rise in Contactless Amenities
Hotels across the globe have adapted the way they do everything because of the pandemic, from how they clean the… Read More »
Bulgari picks canyon for first L.A. resort
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts plans to build its first Los Angeles property in the Benedict Canyon, a posh residential area… Read More »
No quick end in sight for Hawaii visitor constraints
Hawaii’s policy of tightly restricting tourism is likely to remain in place through the holiday season as the state’s Safe… Read More »
Hot new concept: From fridge semi-trailer to hotel room
A Polish company is responding to consumer demand for innovative vacation experiences by repurposing refrigerated semi-trailers as mobile hotel rooms…. Read More »
Allegiant’s Fla. resort back on with $350M loan
The investment firm Castlelake has advanced a $350 million loan to the parent company of Allegiant Air to resume development… Read More »
Dual-branded hotel coming to Funplex in N.J.
The Funplex amusement park in Mount Laurel Township, N.J., is expected to open a dual-branded hotel in spring 2023, in… Read More »
Build for $850M Majestic Las Vegas hotel pushed to 2022
Building supply issues have delayed the groundbreaking of the $850 million Majestic Las Vegas hotel, but the project is still… Read More »
Upbeat Lodging Conference weighted by labor shortage
The mood was sunny but not without its clouds at The Lodging Conference held recently in Phoenix, with staffing issues… Read More »
Buyers find profit in repurposing defunct hotels
Hotels left idle by the pandemic-driven downturn are finding new careers as offices, residential complexes and other facilities at the… Read More »
MGM exits CityCenter with sale-leaseback of 2 hotels
MGM Resorts International has completed a sale-leaseback of the Aria and Vdara hotel towers on the Las Vegas Strip with… Read More »
HITEC: Pandemic pressures raised tech role
The pandemic prompted hoteliers to put technology to work in creative ways, including the use of remote connection to keep… Read More »
Pa.’s Dutch Wonderland park, hotel hiring for fall season
Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, Pa., is hiring employees to fill between 70 and 100 positions at the theme park and… Read More »
Local Hawaii officials work on hotel sales tax bumps
The Kauai County Council’s recent enactment of a 3% hotel tax surcharge is in the process of being emulated in… Read More »
US travel ban on vaccinated foreign visitors to end Nov. 8
The White House announced today that it will end travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign individuals beginning Nov. 8 for… Read More »
New collaborative formed to promote indigenous tourism
Nearly 100 indigenous leaders and industry players have formed the Indigenous Tourism Collaborative of the Americas to promote the sector… Read More »
Up close and no personnel: Hotel of now, not future
The pandemic only accelerated a well-established trend in hospitality toward replacing employees with technology, business columnist Bernhard Schroeder writes, and… Read More »
Genting adds $150M to troubled Empire’s support
Genting Malaysia will pour another $150 million into Empire Resorts Inc., raising to $524.4 million the sum the casino operator… Read More »
Blackpool Central project in England secures approval
Construction on the Blackpool Central leisure development in England will start in early 2022 after the $210 million project secured… Read More »
Chef Tetsuya Wakuda to debut Japan-themed concept
Multibrand operator 50 Eggs Hospitality Group will team with Michelin-starred chef Tetsuya Wakuda to launch Wakuda, a new concept that… Read More »
Hotel price tags could turn upward in 2022, expert says
Hotel buyers in 2022 could confront a 10% to 15% higher price rate than this year, forecaster Bjorn Hanson concludes… Read More »