TV’s Vern Yip will star in Mackinac’s Grand Hotel redo
Designer Vern Yip of HGTV and TLC’s “Trading Spaces” fame will be in charge of the Grand Hotel facelift at… Read More »
Dominican Republican tourism jump led by US travelers
Americans are spearheading a rebound in Dominican Republic tourism, where hotel occupancy reached 70.6% in the last week of March,… Read More »
Convention business is rebounding, Caesars CEO says
While mask-wearing and other COVID-19 safety precautions will remain in place, business groups are enthusiastic about coming back to Las… Read More »
Vornado to raze hotel for development plans near Penn Station
Vornado Realty Trust plans to raze the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan as part of plans to create a premier development… Read More »
Calif. bill would return former Black resort to family
An African-American-owned oceanfront resort in Los Angeles County that was confiscated by the government a century ago would revert to… Read More »
Neb.’s Fonner Park complex to be home to casino-resort
Elite Casino Resorts has been approved to build a $100 million facility at the Fonner Park horse-racing complex in Grand… Read More »
Outlook: Europe hotel dealing will inch up after crash
Hotel transaction volume in Europe plummeted 69% last year, to $10.1 billion from a record $32.3 billion in 2019, European… Read More »
Kansas City, Mo., will use hotels to shelter up to 500
Hotels will provide temporary housing to as many as 500 homeless people in Kansas City, Mo., under a unanimous City… Read More »
Genting Berhad in Malaysia outlines recovery strategies
Genting Berhad in Malaysia is putting long-term strategies in place as part of efforts to recover from the impact of… Read More »
Tokyo hotel to house Olympians with COVID-19 signs
A hotel with about 300 rooms will be set aside by organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to house… Read More »
Opentable gets into the restaurant game in Miami
Online restaurant reservation platform Opentable is expanding with a brick-and-mortar restaurant called Layla that is opening in a Miami hotel… Read More »
Hotel chains’ interest in Middle East belies slump
Hotel construction in the Middle East languishes in a year-and-a-half-long decline despite newly announced expansion plans by such major players… Read More »