$50M hotel project approved in Skokie, Ill.
Skokie, Ill., leaders have given the green light to a proposed $50 million hotel and conference center, part of a… Read More »
UK considers 10-day hotel quarantine for visitors
Britain is expected to announce mandatory 10-day hotel quarantines for travelers coming from outside the country, particularly southern Africa, South… Read More »
Ghost kitchens stir up hotels’ survival spirit
Hotels with idled kitchens are attracting restaurateurs seeking low-cost space, birthing a new industry that one study predicts could hit… Read More »
Forecast: Hotels will rise from depths, but not soon
The worst year ever for US hospitality, 2020, will carry over into the first half of this year, but a… Read More »
Marriott hotel uses AI to improve HVAC efficiency
A Marriott hotel in Nova Scotia is using artificial intelligence to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through optimal HVAC… Read More »
Posh hotel may crown renewal of Colo. Springs district
Entrepreneur and downtown hotel owner Perry Sanders says he and his partners are nearing a deal with an unnamed “top… Read More »
$180M expansion coming to Full House Colo. hotel-casino
Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts has responded to a successful Colorado referendum by announcing a $180 million expansion of its… Read More »
Staying put in hotels may become mandated, Canada warns
Canada may require visitors to quarantine in hotels at their own expense as part of a government counter-attack against new… Read More »
Star-studded Standard hotel will end Hollywood career
The Standard hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., noted for celebrity guests and investors, will close after 22 years because of… Read More »
About-face by preservation board imperils hotel project
A building across from Seattle’s Pike Place Market entrance that developers hoped to raze to make way for a 14-story… Read More »
S. Fla. hotel growth puts recovery hopes into action
The pandemic-battered hotel industry in South Florida is banking on a future resurgence of tourism by opening dozens of new… Read More »
Disputed Hyatt Place plan approved in Portland, Ore.
The Portland, Ore., City Council rejected a citizens group’s remonstrance against a proposed 23-story Hyatt Place hotel in Central City…. Read More »
New Orleans resort takes Holiday Inn into new territory
A 127-year-old former upscale apartment building in New Orleans is the site of Holiday Inn’s first foray into the upscale… Read More »
Hotel occupancy rate fell to 44% in 2020
US hotel occupancy declined from 66% in 2019 to 44% in 2020, and the industry surpassed 1 billion unsold room… Read More »
Vaccine passports key for restart of travel, UNWTO says
Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, said vaccine passports should become essential travel documents to ensure… Read More »
Deadline of water park project in Colo. extended
The state commission has given developer P3 Partners a deadline extension to Nov. 12 to either secure final financing or… Read More »
Proposed 65-story hotel-condo joins Miami trend
A Miami nightclub has launched a joint venture to build a 65-story hotel-condo tower in the city’s Greater Downtown, an… Read More »
WarHorse moving forward on Neb. casino
Three casinos WarHorse Gaming is planning to build in Nebraska are now in the development stage, one of which is… Read More »
W.Va. city funds quarantine spaces for homeless people
City Council members in Charleston, W.Va., have earmarked $35,000 in federal grant money to provide safe quarantine spaces for people… Read More »
Boutique hotel in Mexico returns guests to 1693 in style
An American-born designer has transformed a 17th-century house in Guanajuato, Mexico, into a luxury boutique hotel with three distinctive suites… Read More »
Compact-but-classy weddings help hotels feel the love
Luxury hotels are capitalizing on the pandemic’s discouragement of elaborate weddings by offering intimate “elopement” packages whose price tags can… Read More »
Hotel group owner’s bankruptcy filing viewed as omen
Eagle Hospitality Trust, owner of 18 US hotels, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the pandemic continues to claim… Read More »