Best boost in hotel occupancy claimed by Dallas in STR data
Dallas led the nation in hotel occupancy improvement as gauged against 2019, STR reports. Occupancy of 74.1% for June 19… Read More »
World’s tallest hempcrete construction to include hotel
Hemporium and Afrimat Hemp are embarking on a project that will result in the world’s tallest building to be constructed… Read More »
5 casino-resorts may be proposed in Thailand
A National Assembly committee in Thailand has recommended the development of five casino-resorts in the country, with the goal of… Read More »
Scholars Group likely to buy pair of Penn State hotels
Penn State University plans to sell the famed Nittany Lion Inn and The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center in… Read More »
Vermont moves to lengthier hotel plan for homeless
Vermont will modify a pandemic-era program that used hotels and motels to shelter thousands of homeless people, channeling most of… Read More »
Palatial Carlo IV Hotel in Prague sports facelift
The Carol IV in Prague, a five-star hotel with more then a century of history, has reopened after a modernization… Read More »
Staff-strapped European hotels drop application standards
Major hotel companies in Europe are setting aside experience and qualification requirements in the face of critical worker shortages converging… Read More »
Hotel-casino project to break ground in Las Vegas
A groundbreaking is scheduled for Friday on Dream Las Vegas, a $550 million, 531-room casino-resort on Las Vegas Boulevard. The… Read More »
Hawaii hotels take on urgent task of conserving water
Hotels have responded to calls from the Hawaii government and Hawaii Tourism Authority to conserve water in light of drought… Read More »
Apple Hospitality REIT’s CEO on acquisitions, leisure travel
Weekend occupancy figures at properties owned by Apple Hospitality REIT have gotten a significant boost from leisure demand, CEO Justin… Read More »
Court clears way for Brooklyn hotel’s bankruptcy sale
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit plan proposed by the lender for The Tillary Hotel in Brooklyn has won court approval… Read More »
University sells One Washington Circle Hotel
George Washington University has sold the 152-room One Washington Circle Hotel in Washington, D.C., to a joint venture of Electra… Read More »
Ghost kitchen phenom Butler Hospitality reportedly defunct
Butler Hospitality, a leader in the “ghost kitchen” trend for outsourced hotel cooking, has closed down, according to LinkedIn postings… Read More »
Gaming and Leisure buying R.I. casinos in $1B sale leaseback
Gaming and Leisure Properties is buying two casinos in Rhode Island in a $1 billion sale leaseback transaction with Bally’s,… Read More »
Commentary: Creative destruction builds hotels’ future
What business types call creative destruction — out with the old, in with the innovative — has been ongoing in… Read More »
Days Inn’s talking pillow brings blandishment to bedtime
Guests at some Days Inn by Wyndham locations will nod off to the voice of a former “Seinfeld” cast member… Read More »
JLL: Robust hotel market clouded by ailing debt sector
Hotel market metrics are climbing while the debt markets head in the opposite direction thanks to inflation worries, commercial real… Read More »
Expanded Calif. casino to open doors July 21
A major expansion of Table Mountain Casino in Friant, Calif., which has been in the works for three years, will… Read More »
Pebblebrook buys R.I. hotel, sells asset in San Francisco
The AAA Four Diamond Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina in Newport, R.I., has sold to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust for $174… Read More »
Carbon confusion aside, hotel industry grows greener
The labels “carbon neutral” and “carbon positive” that hoteliers are increasingly applying to their operations can be deceiving, experts note,… Read More »
NYC’s Washington Heights project seeks “placemaking” status
The mixed-use project in Washington Heights viewable from the George Washington Bridge in New York is meant to be “placemaking,”… Read More »
Use of South Portland, Maine, hotels for homeless extended
Two South Portland, Maine, hotels whose owners had sought to cease housing homeless people will continue to do so as… Read More »