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 »