Steep evening out: Shanghai restaurant takes peak honor
The Heavenly Jin restaurant’s location on the 120th floor of the J Hotel Shanghai Tower in China has secured its… Read More »
Hotel group adds voice to chorus for COVID curbs end
The American Hotel & Lodging Association is joining other travel-related organizations along with the US Chamber of Commerce in urging… Read More »
Kimpton venture offers workers, guests stress therapy
The more than 4,000 US employees of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, along with guests, will have access to free mental… Read More »
Revamped hotels featured in May 7 Cedar Point reopening
The refurbished Sawmill Creek and Castaway Bay hotels will join a new restaurant and Peanuts-themed shop in the Cedar Point… Read More »
Guests can shelve their old ideas about hotel libraries
Books are just the beginning for many hotel libraries these days as enticements ranging from movies and musical instruments to… Read More »
CEO: Apple Hospitality REIT exploring hotel deals
Apple Hospitality REIT bought eight hotels in deals worth a total of $361 million last year, and it sold 23… Read More »
$6.25B sale of Venetian casino-resort finalized
Nearly a year after an agreement was reached, Las Vegas Sands has finalized the sale of the Venetian Resort and… Read More »
Stars shining ever-brighter on open-air hotel dining
Hotel outdoor dining has experienced a boom in popularity during the COVID-19 era, raising the amenity from an attractive option… Read More »
Canary’s $15M joins $78M week for travel startups
Eight travel startups raised a total of $78 million this week, including a $15 million Series A funding round by… Read More »
Outdoor in crowd’s growth prompts new NAI venture
NAI Global is capitalizing on the burgeoning consumer appetite for lodging under the stars by launching a division devoted to… Read More »
Hotels still climbing in the West, report finds
A January dip blamed on COVID-19 failed to thwart the upward trajectory of Western mountain resort business, the DestiMetrics analytics… Read More »
City may sell indebted Grand Hyatt in San Antonio
The City of San Antonio has put the Grand Hyatt Hotel, adjacent to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, up… Read More »
Sky’s no limit for Four Seasons garden in Australia
The signature amenity of the Four Seasons hotel that’s coming to a Melbourne, Australia, skyscraper is a vertical garden stretching… Read More »
$113M Israeli bond deal backs NYC’s Hotel Indigo reset
MRR Development has recorded one of the largest pandemic-era transactions by a US real estate firm on the Israeli bond… Read More »
Strong Q4 sparks guarded hopes at Booking Holdings
The chief financial officer of Booking Holdings voiced cautious optimism about travel growth after the company reported fourth-quarter profit and… Read More »
Luxury Chicago hotel will cease housing homeless people
An unusual arrangement between the City of Chicago and the luxury Julian Hotel to house homeless people during the pandemic… Read More »
Execs weigh in on popularity of independent hotels
Unique, culturally sensitive ambience is a key driver of the accelerating growth of independent hotel and resort collections, executives leading… Read More »
Lodging tech firm Operto gains $12M in Fuse-led round
The Seattle-based Fuse company led a $12 million Series A funding round for Operto, a Vancouver, B.C., startup providing software… Read More »
Great Wolf Lodge resort proposed for Visalia, Calif.
Plans to open a Great Wolf Lodge water park resort at Sequoia Gateway Commerce Center in Visalia, Calif., have been… Read More »
Europe hotel pipeline slippage offset by renewal rise
Europe’s hotel construction pipeline continued to shrink in the fourth quarter, but renovations and conversions set records in both total… Read More »
Legoland theme park, hotel to rise in Beijing
A Legoland theme park is expected to open in the Fangshan District in Beijing. The 304,000-square-meter Legoland Beijing Resort, a… Read More »
31-story tower with hotel planned for Charlotte, N.C.
Construction may begin late this year on a $600 million, 31-story tower in Charlotte, N.C., said Sagar Rathie, managing director… Read More »
Savannah, Ga., mayor lobbies state for hotel tax hike
Savannah, Ga., Mayor Van Johnson insists the Georgia legislature is passing up a “win-win-win” opportunity by delaying action on the… Read More »
IHG buoyed by 2021 profit turnaround
IHG Hotels & Resorts voiced high hopes for the end of the pandemic last week after reporting a pretax profit… Read More »
Hotel idea revived for Alaska’s largest airport
The possibility of adding a hotel to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport has been raised again. A hotel has been… Read More »
High-end Catskills campground lowers sale price
The Camp Here Here glampsite in New York’s Catskill Mountains, with nine luxury cabins among its amenities, can be had… Read More »