Maldives’ Ritz-Carlton is ambassador of environment
Travelers who want an environmental adventure have a new destination to visit — the Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, which is… Read More »
Vignette Collection starts big, IHG thinks bigger
Expansion and community involvement are watchwords for IHG Hotels & Resorts’ new and newly named luxury and lifestyle soft brand,… Read More »
Ludo Lefebvre goes beyond L.A. with Denver restaurant
Chef Ludo Lefebvre — known for his Los Angeles restaurants Petit Trois and Trois Mec — has announced he will… Read More »
Local officials enter Las Vegas hotel tax court battle
The government of Clark County, Nev., home of the Las Vegas Strip, has joined a legal effort to recoup upwards… Read More »
Forgo leisure travel to Hawaii, governor pleads
Gov. David Ige wants travel to Hawaii confined to essential business in light of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Ige… Read More »
Boston’s Langham Hotel serves as parents’ college guide
The newly refurbished Langham Hotel in Boston is reaching out to parents of prospective and newly enrolling college students with… Read More »
There’s a place just like home, Loews promo promises
A new multi-faceted advertising campaign by Loews Hotels aims to convey a homelike feeling to prospective guests and encourage personnel… Read More »
JBG SMITH sells 3 assets to Blackstone for $171.6M
JBG SMITH Properties has sold the Renaissance Capital View Hotel and the Residence Inn, both in Northern Virginia near Reagan… Read More »
$500M loan buoys hotel project in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Aareal Capital Corp. are supplying $500 million in refinancing to the construction of a hotel… Read More »
Oregon hotel owner on the benefits of kegged wine
Sean O’Connor, co-owner of the KEX Hotel in Portland and its Icelandic-inspired restaurant Dottir, talks about the environmental benefits of… Read More »
Minneapolis lodging’s resurgence clouded by job losses
Minneapolis hotels have roared back from a reported 3.4% occupancy rate in the depths of the pandemic to 42% and… Read More »
Revival plan launched for iconic Natchez, Miss., hotel
A landmark hotel built in 1927 and closed since 2014 will reopen in Natchez, Miss., in 2022 if a development… Read More »
Hotels rub-a-dub bathtubs out of their plans
Guests who enjoy the pampering presence of the hotel bathtub will find fewer and fewer of them as the amenity… Read More »
New Hilton hotel inspired by Cambridge, UK
Hilton has opened a Cambridge-inspired property, The Fellows House, part of its Curio Collection. The hotel draws on its historic… Read More »
Radisson’s Americas, global businesses take split paths
Radisson Hotel Group has separated its Americas and Caribbean operations from China-based Jin Jiang International Holdings Co., which bought the… Read More »
Hotel deals approach 2019 mark, more action coming
Hotel sales volume soared 66% higher than 2020’s first half in the same period this year, and the majority of… Read More »
Oyo draws $5M from Microsoft, pegging value at $9.6B
Microsoft has made a $5 million investment in Oyo that values the Indian lodging startup at $9.6 billion, just shy… Read More »
Legendary Capital uses UPREIT for Texas hotel purchase
Legendary Capital has sponsored the acquisition of a Hilton Garden Inn location in Houston through an umbrella partnership REIT transaction…. Read More »
Calif. commercial center, unfinished hotel on block
A nearly built hotel that’s involved in bankruptcy proceedings has gone up for sale along with an adjacent major mixed-use… Read More »
Urban Catalyst plans hotel, housing high-rise in Calif.
The San Jose, Calif., Planning Commission has authorized Urban Catalyst to build a TownePlace Suites by Marriott location, a project… Read More »
Questions loom over New Orleans’ hotel tax measure
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday left a hotel exemption in place as it reinstated an expired sales tax… Read More »
Hawaii restructures its tourism agency
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is in the midst of massive changes, as the legislature restructured its funding with the idea… Read More »
Calif. hotel will start anew as bankruptcy case closes
The 805-room Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif., will reopen as the Signia Hilton San Jose following a bankruptcy court’s… Read More »
Reduced convention center hotel planned for New Orleans
A Texas developer has offered a new proposal to add a hotel to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in… Read More »
Singapore firm’s $550M campaign targets Japanese hotels
Singapore’s SC Capital Partners has set out to raise $550 million as it joins the crowd of investors pursuing pandemic-distressed… Read More »
Walt Disney World in Fla. unveils updated mask policy
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., updated its face mask policy, allowing guests to choose whether or not to… Read More »