Colo. training hotel helps students gain real experience
Colorado Mesa University’s on-campus Hotel Maverick allows hospitality and culinary students to practice personalized service with real guests. The teaching… Read More »
London’s Richmond Harbour Hotel prepares to open spa
Richmond Harbour Hotel in London is putting the finishing touches on its spa, which will feature 13 treatment rooms, an… Read More »
Apple REIT adds 213th with $66.8M AC Hotel buy in Maine
Virginia-based Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. has purchased the AC Hotel by Marriott in Portland, Maine, for $66.8 million. The acquisition… Read More »
Cost, capacity grow for Va. factory-to-casino project
Add $100 million to the original $400 million cost, and bump the number of hotel rooms from 300 to 500,… Read More »
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 »