Host Hotels buys Hawaii’s Turtle Bay Resort for $725M

The 450-room resort will be rebranded under Marriott's Ritz-Carlton flag amid high travel demand on Oahu.

By Noelle Mateer • May 30, 2024

Omni Hotels & Resorts to invest $500M in New Orleans convention hotel

Local travel pros expect the 1,000-room property adjacent to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to set the city apart as a meetings and events destination.

By Jenna Walters • May 29, 2024

McKibbon Hospitality expands in North Carolina with dual-branded, lifestyle hotels

Openings this summer include the first-ever dual-branded Tempo by Hilton and Homewood Suites property, as well as Moxy Asheville.

By Noelle Mateer • May 24, 2024

Family-friendly Nickelodeon-branded resort coming to Orlando in 2026

The more than 400-key Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando will offer kid-focused amenities, catering to increased travel demand in the Florida market.

By Jenna Walters • May 23, 2024

Spark by Hilton brand goes abroad less than 1 year after first hotel opening

The conversion brand already has a presence in 30 U.S. markets as the “cost-effective” property type fuels Hilton’s pipeline growth.

By Noelle Mateer • May 22, 2024

Strategic partnership spurs $2.5B in luxury hospitality development

Mohari Hospitality and Weller Development Partners will develop resort and branded residential properties across North America, including one of the first Six Senses in the U.S.

By Jenna Walters • May 21, 2024

Marriott expands Moxy Hotels brand in Colorado, Florida

Moxy St. Pete and Moxy Boulder will open later this summer.

By Noelle Mateer • May 20, 2024

The Mirage to close in preparation for Hard Rock’s Vegas rebrand

The resort will shut its doors for nearly three years as Hard Rock works to “change the Las Vegas skyline.”

By Noelle Mateer • May 16, 2024

Rio Hotel & Casino names Patrick Miller CEO amid $340M transformation

The former MGM Resorts exec will head the Las Vegas property as it prepares to join the Destination by Hyatt brand this fall.

By Jenna Walters • May 15, 2024

Fontainebleau Miami Beach to open convention center

Coastal Convention Center will cater to the growing number of meetings and events travelers visiting the metro area.

By Noelle Mateer • May 15, 2024

Choice Hotels opens Everhome Suites, debuting brand standard prototype

The third hotel to open under the midscale extended stay brand meets developer and investor demand for the product type in markets with major medical, manufacturing and logistics facilities.

By Jenna Walters • May 14, 2024

Aimbridge taps longtime Marriott exec as chief global growth officer

Eric Jacobs will succeed Allison Reid as the hospitality management company continues leadership shakeups.

By Noelle Mateer • May 14, 2024

Hotel industry trends that drove RevPAR declines, pipeline growth in Q1

Marriott, Wyndham, IHG and others saw revenues down year over year in the first quarter of 2024, but development pipelines expanded, with conversions and extended stay leading growth.

By Jenna Walters • May 14, 2024

Placemakr makes ‘major’ expansion in Texas

The flexible-use hospitality and multifamily operator is launching four new properties in the Lone Star State.

By Noelle Mateer • May 13, 2024

The top extended stay brands and markets to watch in 2024

Hospitality pros share where they predict extended stay development and investment activity will take place this year, as well as which hotel brands are leading the segment.

By Jenna Walters • May 9, 2024

Conversions, extended stay drove Choice Hotels pipeline growth in Q1

The hotel company’s record domestic rooms pipeline grew 11% sequentially in the first quarter of 2024, including a 59% increase for conversion rooms.

By Jenna Walters • May 8, 2024

Latest Tempo by Hilton hotel opens in Louisville

Tempo by Hilton Louisville Downtown NuLu is the third property to open under Hilton’s expanding lifestyle brand.

By Noelle Mateer • May 3, 2024

The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas to undergo $1.5B renovation

The project, which the Venetian claims is “the largest and most expensive hotel renovation in history,” will touch every aspect of the resort, from its logo to its suites.

By Jenna Walters • May 3, 2024

IHG opens first dual-branded Avid Hotels and Candlewood Suites property

The company has 40 additional dual-branded locations in its Americas pipeline to follow the North Platte, Nebraska, opening.

By Noelle Mateer • May 1, 2024

Long-vacant Las Vegas lot poised for multibillion-dollar resort project

Developer LVXP is planning an entertainment and lifestyle venue, anchored by an “ultra-luxury” hotel and sports arena, at a site where a similar project failed just months ago.

By Jenna Walters • April 30, 2024

Cordish Companies, Bruce Smith Enterprise to develop $1.4B Virginia casino resort

A 200-room Live! Casino & Hotel will anchor the Petersburg, Virginia, mixed-use development pending voter approval.

By Noelle Mateer • April 29, 2024

Extended stay ‘dominates’ record US hotel construction pipeline

In the first quarter of 2024, the total hotel project pipeline increased 9% year over year, with extended stay and conversion properties contributing to the growth, according to Lodging Econometrics.

By Jenna Walters • April 26, 2024

Failed Choice Hotels deal drives developer interest for Wyndham in Q1

Wyndham grew its development pipeline to record highs in the quarter, bolstered by an easing of developer uncertainty surrounding Choice Hotels’ takeover bid.

By Jenna Walters • April 25, 2024

Record pipeline, group travel drive Hilton growth in Q1

The company made several moves to further bolster its pipeline in the quarter, particularly through acquisitions and partnerships in the growing lifestyle segment.

By Noelle Mateer • April 24, 2024

Luxury lifestyle brand Edition to open first Midwest hotel in Detroit

Downtown Detroit’s first five-star hotel will occupy 45 floors of a high-rise near General Motors’ future global headquarters.

By Noelle Mateer • April 19, 2024