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Westin Maui Resort & Spa completes $160M renovation
The Hawaii property transitioned its Ocean Tower into Kūkahi Tower, updating the guest room design and adding a 10,000-square-foot amenity center.
By Jenna Walters • March 8, 2024 -
Choice Hotels bets on dual-property concept with latest Everhome opening
The company opened the midscale extended stay hotel on a shared site property alongside its economy WoodSpring Suites brand, hoping to appeal to a wider range of travelers.
By Jenna Walters • March 8, 2024 -
Resorts World New York City launches bid for $5B development
The racetrack casino in Queens will create a full “Las Vegas-style” gaming complex — if the New York State Gaming Commission awards it a highly competitive license.
By Noelle Mateer • March 6, 2024 -
Q&A
Margaritaville development exec talks resort expansions, courting younger travelers
President of Development Jim Wiseman spoke to Hotel Dive about what’s driving the resort brand’s expansion and the company’s plans to own the camp destination market.
By Noelle Mateer • March 4, 2024 -
Rio Hotel & Casino Las Vegas to join Hyatt brand after $340M renovation
The Destination by Hyatt property will help the hotel company grow its footprint in the “leading leisure and convention travel market,” keeping up with peers like Marriott International.
By Jenna Walters • March 4, 2024 -
US led record-high global hotel construction pipeline in Q4
America had the largest pipeline of any country in the quarter, with Dallas and Atlanta leading cities worldwide for the most hotel projects underway.
By Jenna Walters • March 1, 2024 -
IHG opens 2 wellness-focused hotels in Texas
The Even hotels in Austin and Waco, Texas, will offer in-room fitness amenities, part of a growing trend to court wellness travelers.
By Noelle Mateer • March 1, 2024 -
IHG’s Six Senses to open first US resort in South Carolina
The wellness-focused spa, resort and residential community brand, founded in Thailand, is expanding as part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ ongoing luxury and lifestyle push.
By Noelle Mateer • Feb. 28, 2024 -
Hotel trends that drove Q4 revenue, portfolio growth
Despite a still-challenged lending environment and economic uncertainty, hotel operators focused on conversions and the booming midscale and luxury segments to fuel growth.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 26, 2024 -
$30M boutique hotel underway in Atlanta suburb
The Chambray Hotel, a JdV by Hyatt property, joins the long list of hotel projects in development in the rapidly expanding metropolitan area.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 26, 2024 -
Choice Hotels opens California Cambria amid upscale push
The hotel company is ramping up investment in its upscale brands to differentiate itself as a competitor in the segment, including with the opening of Cambria Hotel Burbank Airport.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 22, 2024 -
IHG posts RevPAR, portfolio gains for full-year 2023
Hotel conversions, making up a significant portion of the company’s openings and signings in the year, will continue to drive portfolio growth alongside luxury and lifestyle deals.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 20, 2024 -
Hyatt unveils Thompson Houston amid luxury lifestyle push
The opening comes on the heels of record pipeline growth for Hyatt, which plans to open other Thompson hotels across the U.S. later this year.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 16, 2024 -
Loews Hotels opens $550M resort, convention destination near Dallas
The Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center will cater to increasing group demand, particularly from sports and entertainment tourists visiting two nearby stadiums.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 14, 2024 -
Extended Stay America breaks ground on new Select Suites prototype
The property in Wildwood, Florida, uses a smaller footprint to maximize “financial efficiency” for franchisees.
By Noelle Mateer • Feb. 14, 2024 -
LivAway Suites expands as infrastructure spending boosts extended stay demand
The brand’s latest hotel groundbreaking in Dewitt, New York, is poised to benefit from a nearby $100 billion factory project, the result of a passed infrastructure spending package.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 14, 2024 -
Marriott CEO touts new midscale brand amid segment push
After entering the midscale segment in the U.S. and Canada in 2023, the hotel company plans to continue growth in the space with groundbreakings on StudioRes and a looming brand launch.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 13, 2024 -
Auberge Resorts Collection gets ‘significant capital’ investment to fuel global expansion
Merchant bank BDT & MSD's minority stake will further grow the luxury brand portfolio in “gateway urban markets and high-profile experiential destinations.”
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 5, 2024 -
Fairmont New Orleans to open in 2025 amid Accor luxury push
Louisiana developer Kailas Companies will build the luxury hotel as part of one of the largest private investments in New Orleans in recent years.
By Noelle Mateer • Feb. 5, 2024 -
Marriott reopens Dallas-area Ritz-Carlton after $55M renovation
The opening signals the hotel company’s continued push in the luxury segment.
By Jenna Walters • Feb. 2, 2024 -
AnderCorp breaks ground on $270M Louisiana casino, resort
Construction is in full swing on the sprawling entertainment project in Bossier City.
By Julie Strupp • Feb. 1, 2024 -
Hotel industry forecast 2024: development, F&B, technology and more
Leaders in the hospitality industry shared with Hotel Dive what trends will drive progress at hotels this year, impacting everything from on-site amenities to hotel workforce management.
By Noelle Mateer • Jan. 30, 2024 -
Urban markets, sustainable tourism to drive global hotel investment in 2024: JLL
Global hotel investment will accelerate this year, exceeding 2023’s volume by from 15% to 25%.
By Noelle Mateer • Jan. 29, 2024 -
Margaritaville expands in Texas with 2 resorts
Developers are bringing resorts to Galveston and Denison, Texas, amid the resort brand’s continued growth in the state.
By Noelle Mateer • Updated Jan. 25, 2024 -
US hotel construction pipeline hits record high
In the fourth quarter of 2023, hotel projects surpassed the previous high from 2008, with conversions making up a significant portion of the pipeline.
By Jenna Walters • Jan. 23, 2024