FHS Living, launching in Paris in February 2027, is a curated pan-European investment platform targeting Living assets backed by €46.9B invested in 2025 and €50B more planned for deployment.
Quality Lodgings adds nine hotels across Austria, Germany, and Belgium, with six Austrian additions marking its largest-ever single-country expansion and bringing the collection to 134 hotels across eight European countries.
Key takeaways from the 2026 NYU forum cover stronger-than-expected U.S. hotel performance, AI reshaping guest discovery, tight financing, and the toughest ground-up development climate in a decade.
Five Asia Pacific hotel transactions covered, including CPPIB's entry into South Korea via a KRW500B platform, two resort acquisitions in Maldives and Australia, a 10-year lease deal in KL, and a 700-key co-living redevelopment in Singapore.
HVS Europe's weekly bulletin covers five hotel transactions across the UK, Spain, Italy, and France, including sales of Novotel London Greenwich, Allegro Isora Tenerife, and Lindenhof Resort South Tyrol.
Highgate will take over management of the 909-room Lotte New York Palace Hotel in June 2026, anchoring a broader partnership covering hotel operations, global distribution, AI technology, and talent exchange across the Americas and Asia.
Remington Hospitality takes over management of Aruna Resort Villas in Ambergris Caye, Belize, as part of its strategy to grow its independent and boutique portfolio across the CALA region.
Meliá exits management and brand licensing for 15 Cuban hotels, citing deteriorating geopolitical, legal, and energy conditions, with most properties already non-operational.
Meliá signs two new hotels in Mendoza, Argentina, opening 2028: a 140-room urban property and a 110-room wine-country resort in Valle de Uco, both owned by Grupo Almarena.
Davidson Hospitality Group takes over operations at the 148-room Parrot Key Hotel & Villas in Key West, adding to its existing five-property Florida Keys portfolio, with a summer renovation planned.
The Lux Collective partners with Cleo Capital Group to launch a five-resort ultra-luxury circuit across Rwanda under the LUX* and SALT brands, with Phase 1 rebranding two properties from mid-2026 and three greenfield resorts opening in 2028.
OTH Hotels Resorts adds 498 guestrooms across three East Coast properties: Hotel Troy in New Jersey and two Holiday Inn hotels in Maryland.
HVS weekly roundup covers four Asia Pacific hotel transactions: a SGD360M Singapore divestment, a KRW210B Seoul acquisition, a JPY5.49B Okinawa deal, and a AUD28.3M Perth purchase.
FHS Saudi Arabia's Startup Den returns for 2026, with six finalists pitching live for prizes including FHS World access and curated meetings with VCs and investors.
Choice Hotels' Everhome Suites hits 30 properties with a Georgetown, TX opening, backed by 40 hotels in the pipeline and nearly half of all new U.S. economy/midscale extended stay construction.
Hilton's new upper-midscale brand targets 400-500 properties near college campuses, with the first opening expected in 2027, complementing the existing Graduate by Hilton portfolio.
RBH Hospitality Management takes over operations of the 194-room Radisson Hotel Liverpool, its fourth property in the city, as part of broader UK portfolio expansion.
Accor gathered 270+ franchise partners and owners in Sydney to discuss growth strategy, investment trends, AI-driven efficiencies, and loyalty, covering its 420+ Pacific properties.
Accor surpasses 150 franchise hotels in Australia and New Zealand, marking the Pacific as its largest and fastest-growing franchise network, with the greet brand set to launch in the region.
HVS rounds up six European hotel transactions, including Select Group's UK golf resort portfolio buy, two Spanish deals involving Zetland Capital, and acquisitions in Finland, Italy, and Austria.