The most successful hospitality businesses understand that a great first impression is key. Sometimes it’s even what people remember most, or what entices them to visit again. So in a sea of competition, how can hotel developers create a memorable experience from the moment guests arrive to the second they depart?
HKS, a global design firm designated as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Architecture Firms in 2022, is expanding its presence in its home state with the opening of its 25th office in Austin. A leader among international architecture and design firms, HKS is recognized for its unique ability to create and deliver environments of distinction through award-winning architectural, planning, interior design, research, and commitment to ESG (environmental, social, and governance). Since 1981, HKS has been a part of designing more than 200 Austin-based projects including Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, JW Marriott Convention Center Hotel, The Bowie, and The Aloft.
Curator Hotel & Resort Collection ("Curator") is kicking off the New Year by welcoming six new members to its growing portfolio of independent hotels and resorts. Spanning California, Vermont, Colorado, and Hawaii, these destinations offer unique experiences with nature as a backdrop, allowing guests to align mind, body, and spirit.
Avenir Hospitality (“Avenir”) has announced its acquisition of the Cannon Beach Hotel Collection, a portfolio of 4 boutique hotels located in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Avenir has partnered with New York-based boutique hotel operator Life House to manage the portfolio, which represents the company’s first properties in the Pacific Northwest.
PM Hotel Group, one of the US’ leading hotel management companies, today announces its merger with Modus Hotels.
Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) announced the addition of eight lifestyle hotels and resorts from Davidson Hospitality Group (“Davidson”) to its rapidly growing portfolio. These hotels will access Curator’s best-in-class operating agreements, services, and non-proprietary technology to improve operating performance while benefiting from the enhanced relationships with other Curator member hotels and resorts.
Dreamscape Companies, founded by real estate industry veteran Eric Birnbaum, today announces its acquisition of The Saint Hotel Charleston, a boutique hotel situated in the heart of the city’s historic French Quarter, centered in Downtown Charleston. The purchase of The Saint Hotel Charleston comes on the heels of several recent acquisitions in key regional markets and illustrates the company’s commitment to its target goal of $1 billion in acquisition over the next 24 months. This acquisition also signifies Dreamscape’s first point of entry into Charleston, a market that has continued to boom and expand in recent years as well as garner national attention.
Atlantic Equity Partners has selected Meyer Jabara Hotels (MJH) to operate its newest asset, The Wentworth: A Country Inn in Jackson, N.H. Previously owned by Fritz and Eleanor “Ellie” Koeppel for 30 years, the 59,000-square-foot nineteenth-century inn sits on 10 acres and features 61 guestrooms, an upscale farm-to-table restaurant, a piano bar/cocktail lounge, a spa, meeting rooms, wedding/event space, on-site condominium rentals and more. Family-owned and operated for 44 years, Meyer Jabara Hotels will carry on the traditions of The Wentworth for future generations to enjoy. The inn is one of the last remaining historic hotels in New England. MJH will continue to operate The Wentworth as it presently stands, with a renovation refresh planned for 2022.
CHICAGO - Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today introduces Culture Lives Here, the Thompson Hotels brand’s new campaign that celebrates the brand’s passion for elevating noteworthy and emerging creatives, dubbed ‘culture shifters.’ Taking place at 13 Thompson Hotels via creative local collaborations in tandem with the brand’s 20th anniversary, this campaign recognizes the abundance of creativity that influences today’s cultural landscape by curating cultural experiences that connect hotel guests and neighbors with rising talent in music, art, fashion, design and culinary.
Stonehouse Capital (“Stonehouse”), an esteemed investor, owner, and developer of distinctive hospitality assets, has acquired the historic Rancho Caymus Inn located in the very heart of Napa Valley. The boutique hotel is one of few select properties that rests within Rutherford proper, immediately surrounded by some of the most distinguished vineyards and winemakers in the world.
BETHESDA, Md - Announced today, Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) added four new properties to its inspiring collection of unique, independent hotels and resorts. The new additions mark the Collection’s first properties in the popular travel destinations of coastal New Jersey and the Red Rock Country of Arizona.
Cambria® Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), today introduced a new hotel prototype option to accelerate its growth in destinations where guests want to stay and developers want to invest. Designed specifically for secondary and leisure markets, the prototype option will help provide developers the flexibility to build Cambria hotels at a reduced cost, while maintaining the sense of space, sense of place and the core brand hallmarks upscale guests prefer.
The Global Hospitality Group® was pleased to sponsor and participate in BLLA’s virtual Boutique Hotel Investment Conference, which took place online June 2-3.
Established third-party management company Sightline Hospitality has joined forces with woman-owned developer, Z Life Company, to debut the first of many efficiently designed and constructed hotel developments in Las Vegas, Nevada this fall. Affiliated with Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio soft brand and located in the vibrant Arts District, the 74-room hotel with destination bar and restaurant is a rollout of Z Life’s proprietary M8TRIX building model, utilizing a pre-engineered modular wall system that provides the building’s entire structural support.
In November 2020 Life House assumed the management of the historic Forbes Five-Star Wheatleigh Hotel and its AAA Five-Diamond restaurant in the picturesque Berkshires. Since taking over management in November, Life House has increased RevPAR by 76% over the prior operator's "Pre-COVID" performance, decreased operating expenses by 32% on an apples-to-apples basis, and simultaneously increased guest satisfaction scores - demonstrating that Life House's technology and operating systems are able to empower great hospitality, not only automate costs.
The Kessler Collection is making history as the first U.S. luxury hotel group* to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment, and the first in the world to partner with BitPay, the world's largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services. Joining brands such as Microsoft, AT&T, and Dish Networks, all 8 corporate owned hotels in the collection will accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and several others including four stable coins as payment to cater to the growing demand, effectively immediately.
An unprecedented 2020 was challenging for the travel industry, and also provided valuable insight into travel trends for the year ahead and beyond. Club Med, the pioneer of the all-inclusive resort concept, lends its expertise by sharing insights from the previous year and predictions for travel trends in 2021.
STAY OPEN, the Los Angeles-based startup transforming unused commercial space into affordable, socially engaging pod hotels and co-living properties, has today announced the appointment of film director Ben Fee as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) to oversee brand strategy and creative design for the "Sleep As A Service" platform.
IHG®Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, announced today the schedule for a series of virtual Hotel Development Symposiums in early 2021. The free, online events are designed to bring information about IHG's dynamic hotel brands directly to owners in a convenient and informal way.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) and six industry-leading hotel operators today jointly announced the launch of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection, a hand-selected collection of small brands and independent lifestyle hotels and resorts worldwide. Curator's distinct owner-centric platform offers an alternative for independent lifestyle hotels looking to strengthen their performance, providing them with best-in-class agreements, services, and technology, while allowing them to retain their unique identity.