The Boca Raton will host the inaugural Luxury Summit on April 25-27, 2027, an invitation-only gathering of 150 executives across hospitality, fashion, automotive, real estate, and other luxury sectors.
PM Hotel Group takes over management of The Quoin, a 24-room luxury boutique hotel in downtown Wilmington, DE, expanding its local portfolio to five properties.
First Hospitality adds five lifestyle properties across Sedona, Santa Barbara, Green Bay, Elkhart, and St. Louis, entering five new markets under Marriott and Hilton brand flags.
Remington Hospitality takes over management of the 260-room Sheraton Mission Valley San Diego, which will undergo a full renovation and convert to the Hyatt Regency brand by year-end.
Valor Hospitality takes over management of 8 Mississippi hotels (685 rooms) for Bellamare Development, becoming the preferred operating partner for Bellamare's full-service hospitality projects across the Americas.
Canada's hotel construction pipeline hit a record 345 projects and 47,874 rooms in Q2 2026, up 4% YOY, with LE forecasting 46 new hotels and 5,281 rooms to open in 2028.
Rebel Hotel Company adds three lifestyle properties to its management portfolio: Circa 39 Miami Beach, Hotel La Jolla, and Coachman Lake Tahoe, with a repositioning for Circa 39 planned for Q3 2026.
HVS brokers outline how hotel sellers can attract more buyers and close deals by organizing financials early, pricing realistically, and communicating transparently about known risks.
Crescent Hotels & Resorts adds the 314-room Hilton Short Hills in New Jersey, expanding its footprint in the Greater New York market near Newark Liberty Airport and major corporate corridors.
First Investors acquired the 132-room Cambria Hotel Milwaukee Downtown from a financial institution and plans a renovation and repositioning over the next year under First Hospitality's management.
ILHA INSPIRE 2026 will gather 900–1,000 luxury hotel executives in Orlando on Dec 15–16, with keynotes from Marriott's Tina Edmundson and Club Med's Carolyne Doyon covering investment, AI, wellness, and F&B strategy.
Peregrine Hospitality adds two Yountville luxury properties, the 80-key Hotel Yountville and 65-key LEED Platinum Bardessono Hotel & Spa, to its U.S. management portfolio.
Urban Cowboy founders Lyon Porter and Jersey Banks discuss their 12-year journey across multiple locations, zero marketing spend, and plans for larger properties including a beach location and branded residences.
HVS's 2026 survey reports per-room development costs across six U.S. hotel product types based on 2025 construction budgets, with a median of $213,000 per room and luxury reaching over $1.6M.
Crescent Hotels & Resorts adds Populus Denver, the U.S.'s first carbon positive hotel, to its Latitudes Collection, bringing the 265-key Studio Gang-designed property under its management.
Nocturne Luxury Villas acquires Jayne's Luxury Rentals, a 300-property manager in Ontario's Muskoka region, bringing the group's total collection to nearly 1,400 villas across North America and the Caribbean.
Beechwood Hospitality merges with MMI Hospitality Group, a private investment partnership founded in 1956, forming a combined portfolio of 24+ hotels, resorts, private clubs, and restaurants across the Sun Belt.
Windsor Aughtry completed a $2.6M full-property renovation at Hampton by Hilton Roanoke Downtown, covering all guestrooms, meeting rooms, public spaces, and the fitness center.
IHG now operates 200+ hotels in Canada with nearly 40 more in the pipeline, including first voco signings in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls, and a Garner debut in Alberta in 2027.
Ongoing geopolitical tensions across the Middle East are having a real commercial impact on hospitality, tourism and leisure businesses worldwide. Uncertainty is now shaping how travellers make decisions — where they go, how far ahead they book, and how confident they feel about travel at all.Airspace restrictions and rising operating costs have dampened visitor demand in some regions, while destinations seen as safer alternatives — particularly in Southern Europe, Asia and the Americas — are picking up displaced demand, especially at the luxury and ultra-luxury end of the market, notoriously oblivious of geopolitical tensions.Investors and developers are also treading more carefully.
Much of the industry conversation has focused on what recent Middle East tensions might take away from travel demand. The more interesting question, from where I sit in Portugal, is where that demand goes instead.In my recent piece on the next European hotel buy cycle, I noted that while top-line demand should remain broadly stable in the short term, it will be increasingly reallocated across destinations.Portugal’s latest tourism statistics show the country entered this recent period of geopolitical tension from a position of sustained strength.