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.
Pyramid Global Hospitality will manage Naples Bay Resort & Marina under its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels collection, following a joint venture acquisition with Western Southern Financial Group.
Villatel restructures into two brands, Villatel Resorts and Homes by Villatel, with Orlando as its flagship and plans to expand through development, acquisitions, and third-party management.
TKo Hospitality adds three properties to its Mid-Atlantic portfolio, including two Rehoboth Beach boutiques and a 50-room luxury hotel under development at New Jersey's Fort Monmouth, plus a Hyatt Studios groundbreaking in Bethlehem, PA.
Blue Flag Capital and Collared Martin Hospitality open two new Faraway-branded hotels in Sag Harbor, NY (67 rooms) and Jackson Hole, WY (90 rooms, 48 residences), marking the brand's first expansion beyond New England.
Embergrove Hospitality Group takes over operations of Honey Creek Resort on Iowa's Rathbun Lake, reopening July 2 with full lodging, dining, marina, and Fourth of July programming.
NEWH's Structures of Hospitality Excellence program, now in its third year, offers up to $20,000 in scholarships for skilled trades students and an award for construction firms, with nominations open through October 1, 2026.
The 39-key Bower Coronado becomes SLH's first member in Coronado, CA, gaining access to the SLH Club loyalty program and Hilton Honors booking integration.
Hyatt and Hall Structured Finance have launched a dedicated loan program for Hyatt Studios newbuild projects, offering developers higher leverage and faster capital access than conventional lending structures.
Memphis is investing over $23.7B in Downtown revitalization, including a $230M convention center renovation, a $130M Peabody overhaul, and a city-acquired former Sheraton being rebranded as a Marriott by 2029.