Four Points opens in Bandung
The 162-room Four Points by Sheraton Bandung opens in West Java, Indonesia. Across Asia Pacific, Starwood operates more than 40… Read More »Four Points opens in Bandung
Hotel Development
?Concentration camp? hotel sparks anger
Montenegro has defended its decision to allow an island fortress and wartime concentration camp to be transformed into a luxury… Read More »?Concentration camp? hotel sparks anger
Second Four Seasons for Bogota
Set to open in?April 2016, the remodelled former Hotel Charleston joins the just-opened 64-room Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogot?… Read More »Second Four Seasons for Bogota
Preferred and Katara join forces
Preferred Hotels & Resorts and Katara Hospitality have entered into a master partnership agreement for the recently launched Murwab Hotel… Read More »Preferred and Katara join forces
Opening date set for Disney Shanghai
Disney’s theme park in Shanghai, its first in mainland China, will open on June 16. The park, originally slated to… Read More »Opening date set for Disney Shanghai
IHG opens hotel number 5,000
InterContinental Hotels Group?unveils the?Hotel Indigo?Lower East Side New York?as its 5,000th?hotel globally. The latest hotel is a joint venture between… Read More »IHG opens hotel number 5,000
Second Radisson Blu for Addis Ababa
The 165-room Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Addis Ababa, will open in 2017.? It is the second Radisson Blu hotel in… Read More »Second Radisson Blu for Addis Ababa
Pod hotel set for NZ
After four years of planning and negotiations, construction has begun on Christchurch’s first pod hotel to be built alongside the… Read More »Pod hotel set for NZ
Holiday Inn expands in Indonesia
InterContinental Hotels Group has opened the 176-room Holiday Inn Cikarang Jababeka. Previously operating as an independent hotel, it is now… Read More »Holiday Inn expands in Indonesia
Marriot debuts its largest hotel in Europe
The former Hotel Auditorium Madrid, located at Madrid-Barajas Airport, has been rebranded as the?Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel & Conference Centre.… Read More »Marriot debuts its largest hotel in Europe
Wyndham expands in China
Wyndham Hotel Group has expanded its footprint of more than 1,000 hotels in China with the debut of the country?s… Read More »Wyndham expands in China
?Digitally-enhanced? hotel for NY City
Renaissance Hotels expects to open New York City?s first digitally enhanced hotel in the heart of the garment district this… Read More »?Digitally-enhanced? hotel for NY City
Record year for Starwood
Starwood Hotels & Resorts closed 2015 with 220 newly signed hotel management and franchise agreements, a 26 percent increase over… Read More »Record year for Starwood
Sofitels signed for Singapore and KL
GuocoLand has signed a landmark deal with AccorHotels for the management of the group’s two new-built hotels at Tanjong Pagar… Read More »Sofitels signed for Singapore and KL
Minsk Marriott set to open
The 217-room Minsk Marriott Hotel will open in early 2016 as the first 5-star internationally rated hotel in Belarus.
SLHW adds five hotels
Small Luxury Hotels of the World is introducing five new hotels to its collection of over 520 hotels in 80… Read More »SLHW adds five hotels
Marriott has big plans for AC brand
AC Hotels by Marriott announces global plans for 22 new design-led hotels slated to open in 2016. Five properties are… Read More »Marriott has big plans for AC brand
Pullman?s China portfolio grows
AccorHotels?opens the Pullman Qingdao Ziyue. The newly-built 238-room property brings the Pullman network in Greater China to 26 operating hotels.… Read More »Pullman?s China portfolio grows
Courtyard No. 7 for Russia
The 143-room Courtyard by Marriott Nizhny Novgorod City Center opens as the seventh Courtyard-branded hotel in Russia.
US hotel construction down
US construction spending fell in November for the first time in 17 months, reflecting weakness in spending on hotel and… Read More »US hotel construction down