Kim Woinski

IHG Hotels & Resorts celebrated the milestone of 100 open hotels for its voco brand within just seven years. Plus, other hotel news.

Marriott signed agreements for hotels in: Detroit, Michigan; Muskoka, Canada; Gulf of Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; bringing the Marriott Branded Residences total open and pipeline portfolio to around 300 projects.

Hotel REIT executives at Nareit showed caution due to transaction market weakness and uncertainty, with Truist citing stock frustration.

J Street plans to convert Tower 180 in Downtown San Diego into a 560-key dual-branded Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotel.

Marriott opened its first StudioRes hotel in Fort Myers, marking the company's entry into midscale extended stay lodging.

Hotel industry executives showed subdued optimism at NYU Conference amid macro uncertainty and flat transaction growth expectations.

Hilton reached 1,000 luxury and lifestyle hotels globally with recent openings in Paris, Cape Town, Dallas, Osaka, and Costa Rica, planning 150-plus more in 2025.

Hyatt launches new Unscripted brand with 40 hotels in talks. IHG sees total global conversion signings nearly doubling between 2023 and 2024.

Hotel sector busy with Ryman acquiring JW Marriott Desert Ridge and Choice Hotels opening six Everhome Suites.

Over 300 million tourists traveled internationally in the first three months of 2025, a 5% rise from last year and 3% more than in pre-pandemic year 2019.