Kim Woinski

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.

Pebblebrook has challenged the market value assessments that the city assigned to and used to collect taxes from a group of downtown hotels purchased by the REIT in 2018.

DoubleTree by Hilton has added 40 properties in the past year, including in Nice, Laos, the Azores Islands, and Malta. Meanwhile, Canada's hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year performance in April, plus other hotel news.

Marriott International, Inc. announced the global launch of its new collection brand for the midscale and upscale lodging segments - Series by Marriott. Meanwhile, Wyndham had a flurry of announcements at its customer conference.